The Arab Campaign for Education for All-ACEA participates in the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly and the Adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda

The Arab Campaign for Education for All-ACEA participates in the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly and the Adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The session is conducted in New York 22 to 30 September, 2015. With high level participation included Heads of State, Government leaders, UN High Level Representatives and civil society for the historic adoption of new Sustainable Development Goals, from 25 to 27 September. These represent a universal, ambitious, sustainable development agenda, an agenda “of the people, by the people and for the people,â€‌ crafted with UNESCO’s active involvement.

The General Assembly of the United Nations opened its seventieth session on Tuesday, 15 September, at 3 p.m., at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The opening of the session was followed, in the second week, by the United Nations summit to adopt the post-2015 development agenda – a high-level plenary meeting taking place from Friday, 25 September, through Sunday, 27 September 2015 – when world leaders are expected to agree to a new set of sustainability measures that build on the successes of, and lessons learned from, the landmark Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) â€“ United Nations anti-poverty targets that are due to wrap up at the end of 2015.

The Assembly’s annual general debate, when Heads of State and Government and other senior national representatives gather to pre-sent their views about pressing world issues, will open on Monday, 28 September, and run through Monday, 5 October.

For updates and further information, please visit the General Assembly website.