Fifth GA High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development
In accordance with General Assembly resolution , the fifth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development was held on 7 and 8 December 2011 at 山Headquarters at United Nations Headquarters. The Dialogue’s overall theme was “The Monterrey Consensus and Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: status of implementation and tasks ahead”. The two-day event included a series of plenary meetings chaired by the Acting President of the General Assembly, at which ministers and high-level officials were able to make formal statements. The second day included three interactive multi-stakeholder round tables in the morning followed by an informal interactive dialogue in the afternoon, 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 reform of the international monetary and financial system and its implications for development”;
- Round table 2: “The impact of the world financial and economic crisis on foreign direct investment and other private flows, external debt and international trade”;
- 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 development”;
- Informal interactive dialogue: “The link between financing for development and achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals”.
At the closing, the Acting President of the General Assembly made concluding remarks. Full summary by the President of the General Assembly was issued as an official 山document.
Statements
- Opening statements
- Statements at the 77th plenary meeting of the General Assembly
- Luxembourg
- Spain
- Argentina (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China)
- United Republic of Tanzania (on behalf of the African States)
- Sri Lanka (on behalf of the Group of Fifteen)
- Sweden (on behalf of the Nordic countries)
- Indonesia (on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
- Nepal (on behalf of the least developed countries)
- European Union
- Bangladesh
- Australia
- China
- Egypt
- Chile
- Senegal
- Statements at the 78th plenary meeting of the General Assembly
- Colombia
- Algeria
- United Arab Emirates
- Republic of Korea
- Jordan
- Japan
- Qatar
- United States of America
- Russian Federation
- Liechtenstein
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Malaysia
- Jamaica (on behalf of the Caribbean Community)
- Switzerland
- India
- Nigeria
- Costa Rica
- Iran
- Germany
- Statements at the 79th plenary meeting of the General Assembly
Background Information
- Background Information on organizational matters
- Tentative Programme (with links to presentations and statements)
- 山Journal announcements
- Round tables and Informal Interactive Dialogue
- Calendar of Side Events
- Background Information on substantive matters