Further Modalities for the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development

A/RES/69/278View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 18 Follow-up to and implementation of the outcome of the 2002 International Conference on Financing for Development and the 2008 Review Conference, published in 2015.

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects

Development Finance Programme Implementation

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10 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General on the proposed organization of work of the third International Conference on Financing for Development;⁴

⁴A/69/542.

Recommends the provisional rules of procedure and the provisional agenda of the Conference, set forth in annexes I and II, respectively, to the note by the Secretary-General, for adoption at the Conference;

Decides that the Conference shall be conducted in accordance with its rules of procedure and the modalities contained in General Assembly resolution 68/279 and the present resolution, as well as any additional decisions regarding arrangements for the Conference to be taken by the President of the Assembly;

Also decides that the Conference will consist of eight plenary meetings, including an opening and a closing meeting;

Further decides that statements and reports to be made at the opening plenary meeting, as well as at the beginning of the second plenary meeting, both on 13 July 2015, will be delivered as proposed in paragraphs 11 and 12 of the note by the Secretary-General;

Decides that the Conference will include six multi-stakeholder round tables, held in parallel with the plenary meetings, as follows:

13 July 2015, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

14 July 2015, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

15 July 2015, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

16 July 2015, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.;

Also decides that the six round tables will be on the following themes:

Round tables 1, 3 and 5: “Global partnership and the three dimensions of sustainable development”;

Round tables 2, 4 and 6: “Ensuring policy coherence and an enabling environment at all levels for sustainable development”;

Further decides that the round tables will be interactive and multi-stakeholder in nature and that each round table will be open to participation by representatives of all participating States, up to 15 representatives of observers, relevant entities of the United Nations system and other accredited intergovernmental organizations, up to 6 representatives of accredited civil society organizations, and up to 6 representatives of accredited business sector entities, that each representative may be accompanied by 1 adviser, and that the list of non-State participants in the round tables will be established on a first-come, first-served, basis; and encourages Member States and other participants to be represented at the round tables at the highest possible level;

Decides that each round table will be co-chaired by two Chairs, to be appointed by the President of the Conference from among the Heads of State or Government and ministers attending the Conference, in consultation with the regional groups, and that high-level officials from the major institutional stakeholders will be invited to act as moderators of the round tables;

Also decides that the Secretary-General of the Conference, in consultation with the President of the General Assembly, will identify up to four panellists and a moderator for each of the round tables, and that the panel discussion will be followed by an interactive debate among States and other relevant stakeholders.

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