Day/Date	Title	Presentation/Summary	Organized by:
7 October	"In search of prosperity:  A view on national growth strategies"	§ Summary § Keynote by Prof. Dani Rodrik, Harvard University	DSD/DESA
12 October	"External debt relief and the achievement of the MDGs:  Challenges and opportunities"	§ Summary § Mr. Vikram Nehru, World Bank § Mr. Tom Scholar, International Monetary Fund § Mr. Neil Watkins, Jubilee USA Network § Mr. Barry Herman, DESA	FFDO/DESA
13 October	Presentation by the New Rules for Global Finance Coalition, in cooperation with the FfD Office of DESA, on the outcome of multi-stakeholder consultations on "Systemic issues:  enhancing the coherence and consistency of the international monetary, financial and trading systems in support of development"	§ Summary § Ms. Jo Marie Griesgraber, New Rules for Global Finance Coalition § Mr. Randall Dodd, Director, Financial Policy Forum § Mr. Frank Schroeder, Friedrich Ebert Foundation	FFDO/DESA
21 October	World Bank briefing on the 2006 World Development Report ("Equity and Development")	§ Summary § Mr. Francisco Ferreira, World Bank Research Group § Mr. Duncan Campbell, International Labour Organization § Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, DESA	OESC/DESA
24 October	Presentation by the World Economic Forum, in cooperation with the FfD Office of DESA, on the outcome of multi-stakeholder consultations on:	§ Summary § Mr. Richard Samans, World Economic Forum § Ms. Barbara Samuels, World Economic Forum	FFDO/DESA
28 October	"Natural disasters - ISDR"	§ Summary § Mr. Margareta Wahlstrom, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs § Mr. Jamal Benomar, UNDP § Mr. Sálvano Briceño, International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat.	ISDR OCHA
3 November	Presentation on the report "Inequality  Predicament"	§ Summary § Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, DESA	DSPD/DESA
7-8 November	United Nations International Forum on Building Inclusive Financial Sectors:  Microcredit and eradication of poverty*		UNCDF, DSPD/DESA, FFDO/DESA
9 November	Luncheon briefing on the UNAIDS Global Task Team: a model for reform of UN operational activities	§ Summary	Sweden UNAIDS
11 November	"Sustainable development:  Energy issues"		DSD/DESA
14 November	"Remittances"	§ Summary § Ms. Patricia Sto. Tomas, Department of Labour and Employment, Philippines § Ms. Sofiane Khatib, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spain § Mr. Alan Winters, World Bank § Mr. Manuel Orozco, Inter-American Dialogue § Mr. Marco Sanchez, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean § Mr. Damian Popolo, The Arts and Humanities Research Council	FFDO/DESA
17 November	"Global partnership:  The role of the private sector in achieving the MDGs"	§ Summary § Mr. Arun Maira, the Boston Consulting Group § Mr. Herman Mulder, ABN AMRO § Mr. Sam Jonah, AngloGold Ashanti § Mr. Jeremy Hobbs, Oxfam International § Concept paper	Global Compact EOSG OESC/DESA, FFDO/DESA
21 November	"The UN's role in the MDG focused national poverty reduction strategies"		OESC/DESA
12 December	"The disappearing ice and the impact on the world's coastlines and mountain ecological systems"		Government of Italy DSD/DESA
* Not a formal meeting of the Second Committee