| Date |
Event |
| 11 - 12 February 2008 |
Thematic debate of the General Assembly on "Addressing Climate Change: The United Nations and the World at Work" |
| 14 February 2008 |
Review session on Chapter I of the Monterrey Consensus, "Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development" |
| 15 February 2008 |
Review session on Chapter II, "Mobilizing international resources for development: foreign direct investment and other private flows" |
| 25 February - 7 March 2008 |
Fifty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women on the theme "Financing for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women" |
| 31 March - 2 April 2008* |
First Joint Annual Meetings of the AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) |
| 10 - 11 (morning) March 2008 |
Review session on Chapter V, "External debt" |
| 11 (afternoon) - 12 March 2008 |
Review session on Chapter VI, "Addressing systemic issues: enhancing the coherence and consistency of the international monetary, financial and trading systems in support of development" |
| 1 - 2 April 2008 |
Thematic debate of the General Assembly on "Recognizing the achievements, addressing the challenges and getting back on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015" |
| 14 April 2008 |
Special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| 15 - 16 April 2008 |
Review session on Chapter IV, "Increasing international financial and technical cooperation for development" |
| 20 - 25 April 2008 |
UNCTAD XII on the theme "Addressing Opportunities and Challenges of Globalization for Development" |
| 29 - 30 April 2008* |
ESCWA Consultative Preparatory Meeting for the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development (Doha, Qatar) |
| 19 - 20 May 2008 |
Review session on Chapter III, "International trade as an engine for development" |
| 13 May 2008* |
ECE Regional Consultation on Financing for Development (Geneva, Palais des Nations, Room VIII) |
| 9 June 2008 |
Informal consultations on the contents of the outcome document of the Doha Review Conference |
| 9 - 13 June 2008* |
ECLAC XXXII Session (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) |
| 16 June 2008 |
Informal consultations on the contents of the draft outcome document of the Doha Review Conference |
| 18 June 2008 |
Hearings with representatives of civil society and the business sector on financing for development |
| 18 - 19 June 2008 |
ESCAP Regional Policy Dialogue on "Financing for Development" |
| 20 June 2008 |
Regional Consultation of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) on "Regional dialogue on financing for development and foreign debt" (Caracas, Venezuela) |
| 30 June - 25 July 2008 |
Substantive session of the Economic and Social Council, including the Annual Ministerial Review and the Development Cooperation Forum |
| 25 July 2008 |
Release of the
report of the Secretary-General on the latest developments related to the review process on financing for development (A/63/179) |
| Last week of July 2008 |
Presentation by the President of the General Assembly of the draft outcome document of the Review Conference |
| 2 - 4 September 2008 |
Third High-level Forum (HLF) on Aid Effectiveness (Accra, Ghana) |
| 8 - 10 September 2008 |
Informal consultations on the contents of the draft outcome document of the Doha Review Conference |
| 19 September 2008 |
Informal consultations on the contents of the draft outcome document of the Doha Review Conference |
| October - November 2008 |
Drafting sessions on the outcome document for the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development |
| 26 - 27 November 2008 |
Doha Global Civil Society Forum |
| 28 November 2008 |
Second International Business Forum |
| 29 November to 2 December |
Doha Review Conference |
