(Closing Session) UN Conference on South-South…

Second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA +40), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 20-22 March 2019 #BAPA40 2. Interactive panel discussions: summaries by the Co-Chairs [item 9 (d)] 3. Credentials of representatives to the Conference: report of the Credentials Committee (A/CONF.235/5) [item 7 (b)] 4. Adoption of the outcome document of the Conference (A/CONF.235/L.1 and A/CONF.235/3) [item 10] 5. Adoption of the report of the Conference (A/CONF.235/L.2 and A/CONF.235/L.3) [item 11] 6. Closing of the Conference [item 12] The second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation, occurring some 40 years after the adoption of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action, will give the international community the opportunity to review trends, assess progress to date in furthering development, review lessons learned in South -South and triangular cooperation and identify new opportunities offered by those modalities of cooperation to achieve the 2030 Agenda and other internationally agreed development goals. South-South cooperation is a broad framework for collaboration among countries of the South in the political, economic, social, cultural, environmental and technical domains. It is managed by developing countries themselves, with active participation from Governments, public and private sector actors, academia and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) among others.