(5th plenary meeting) 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 General debate on the role of South-South cooperation and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: challenges and opportunities [item 8] (continued) Fiji Italy Switzerland Ethiopia Guyana Zimbabwe Sudan Chile Nigeria Colombia Belize Senegal Rwanda Gambia International Organization for Migration (IOM) Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC) Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Pacific Islands development forum (PIDF) Ibero-American Conference (SEGIB) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) International Labour Organization (ILO) International Atomic Agency (IAEA) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) United Nations Volunteers (UNV) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Office of the Right Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction International Trade Centre United Nations Office for Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) Kiribati International Trade Union Confederation Brazilian articulation project for South- South Cooperation Research Policy Center OXFAM International Advisory Economic and Social Forum of Mercosur 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.