Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus
29 November - 2 December 2008, Doha, Qatar
In accordance with General Assembly resolutions 61/191 and 62/187, the review conference should address progress made, reaffirm goals and commitments, share best practices and lessons learned. The conference should also identify obstacles and constraints encountered, actions and initiatives to overcome them and important measures for further implementation, as well as new challenges and emerging issues.
The Doha Roadmap
- Detailed calendar of high-level intergovernmental events (including review sessions) on financing for development to be held during the preparatory process
- Downloadable flyer including the work programme, calendar and background information
Registration for Preparatory Events
- Participants in possession of a valid grounds pass do not need to register.
- Civil society organizations must be in consultative status with ECOSOC or accredited to the FfD process in order to participate. Participants in need of a temporary pass should fill out the online registration form.
- Business sector entities must be in consultative status with ECOSOC or accredited to the FfD process in order to participate. Participants in need of a temporary pass should contact the FfD Office and specify the event(s) they would like to attend.
Background Documents
- Letter from Ambassador Maged A. Abdelaziz, Permanent Representative of Egypt, and Amassador Johan L. Løvald, Permanent Representative of Norway, regarding the modalities of the General Assembly informal review sessions on Chapter V and Chapter VI of the Monterrey Consensus (5 March 2008)
- Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations from Ambassador Maged A. Abdelaziz, Permanent Representative of Egypt, and Amassador Johan L. Løvald, Permanent Representative of Norway, regarding the preparatory process for the six Financing for Development review sessions (25 January 2008)
- Letter of 10 January 2008 from the President of the General Assembly addressed to Representatives and Permanent Observers to the United Nations regarding the Financing for Development work programme
- Resolution on "Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus" (A/RES/62/187)
- Resolution on Follow-up to and implementation of the outcome of the International Conference on Financing for Development (A/RES/61/191)
Other Inputs
- Substantive inputs by states and other relevant stakeholders to the preparatory process leading up to the Doha Conference