UN- General Assembly on Financing for Development - Tentative Programme

[wrebiejo]

Fourth High-level Dialogue of the General Assembly on Financing for Development
(New York, 23-24 March 2010)
TENTATIVE PROGRAMME
Overall theme:
Tuesday, 23 March
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Plenary meeting (Trusteeship Council Chamber)
Opening of the meeting:
Opening remarks by • H.E. Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the General Assembly
Opening address by • H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Messages from the heads of the major institutional stakeholders:
World Bank: • Mr. Otaviano Canuto, Vice President and Head of Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network
United Nations Development Programme: • Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, Associate Administrator
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development: • Mr. Petko Draganov, Deputy Secretary-General
World Trade Organization: • Mr. Shishir Priyadarshi, Director, Development Division
Formal statements by: Ministers and high-level officials•
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Plenary meeting (Trusteeship Council Chamber)
Formal statements by: Ministers and high-level officials•
“The Monterrey Consensus and Doha Declaration on Financing for Development:
status of implementation and tasks ahead”
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Fourth High-level Dialogue
of the General Assembly on Financing for Development
(New York, 23-24 March 2010)
23 March 2010
Wednesday, 24 March
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Three simultaneous multi-stakeholder round tables:
Round table 1: • “The reform of the international monetary and financial system and its implications for development” (Conference Room 1, TNLB)
Chair: H.E. Mr. Gert Rosenthal, Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations
Panelists: Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampoo , Professor in the Professional Practice of International and
Public Affairs, Columbia University
Mr. Ranjit Tejao , Deputy Director, Strategy, Policy and Review Department, IMF
Mr. Martin Khoro , Executive Director, South Centre
Round table 2: • “The impact of the current financial and economic crisis on foreign direct investment and other private flows, external debt and international trade” (Conference
Room 2, TNLB)
Chair: H.E. Ms. Olga Algayerova, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia
Panelists: Mr. Heiner Flassbecko , Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
Mr. Daniel Titelmano , Director, Development Studies Division, UN-ECLAC
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” (Conference Room 4, TNLB)
Chair: H.E. Mr. João Gomes Cravinho, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Portugal
Panelists: HRH Princess Maxima of the Netherlandso , Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development
Dr. Philippe Douste-Blazyo , Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Innovative Financing for Development
Mr. Simon Scoto t, Head, Statistics and Monitoring Division, OECD
3:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Informal interactive dialogue: “The link between financing for development and achieving the Millennium Development
Goals: the road to the 2010 high-level event”
(Trusteeship Council Chamber)
Panelists: Mr. Zia Qureshio , Senior Adviser, Office of the Chief Economist, World Bank
Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaramo , Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, UN-DESA
5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Closing of the meeting (Trusteeship Council Chamber)
Concluding remarks by • H.E. Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the General Assembly

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[crndog10]

This doesn't appear to me to be a "business" type meeting. I don't think any sanctions will be lifted during this meeting. just my opinion.

[chloe]

i believe they want the count finalized friday. maliki hasn't helped his cause with the unsc with that big mouth of his. shame on him!

[IcemanSC]

Thanks for the post.