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First GA High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development

  • Date: 29 - 30 October 2003
  • Location: New York

29 – 30 October 2003, New York

Summary of the President of the General Assembly of the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development: A/58/555, A/58/555/Corr.1, A/58/555/Add.1, A/58/555/Add.2

  • Statements
  • Documents
  • Roundtables
  • Media
  • Briefing Notes
  • Stakeholders

Statements

  • President General Assembly, 58th Session
  • Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • President ECOSOC (in Spanish)
  • World Bank
  • IMF
  • WTO
  • UNCTAD
  • Regional Development Banks
  • ESCWA for Regional Commissions (in Arabic)

Documents

  • Report of the Secretary-General on the “Implementation of and follow-up to commitments and agreements made at the International Conference on Financing for Development” (A/58/216)
  • Note by the Secretary-General on the “Organization and procedural matters of the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development” (A/58/436)
  • Summary by the President of the Economic and Social Council of the special high-level meeting of the Council with the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organization (New York, 14 April 2003) (A/58/77 – E/2003/62)
  • Summary of the hearings and dialogue of the Economic and Social Council with members of civil society (New York, 20 March 2003) (A/58/77/Add.1 – E/2003/62/Add.1)
  • Summary of the hearings and dialogue of the Economic and Social Council with business interlocutors (New York, 21 March 2003) (A/58/77/Add.2 – E/2003/62/Add.2)
  • Report of the Economic and Social Council for 2003 (A/58/3 (Part I))
  • Letter from the Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN Secretary-General (A/58/413)
  • Letter from the Permanent Representative of Italy to the UN Secretary-General (A/58/529)
  • Letter from the Permanent Representative of Denmark to the UN Secretary-General (A/58/542)
  • Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development at the regional level: Contribution of the Regional Commissions (Conference Room Paper)
  • Summary of the informal hearings of civil society (New York, 28 October 2003) (A/58/555/Add.1)
  • Summary of the informal hearings of the business sector (New York, 28 October 2003) (A/58/555/Add.2)
  • Report on the Panel Discussion on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (Conference Room Paper)
  • OECD Conference Room Paper for the High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development UN General Assembly (29-30 October, New York)
  • Calendar of related events (27 – 30 October 2003)

Roundtables

  • Summaries
  • Roundtable 1
  • Roundtable 2
  • Roundtable 3
  • Roundtable 4
  • Roundtable 5
  • Roundtable 6
  • Roundtable 7
  • Roundtable 8
  • Participants
  • Level of participation at this High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development
  • Roundtable 1
  • Roundtable 2
  • Roundtable 3
  • Roundtable 4
  • Roundtable 5
  • Roundtable 6
  • Roundtable 7
  • Roundtable 8

Media

  • Secretary-General on net flow of resources from developing world to other countries
  • UN system leaders review development parameters of Monterrey Consensus
  • Speakers call for increased financial flows, debt relief to aid developing countries
  • Mixed report card on development financing over 18 past months
  • Round Table 1
    HIGH-LEVEL ROUND TABLE EXAMINES REGIONAL DIMENSIONS OF IMPLEMENTING FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS
  • Round Table 2
    RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES, MARKET ACCESS, AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ROUND TABLE
  • Round Table 3
    PROGRESS IN ACHIEVING COHERENCE, CONSISTENCY IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL, TRADING SYSTEMS MIXED, ACCORDING TO SPEAKERS IN HIGH-LEVEL ROUND TABLE
  • Round Table 4
    ROUND TABLE PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS WHETHER CURRENT GLOBAL MONETARY, FINANCIAL, TRADING SYSTEMS CONDUCIVE TO DEVELOPMENT
  • Round Table 5
    BOLD ACTION REQUIRED REGARDING DEBT RELIEF, TRADE REFORM, ACCESS TO RESOURCES, ACCORDING TO PARTICIPANTS IN DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ROUND TABLE
  • Round Table 6
    PARTICIPANTS IN ROUND TABLE EXPLORE PROPOSALS TO ATTAIN FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT TARGETS, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
  • Round Table 7
    SERIOUS DOUBTS OVER ACHIEVEMENT OF INTERNATIONALLY AGREED DEVELOPMENT TARGETS, UNLESS DEVELOPED NATIONS INCREASE EFFORTS, ROUND TABLE TOLD
  • Round Table 8
    BROAD, SUSTAINED ECONOMIC GROWTH KEY TO POVERTY REDUCTION, ACHIEVEMENT OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS, HIGH-LEVEL ROUND TABLE TOLD
  • Panel agrees trade best tool to help countries reach anti-poverty goals

Briefing Notes

  • External Debt
  • Macroeconomic issues
  • International Trade
  • Global economic governance
  • Official Development Assistance (ODA)

Stakeholders

  • Informal Hearings on the High-level Dialogue (28 October 2003)
    Civil Society participation at the High-level Dialogue on financing for development and the informal hearings of the Dialogue, New York, 28 October 2003
  • Programme of the Informal Hearings of the Business Sector (Conference Room 4, 28 October 2003)
  • Programme of the Informal Hearings of Civil Society (Conference Room 4, 28 October 2003)
  • Statements
  • Outcome paper of the IFG Working Group on Global Governance
  • Cristina Calvo, Caritas/Argentina (in Spanish)
  • Maria Riley, Center of Concern
  • Gemma Adaba, ICFTU
  • Reinhard Hermle, VENRO-CIDSE

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