Sixth GA High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development
Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 67/300, the High-level Dialogue was held on 7 and 8 October 2013 at UN Headquarters, on the overall theme “The Monterrey Consensus, Doha Declaration on Financing for Development and related outcomes of major United Nations conferences and summits: status of implementation and tasks ahead”. The two-day event included a series of plenary meetings chaired by the President of the General Assembly, at which ministers and high-level officials made formal statements, three interactive multi-stakeholder round tables and an informal interactive dialogue, with the participation of all relevant stakeholders. The themes of the three round tables and the interactive dialogue were as follows:
- Round table 1: “The impact of the world financial and economic crisis on the reform of the international monetary and financial system and its implications for development”;
- Round table 2: “Mobilization of public and private financing, including foreign direct investment and other private flows, and fostering international trade and sustainable debt financing, in the context of financing for development”;
- Round table 3: “The role of financial and technical development cooperation, including innovative sources of development finance, in leveraging the mobilization of domestic and international financial resources for sustainable development”;
- Informal interactive dialogue: “The link between financing for development and achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015”.
At the closing, the President of the General Assembly made concluding remarks summarizing the main points of discussions. Full summary by the President will be issued as an official UN document.
Background Information
- Background information on organizational matters
- Tentative programme (with links to presentations)
- UN Journal announcements:
- Letter to Member States
- Information note
- Round tables and Informal InteractiveDialogue (with links to presentations)
- GA resolution on “Modalities for the sixth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development” (A/RES/67/300)
- Note by the Secretary-General on “Proposed organization of work of the sixth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development” (A/67/945)
- Background information on substantive matters
- Report of the Secretary-General on “A life of dignity for all: accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015” (A/68/202)
- Report of the Secretary-General on “Follow-up to and implementation of the Monterrey Consensus and Doha Declaration on Financing for Development” (A/68/357)
- Report of the Secretary-General on “International financial system and development” (A/68/221)
- Report of the Secretary-General on “External debt sustainability and development” (A/68/203)
- Report of the Secretary-General on “International trade and development” (A/68/205)
- Summary by the President of the Economic and Social Council of the special high-level meeting of the Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (New York, 22 April 2013) (A/68/78–E/2013/66)
- Note by the Secretary-General on “Coherence, coordination and cooperation in the context of financing for sustainable development and the post-2015 development agenda” (E/2013/52)
- MDG Gap Task Force Report 2013 “The Global Partnership for Development: The Challenge We Face”
- World Economic Situation and Prospects 2013
- World Economic Situation and Prospects 2013: Update as of mid-2013
Resolutions
General Assembly resolutions
- GA resolution 67/199 on “Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development” (A/RES/67/199)
- GA resolution 67/197 on “International financial system and development” (A/RES/67/197)
- GA resolution 67/198 on “External debt sustainability and development” (A/RES/67/198)
- GA resolution 67/196 on “International trade and development” (A/RES/67/196)