NIGERIA:
Language Proposals–Chapter 2 and Declaration
Target 5.6 - “Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences.”
Target 3.7 - "By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes"
Para. 27 - “We are committed to ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health care services, including for family planning, information and education. We will equally accelerate the pace of progress made in fighting malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis, Ebola and other communicable diseases and epidemics, including by addressing growing anti-microbial resistance and the problem of unattended diseases affecting developing countries.”
Para. 44 - retain the UDHR language on the family, and do not refer to "various forms of families".
Paras. 5 & 57 - reflect national sovereignty in the paragraph.
Para. 9 - Should read as follows: "We envisage a world of universal respect for human rights, the rule of law, justice, equality and non-discrimination; respect for race, ethnicity, religious and cultural diversity" etc. Also delete reference to "full gender equality" in the paragraph.
Para. 15 - Add "terrorism" before violent extremism.
General remarks:
1. Reservations expressed by Member States on various elements in the SDGs in the OWG, as well as the evolving Declaration by Heads of State and Government should be compiled and taken into account in their entirety when submitting the final outcome document for consideration by the leaders.
2. The work of the Experts Committee on the SDGs indicators should be brought under political oversight of Member States in the General Assembly, ECOSOC or the HLPF.
3. The mandate of the HLPF should be in accordance with resolution 68/290 that sets out the modalities of the process.
