Saferworld: Presentation title 17 April 2017November 15, 2004 From the Sustainable Development Goals to the Post-2015 Development Agenda Building a Consensus for Peace Title page This is an example of PowerPoint’s notes feature in action. Additional notes can be added to slides by typing in the notes pane in the normal view, these can then be printed out as notes pages which feature a picture of the slide. This feature is useful for giving background information to your audience before or after your presentation. Presented by: Sharmala Naidoo

Open Working Group on SDGs: Single goal on peace and governance issues Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

12 targets under goal 16 16.1 significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere 16.2 end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence and torture against children 16.3 promote the rule of law at the national and international levels, and ensure equal access to justice for all 16.4 by 2030 significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen recovery and return of stolen assets, and combat all forms of organized crime

Cont… 16.5 substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all its forms 16.6 develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels 16.7 ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels 16.8 broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance 16.9 by 2030 provide legal identity for all including birth registration

Cont… 16.10 ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements MOI-related: 16.a strengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacities at all levels, in particular in developing countries, for preventing violence and combating terrorism and crime 16.b promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development

Who has been engaging in support of peace? Key inputs: AU, EU HLP Other OECD UN Task Team 19 g7+ conflict-affected SDSN Dili declaration signatories Global Compact Numerous single states: e.g. Qatar, Guatemala, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Libya, Philippines. UNSG Report UNGA Outcome Document People: My World Survey Member states - majority:

What were the main groupings during the OWG discussions? Skeptical Supporters POSITION 1: Reject any reference to peace in the goals and targets; arguing it has no place in a development framework. Small minority (e.g. Russia) POSITION 3: Support at least one goal, which focuses on issues of peace and governance together as a related set of issues. Majority (e.g. Turkey) POSITION 2: Oppose a goal but support the inclusion of targets explicitly focused on peace in other goal areas alongside targets that address the socio-economic causes of violent conflict and insecurity. Significant minority (e.g. China, Brazil) POSITION 4: Support two goals, one on peace and one on governance, pointing to their priority for development and the array of issues that must be addressed by each goal Significant minority (e.g. UK, Liberia)

China, India, Brazil and South Africa and the Post-2015 Negotiations: Some Observations “double identity” – both developed and developing country “denied divergence” – still part of the bloc of developing countries, downplay ‘Rising Power’ status

What are the main concerns? The inclusion of peace will lead to ‘securitisation’ of the development agenda A goal on peace and governance could lead to the violation of countries’ sovereignty Peace-related targets could translate into new aid conditionalities Peace is not included in the Rio+20 agenda, which sets the parameters for post-2015 Peace issues are already dealt with by the existing peace and security architecture

Cont… Development leads to peace, not vice-versa A goal on peace will only be relevant and applicable to a minority of countries The inclusion of peace-related targets will stigmatise certain countries The framing of the peace agenda is selective and limiting Peace targets cannot be measured The inclusion of the peace agenda could divert development resources towards coercive security agendas

How do Rising Powers view SDG16? Proxy for discontent with wider system of global governance/global economic governance and other geo-political issues Frustrated with perceived double standards of the West on peace and security issues Deep seated belief that external interventions on these issues rarely result in sustainable change All of which have impacted on perception of SDG16

Saferworld: Presentation title 17 April 2017November 15, 2004 From the Sustainable Development Goals to the Post-2015 Development Agenda Building a Consensus for Peace Title page This is an example of PowerPoint’s notes feature in action. Additional notes can be added to slides by typing in the notes pane in the normal view, these can then be printed out as notes pages which feature a picture of the slide. This feature is useful for giving background information to your audience before or after your presentation. Presented by: Sharmala Naidoo