With less than two months to go, the countdown is intensifying for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa on 13-16 July 2015, aimed at securing the resources needed for the well-being of people and the health of our planet.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Mr. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs and Conference Secretary-General were joined by World Bank president Jim Yong Kim, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde, WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi and UNDP Administrator Helen Clark, as well as the Prime Minister of the host country Ethiopia to urge world leaders to come to the Ethiopian capital ready to commit to a financing plan to end extreme poverty by 2030. They stress the importance of this upcoming Conference to mobilize the means to achieve a sustainable and prosperous future.