A/HRC/26/34 B. Asia-Pacific Ministerial Dialogue: Bangkok Declaration 33. The Asia-Pacific Ministerial Dialogue, held in Bangkok from 26 to 28 August 2013, was the first regional ministerial conference to discuss the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015 after the release of the report of the United Nations High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. As well as government representatives, the event was attended by representatives of civil society, the private sector, international organizations and United Nations agencies. The Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity also attended, engaging with representatives of States and with NGOs, and participating in side events and group discussions. 34. The Bangkok Declaration was adopted as the outcome document at the end of the Ministerial Dialogue. It recommended that the United Nations Development Agenda beyond 2015 should carry forward the spirit of the Millennium Declaration with: (a) a determination to build upon and further carry on the MDGs, particularly with the aim of eradicating poverty; (b) a balanced integration of the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development; (c) an emphasis on inclusive, equitable and sustainable development and economic growth aiming to effectively address all forms of inequalities and the factors underpinning them; (d) a focus on the global, regional and national dimensions of sustainable development in addressing the special needs and particular challenges of the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, in the context of their respective plans and programmes of action; and (e) a strengthened global partnership for the enhanced implementation of internationally agreed development goals and objectives. 35. The Declaration reaffirmed the need to strengthen a multilateral trading regime that is fair, just and open, advance trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, remove trade and investment barriers and oppose and resist all forms of protectionism. It also reiterated that each country has primary responsibility for its own economic and social development. 36. The Declaration stressed that poverty reduction and education must remain at the core of global development and proposed that the post-2015 framework should incorporate goals to ensure universal access to health care and education, promotion of disaster risk reduction and preparedness, and that it should also be supportive of climate change adaptation and environmental sustainability. In particular, it stressed the critical need to ensure gender equality and promote women’s empowerment as a fundamental precondition and central component of sustainable development. It underscored the importance of technology transfer to developing countries and recalled the provisions on technology transfer, finance, access to information and intellectual property rights as agreed in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. 37. The Declaration reiterated the importance of the urgent fulfilment of aid commitments by developed countries, noting with concern that the gap between actual aid disbursements and commitments has widened and aid flows to developing countries have also declined in real terms. C. United Nations Climate Change Conference in Warsaw 38. The nineteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP19) and the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of Parties of the Kyoto Protocol (CMP9) met in Warsaw from 11 to 23 November 2013. The following paragraphs summarize some 9