Background Statements
Statements and speeches of the President of the General Assembly Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann and other UN officials relating to the economic and financial crisis and the Conference dating from October 2008.
- On Preparations for the United Nations High-Level Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development (8 May 2009)
- To the Preparatory Meeting of the Rio Group for the High-Level Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development (5 May 2009)
- On the Occasion of Adoption of Modalities for the United Nations Conference at the Highest Level on the Economic and Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Development,7 April 2009
- To the Closing Session of the Interactive Thematic Dialogue on the Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, 27 March 2009
- At the Launch of the Expert Commission Report with Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Commission Chairman, 26 March 2009
- To the Opening Session of the Interactive Thematic Dialogue on the Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, 25 March 2009
- To the Inaugural Meeting of the Commission of Experts of the President on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System, 5 January 2009
- To the Follow-Up Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, 29 November 2008
- At the closing of the Interactive Panel on the Global Financial Crisis, 30 October 2008
- To the Interactive Panel on the Global Financial Crisis, 30 October 2008
- The First Drafting Session on the Draft Outcome Document for the Follow-Up International Conference on Financing for Development, 9 October 2008