By its resolution 63/305 of 11 August 2009, the General Assembly established an ad hoc open-ended working group to follow up on the issues contained in the Outcome of the Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development. The Co-Chairs of the Working Group (Ambassador Morten Wetland of Norway and Ambassador Lazarous Kapambwe of Zambia), in consultation with all regional groups and key stakeholders, organized a series of six substantive meetings of the Group from April to June 2010. The outcome of these meetings will be included in a report of the Working Group, to be presented by the Co-Chairs to the President of the 64th General Assembly.
In accordance with its decision 64/551 of 23 February 2010, the General Assembly held its fourth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development on 23 and 24 March 2010 at UN Headquarters. Pursuant to resolution 64/194 of 21 December 2009, the overall theme of the Dialogue was “The Monterrey Consensus and Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: status of implementation and tasks ahead”. The two day event included a series of plenary and informal meetings. Plenary meetings took place on the first day (morning and afternoon) and the second day (morning) of the Dialogue. On the second day, there were also three round tables (morning) and an interactive dialogue (afternoon), as follows:
The meeting has resulted in a summary by the President of the General Assembly as an input to the preparation of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on MDGs (New York, 20-22 September 2010).
Pursuant to ECOSOC resolution 2009/30 of 31 July 2009, the Special high-level meeting of ECOSOC with Bretton Woods institutions, World Trade Organization and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was held on 18 and 19 March 2010 at UN Headquarters. The overall theme was “Building on Monterrey and Doha: towards achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals”. Following a short opening plenary, with brief statements by relevant intergovermental representatives, the meeting consisted of three thematic debates, as follows:
The thematic debates were held consecutively in an informal setting of the whole, in order to facilitate a dynamic and interactive dialogue and to promote an open exchange of views and experiences among all stakeholders, including civil society and the business sector.
The meeting has resulted in a summary by the President of ECOSOC as a substantive input to the preparation of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on MDGs (New York, 20-22 September 2010).
Pursuant to the Monterrey Consensus and the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development, the Financing for Development Office (FfDO)
organized multi-stakeholder consultations on:
The Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus (Doha, Qatar, 29 November - 2 December 2008) resulted in the adoption by consensus of the Doha
Declaration on Financing for Development. Officials from more than 160 countries, including nearly 40 Heads of State or Government, attended the four day conference. The Doha Declaration reaffirmed
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebethe Monterrey Consensus and called for a United Nations conference at the highest level on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development.
By its resolution 63/303 of 9 July 2009, the General Assembly endorsed the Outcome of the Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, held in New York from 24 to 30 June 2009. The 59-paragraph document sets forth a global consensus on the causes, impacts and responses to the current crisis; prioritizes the prompt, decisive and coordinated actions that are required; and defines a clear role for the United Nations.