Representatives of the Government of Sudan, Civil society, academia, media, INGOs and the United Nations met today in Khartoum to discuss the background paper prepared by a group of national experts on Sudan views for the post 2015 global development agenda.
The main purpose of the background paper is to harness the process of the consultations and provide an overall thematic guidance on critical national development needs, aspiration and agenda in Sudan at both national and state levels.
Sudan is one of over 50 countries selected to set the global development agenda beyond 2015, the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Addressing the opening session of today’s meeting, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Mr. Ali Al-Za’tari said “the consultations process represents a significant momentum for Sudan to take advantage of the strengths of diversity for better development planning.”
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