By Betty Maina
Over the last 9 months, I have had the privilege of being a member of a high level panel put together by the UN secretary general, Ban Ki Moon, to develop ideas and proposals for the post 2015 Development Agenda. The panel was made up of a group of 27 people chosen to advise the Secretary General on issues that should inform this agenda and we met periodically over the 9 month period. On Thursday, 30th May, we finished our work and handed in a report to the Secretary General. Our input will now go into a report that he will present to the General Assembly this September and our view is that the panels report should also inform the work of the open working groups and other intergovernmental ongoing processes that are going to develop the post 2015 development plan for the world.