Sixth GA High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development
Pursuant to General Assembly resolution , the High-level Dialogue was held on 7 and 8 October 2013 at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Headquarters, on the overall theme “The Monterrey Consensus, Doha Declaration on Financing for Development and related outcomes of major United Nations conferences and summits: status of implementation and tasks aheadâ€�. The two-day event included a series of plenary meetings chaired by the President of the General Assembly, at which ministers and high-level officials made formal statements, three interactive multi-stakeholder round tables and an informal interactive dialogue, with the participation of all relevant stakeholders. The themes of the three round tables and the interactive dialogue were as follows:
- Round table 1: “The impact of the world financial and economic crisis on the reform of the international monetary and financial system and its implications for development�;
- Round table 2: “Mobilization of public and private financing, including foreign direct investment and other private flows, and fostering international trade and sustainable debt financing, in the context of financing for development�;
- Round table 3: “The role of financial and technical development cooperation, including innovative sources of development finance, in leveraging the mobilization of domestic and international financial resources for sustainable development�;
- Informal interactive dialogue: “The link between financing for development and achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015�.
At the closing, the President of the General Assembly made concluding remarks summarizing the main points of discussions. Full summary by the President will be issued as an official Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ document.
Background Information
- Background information on organizational matters
- Tentative programme (with links to presentations)
- Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Journal announcements:
- Letter to Member States
- Information note
- Round tables and Informal InteractiveDialogue (with links to presentations)
- Background information on substantive matters