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A/CONF.216/PC/5
Development, at all stages of the preparatory process. States were invited to finance
the contribution and participation of major groups of developing countries at all
stages of the preparatory process and at the Conference itself.
(e) Requested the secretariat to seek information, inputs and contributions,
including through a questionnaire addressed to Member States, the United Nations
system, international financial institutions, major groups and other stakeholders, on
their experiences, including success factors, challenges and risks with respect to the
objective and themes of the Conference. The deadline for submitting inputs would
be 31 October 2010.
(f) Requested the secretariat, with the guidance of the Bureau, to prepare a
synthesis of the information and contributions collected in accordance with
paragraph 5 above.
(g) Called upon the secretariat to continue utilizing the website of the United
Nations Conference on Sustainable Development as a powerful tool for gathering
and sharing information, and building on the experiences gained through that
website.
(h) Called upon the secretariat and relevant United Nations organizations, in
consultation with the Bureau, to organize within existing resources, open-ended
informal intersessional meetings for a total duration of not more than six days,
including one two-day meeting, to be held between the release of the synthesis
requested above and the second session of the Preparatory Committee, and two
two-day meetings between the second and third sessions of the Preparatory
Committee, the final intersessional meeting taking place no later than eight weeks
prior to the third session of the Preparatory Committee. The objective of these
meetings would be to hold focused, substantive discussions to advance the subject
matter of the Conference.
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