Main Issues
Financing for Development
The General Assembly decided that the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus will be held in Doha, Qatar, in the second half of 2008. The Follow-up Conference is particularly important as we have now passed the mid-point to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in 2015.
The review conference will 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, such as adapting to climate change.
The General Assembly held its third High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development on the overall theme "The Monterrey Consensus: status of implementation and tasks ahead" on 23-24 October 2007. The Dialogue provided a substantive contribution to the preparation of the Doha conference.
More information can be found at Financing for Development Office, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations.
Letters
- Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations regarding the preparations for the Financing for Development Review Conference in Doha which will be held from 29 November to 2 December, and also attached the first draft of the Doha Outcome Document. (28 July)
- Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting the informal summary of the Financing for Development of the review session on Chapter III of the Monterrey Consensus, " Trade as an engine for Development" on 19-20 May. (15 July 2008)
- Letter by the Co-Chairs regarding the informal consultations to be held on 9 June 2008. (2 June 2008)
- Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting the informal summary of the review sessions on Chapter IV of the Monterrey Consensus , "Increasing international financial and technical cooperation for development ", on 15-16 April. (27 May 2008)
- Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations regarding the informal summaries of the review sessions on , "External debt”, on 10-11 March, and Chapter VI, “Addressing systemic issues: enhancing the coherence and consistency of the international monetary, financial and trading systems in support of development”, on 11-12 March . (11 April 2008)
- Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations regarding the summary of review session 1 'Mobilizing domestic resources for development', and summary of review session 2 'Mobilizing international recourses for development'. of the Financing for Development review sessions that took place on 15 and 16 February. (12 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 to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations regarding the Financing for Development work programme for 2008. (10 January 2008)
PRESIDENT'S STATEMENTS
- Statement at the Closing of the High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development (25 October, 2007)
- Statement at the Opening of the High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development (23 October, 2007)
- Opening Remarks at Hearings with Civil Society on Financing for Development (22 October, 2007)
- Informal Briefing on Financing for Development (20 September, 2007)
MONTERREY CONSENSUS
- The International Conference on Financing for Development, 2002
- Summary by the President of the General Assembly of the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development
EVENTS
- High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development (23 & 24 October, 2007)
- Hearings with Civil Society (22 October, 2007)
- Hearings with Business Sector (11 October, 2007)
PARTICIPANTS AT HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE
- Co-Chairs of Roundtables on six themes on Monterrey
- Intergovernmental Organisation Participants
- Civil Society Participants
- Business Sector Participants
NEWS
- UN News Centre
- Daily Star, Bangladesh*
- SABC News, South Africa*
- Asian Tribune, Thailand*
- People Daily Online, China*
- Accra Daily Mail, Ghana*
- IPS*
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