A/HRC/21/44 B. Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness 72. Busan, Republic of Korea, was the venue for the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, from 29 November to 1 December 2011, where over 3,000 delegates met to review progress on implementing the principles of the Paris Declaration and discuss how to maintain the relevance of the aid effectiveness agenda in the context of the evolving development landscape. 73. The forum culminated in the signing of the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation by ministers of developed and developing nations, emerging economies, providers of South-South and triangular co-operation.6 For the first time in the history of the High Level Forum, a civil society representative took part in the actual negotiating process, marking a critical turning point in development cooperation. Furthermore, the language of the partnership emphasizes the link between fighting poverty and protecting human rights. 74. The Busan Partnership forges a ―new global partnership‖ embracing diversity and acknowledging the distinct roles that all stakeholders in cooperation can play to support development. It is founded on a common set of principles guiding all forms of development cooperation, while at the same time recognizing how these principles differ in their application by various public and private stakeholders. It stresses how lessons should be shared by those who participate in development cooperation such as South-South cooperation. It welcomes the contribution of civil society organizations and private actors. The partnership resolves to work together to learn from their achievements and innovations.7 C. Durban Climate Change Conference (28 November-1 December 2011) 75. The Durban Climate Change Conference held in Durban, South Africa consisted of a series of events, including the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP7). The COP17/CMP7 resulted in agreements to begin the process of forging a new treaty in 2012 to be completed by 2015 and coming into effect by 2020; to establish the Green Climate Fund; and to extend the life of the Kyoto Protocol for a number of countries. 76. The Conference resulted in 19 COP decisions and 17 CMP decisions and the approval of a number of conclusions by the subsidiary bodies. One of these subsidiary bodies was the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex 1 Parties under the Kyoto Protocol, whose outcome document contains the main agreements regarding the continuation of the Kyoto Protocol in its second commitment period, and includes in its preamble the importance of developing a comprehensive global response to the problem of climate change. 77. The major outcome document of the Conference is the Establishment of an Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action to launch the process for developing a protocol under the Convention, applicable to all parties.8 6 7 8 See http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/capacity_building/Busan_ Effective_Development_EN.pdf. Ibid., para. 8. See http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2011/cop17/eng/l10.pdf. 15