1 August 2014: UN Member States decided to postpone concluding the informal consultations on organizational modalities of the UN Summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda. The consultations are expected to resume in early September. Consultations started on 27 June 2014 at UN Headquarters, in New York, US, and continued throughout July, with delegations discussing a draft resolution and annexes that elaborate on key elements, which were circulated by the co-facilitators, Robert Guba Aisi of Papua New Guinea, and Ib Petersen of Denmark.

The current version of the draft contains four Annexes: Annex 1, on the organization of plenary meetings and speakers list for the summit; Annex 2, on the organization of the interactive dialogues for the Summit; Annex 3, on the organization of the informal interactive hearings; and Annex 4, on “Other participants.”

Agreement seems to have been reached among participants that the Summit will be held on 21-23 September 2015, in New York, and convened as a High-level Plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly. Discussions continue regarding references to format, stakeholder and observers inclusion, budget, and other matters. [IISD RS Sources] [IISD RS Story on Consultations]