Provisional Agenda for the Follow-Up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus (Doha, 29 November - 2 December 2008)

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 48 Follow-up to and implementation of the outcome of the 2002 International Conference on Financing for Development and the preparation of the 2008 Review Conference, published in 2009.

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At its 53rd plenary meeting, on 18 November 2008, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Second Committee,56 noting the provisions contained in the note by the Secretary-General on the proposed organization of work of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus,57 decided to recommend for adoption by the Follow-up International Conference the provisional agenda for the Conference set out in the annex to the present decision.

Provisional agenda for the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus

Opening of the Conference.

Election of the President.

Adoption of the rules of procedure.

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Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters.

Election of officers other than the President.

Organization of work, including the establishment of the Main Committee.

Credentials of representatives to the Conference:

Appointment of members of the Credentials Committee;

Report of the Credentials Committee.

General debate on financing for development:

General exchange of views on reviewing the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, including new challenges and emerging issues;

Consideration of the draft outcome document of the Conference.

Multi-stakeholder round tables under the overall theme “Looking ahead: further cooperative actions in financing for development”, focusing on the following six major thematic areas:

Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development (round table 1);

Mobilizing international resources for development: foreign direct investment and other private flows (round table 2);

International trade as an engine for development (round table 3);

Increasing international financial and technical cooperation for development (round table 4);

External debt (round table 5);

Addressing systemic issues: enhancing the coherence and consistency of the international monetary, financial and trading systems in support of development (round table 6).

Adoption of the outcome document of the Conference.

Adoption of the report of the Conference.

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