The President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) will convene an informal briefing with the co-Chairs of the UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP), from 11 am-1 pm on 20 October 2011. The co-Chairs, President Tarja Halonen of Finland and President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, will share emerging findings and initial recommendations of the Panel, which may form input to States' submissions to the compilation document for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). The letter from the UNGA President is available here: http://www.un.org/en/ga/president/66/Letters/PDF/Global%20Sustainability%20Panel%20-%2013%20October%202011(2).pdf  

date: 20 October 2011   venue: Conference Room 2 (North Lawn Building)   location: New York, US   additional: UN Headquarters   contact: Lee Cando, Advisor, GSP Secretariat, Executive Office of the Secretary-General   phone: +1 212 963 0938   e-mail: candol@un.org   www: http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/climatechange/pages/gsp