Tuesday, March 23, 2010

MARCH 23 -24- 2010 - UNITED NATIONS "THE MONTERREY CONSENSUS AND DOHA DECLARATION"

New ~ Tentative Programme for the Fourth High-Level Dialogue Of The General Assembly On Financing For Development (New York, 23-24 March 2010) link ~
http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/hld/HLD2010/TentativeProgramme.pdf

MEETING RESCHEDULED AGAIN AND WILL NOW BE HELD ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MARCH 23-24-2010 ...


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December 17, 2009

United Nations announced for a second time the new date for the "High Level Dialogue on Financing for Development" Meeting which was postponed November 23-24, 2009 and rescheduled for March 16-17, 2010 and postponed again .. until ... March 23-24. Most information pertaining to this meeting remains the same.

The High Level Meeting which was to be held November 23-24 will now be held March 23-24, 2010. (possible reason for delay? - Veto of Iraq’s Election Law Could Force Vote Delay )


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DECISION TIME ~ TIME TO PULL THE LEVER ~

The fourth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development which was to take place on 23 and 24 November 2009 at United Nations Headquarters has been rescheduled for March 23-24, 2010.

This year’s Dialogue will focus on the overall theme “The Monterrey Consensus and Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: status of implementation and tasks ahead”.

The first day of the Dialogue will consist of plenary meetings chaired by the President of the General Assembly, at which ministers and high-level officials will be able to make formal statements.

The second day will be devoted to three interactive multi-stakeholder round tables followed by an informal interactive dialogue with the participation of all relevant stakeholders.

The themes of the 3 round tables and the interactive dialogue will be 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 current 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 Millennium Development Goals: the road to the 2010 high-level event”.

The Dialogue will result in a summary by the President of the General Assembly.

http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/index.htm





LINKS TO ARTICLES - TOBIN TAX - FINANCE TAX

*A currency realignment has to take place to correct global imbalances

*Reform of the International Monetary and Financial System


http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/C.2/64/L.43&referer=http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/&Lang=E