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22 November 2001
(01-5936)
Committee on Trade and Development
THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT
Background Note by the Secretariat
I. BACKGROUND
1. The International Conference on Financing for Development (ICFD) is being planned by the
United Nations (UN) to be held 18 - 22 March 2002 in Monterrey, Mexico.
2. In 1997, the UN General Assembly agreed that it would consider the "convening ... of a
summit, international conference, special session of the General Assembly or other high-levelinternational intergovernmental forum on financing for development ..., not later than 2001".  In 1999,
the UN General Assembly, made a definite decision to hold a "high level intergovernmental event of
political decision makers" (Resolution A/RES/54/196).
3. At that 1999 General Assembly meeting, it was also agreed to establish a Preparatory
Committee (PrepCom) to carry out the substantive arrangements of the event, particularly havingpreliminary consultations with the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Trade
Organisation (WTO), on the potential modalities of  their participation in both the substantive
preparatory process and the high-level intergovernmental event.  A Bureau of the PrepCom was also
established to continue consultations with all relevant stakeholders. The fifteen-member Bureau,
which has geographical balance, is headed by two Co-Chairs from a developing and a developed
country.  (See Annex I) .  
4. In September 2000, the UN's Millennium Declaration was issued, which included the UN
International Development Goals for 2015.  Also in cluded in the Millennium Declaration is the
agreement that the Heads of State and Government will "make every effort to ensure the success" of
the High-Level Event on Financing for Development (FFD).
5. The ICFD will take up six main themes:  (i) domestic resource mobilization in developing
countries,  (ii) the role of private capital flows,  (iii ) the role of trade,  (iv) international development
cooperation including the role of Official Development Assistance (ODA), (v) debt, and
(vi) "systemic issues" relating to the framework of international cooperation on economic, financial
and developmental questions.
6. Within the framework of the Conference, the WTO, IMF and World Bank have been
nominated as "major institutional stakeholders".  In addition, a wide range of discussions have beenheld with a number of stakeholders – governments,  Inter-Governmental Orga nisations (IGOs ), private
sector, members of civil society, Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) – both in formal and
informal consultations in New York at the UN headquarters and around the world during 1999/2000.
For instance, during the last five months of 2000, the UN Economic Commissions, in cooperation
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(4-6 August 2000), Latin America & the Caribbean (9 - 10 November 2000), Africa
(21-23 November 2000) , West Asia (23 - 24 Nove mber 2000) and Europe (6 – 7 December 2000).
7. The UN Secretary-General's report to the Pr epCom (A/AC.257/12) was a fundamental input
to the discussions at the second PrepCom meeting in February 2001. The Report's proposals in the
area of trade, are included in Annex II.
II. THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE
8. Preparations for the ICFD, which was originally to be held in mid-2001, have been ongoing
since late 1999.  The PrepCom, is currently co-chaired by Ambassador Ruth Jacoby (Sweden) and
Ambassador Shamshad Ahmad (Pakistan).  Previous PrepCom Co-Chairs have been from Denmark
and Thailand.  The PrepCom has held three substantive meetings to date on 31 May - 2 June 2000
(this meeting was resumed in October and November 2000), 12-23 February 2001, with the thirdmeeting being held in two parts (May and October 2001).
9. At the end of each of these meetings, the Co-Chairs have issued a joint-statement which
summarises the outcome of the meeting.  No joint statement was made for the October PrepCom by
the Co-Chairs, however, a summary of the May 2001 joint-statement is at Annex III.  All relevant
information and documentation concerning the Conference can be found on the website
http://www.un.org/esa/ffd .
10. At the resumed Third Meeting of the PrepCom on 15-19 October 2001, the main
documentation considered was as follows:
(i) the Fourth Report of the Bureau to the PrepCom,
(ii) the "Draft Outcome" (A/AC.257/24) by th e Facilitator, Mr. M. Escanero of Mexico,
(iii) the Report of the High Level Panel on FFD – the Zedillo Report (A/55/1000),  and
(iv) ten technical background notes on various topics, including two of particular
relevance to the WTO - " Existing proposals to promote the increased and more
effective participation of developing countries in the trade and financial decision-
making process " (A/AC.257/27/Add. 4), and " Existing proposals to increase market
access to exports of developing countries " (A/AC.257/27/Add. 6).  A complete list of
these background notes is at Annex IV.
11. At this meeting, the WTO Secretariat made a general input and indicated, inter alia  that the
outcome of the Fourth Ministerial Declaration could influence the FFD discussions.
12. At the PrepCom meeting held in October 2001:
• discussion on the "draft Outcome" showed wide ly divergent views.  It was agreed that
the Facilitator would prepare a revised "draft Outcome" document by the end of
November 2001, for the consideration of the January 2002 PrepCom Meeting;
• the proposal by the Bureau about the structure of FFD Conference was agreed to
(Annex V);  and
• the PrepCom approved the accreditation of two IGOs, six business entities and
twenty-two additional NGOs to the ICFD.
13. The second report of the PrepCom to the UN General Assembly is to be submitted by the end
of November 2001.WT/COMTD/W/94
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III. WTO'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROCESS
14. Within the FFD discussions, the two main areas of interest to the WTO are the role of trade in
FFD, and the relationship between the WTO, the UN and its agencies, and the Bretton Woods
Institutions.
15. With respect to the role of trade in financing deve lopment, it is recognised that trade policies -
at the national, regional and multilateral levels – can influence the growth and development of
economies, reduce unemployment and assist in poverty alleviation.  The range of issues being
examined include: (a) improved market access for developing country products, (b) capacity building,
(c) improving the effectiveness of being involved in trade decision-making, (d)  the WTO's built-in
agenda and (e) the impact of the results of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting.
16. The Facilitator's Draft Outcome proposes a commitment to "ensuring greater policy coherence
and better cooperation among the UN, its agencies, the Bretton Woods Institutions and the WTO, as
well as other multilateral bodies".  It makes a number of proposals on how the dialogue might be
improved to achieve greater policy coherence and better cooperation.  These include:  "upgrading [the
WTO's] institutional relationship with the UN to a similar level to the one already established among
the IMF, the World Bank and the UN";  consultations within the General Assembly  to explore how toset up a "world economic body", under the aegis of the UN to "provide a long-term strategic policy
framework to promote economic and social development, to secure consistency in the policy goals of
the major international organizations, and to provide political leadership to enhance the coherence and
consistency of the international monetary, financial, and trading systems in support of development";
and the establishment of a "mechanism for substantive engagement among the Economic and SocialCouncil (ECOSOC), the Bretton Woods instit utions, and WTO, focused on supporting the
implementation and follow-up of the results of this Conference."
17. The WTO is involved at Secretariat and Membership levels in the FFD process.  The General
Council at its meeting on 17 July 2000 agreed that the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD)
should be the contact point for an input from the WTO to the UN High-Level Event on FFD, and thatthe Chairman of the CTD should be in contact with the PrepCom for the Event.  It was also agreed
that issues which might be raised in the context of the preparations for the Event would be discussed
in the CTD.
18. The WTO Secretariat in October 2000, prepared input for inclusion in the UN
Secretary-General's Report.  The Secretary General's Report, which was submitted to the PrepCom,
was issued in January 2001 with a disclaimer that the recommendations and contents were solely that
of the UN Secretariat.
19. At the 31
st Session of the CTD held 27 October and 8 November 2000, the Secretariat briefed
the Committee on the state of play of preparations.  Three informal meetings of the CTD were held on
19 January, 9 February and 9 April 2001 at which Members had an informal paper by the Secretariat
to stimulate the discussions.  Following discussions in the CTD, the Secretariat was requested to
prepare a short statement which could constitute the WTO Members' political input into the event.
The WTO Membership Contribution (WT/COMTD/ 30), was taken to the 3-4 May 2001 meeting of
the PrepCom by the Director of the Development Division.  The Director reported to the CTD at its
34th Session on 22–23 May 2001 at which delegations were also given the opportunity to express
views concerning the WTO Membership Contribution to the ICFD PrepCom process
(WT/COMTD/M/33).
20. An informal meeting between the Bureau of the PrepCom and CTD Members took place on
9 April 2001, at which time the Committee was updated on the preparations for the Event andWT/COMTD/W/94
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discussions were held with Members.  During the preparations for the Facilitator's Report,
Mr. Escanero visited Geneva in early 2001 and held discussions with various Directors and others in
the WTO Secretariat.
21. Between June and September 2001, the Secretariat on request by the FFD Secretariat,
prepared submissions for two of the technical papers " Existing proposals to promote the increased
and more effective participation of developing countries in the trade and financial decision-making
process ", and " Existing proposals to increase market access to exports of developing countries ".
22. For the paper dealing with market access to exports of developing countries , the WTO
submission noted that, within the WTO, developing countries concerns were in three inter-related
issues:  (i) implementation  of the current WTO Agreements,  (ii) market access  for agricultural
products, industrial products and services and  (iii) the development or refinement of WTO rules for
goods and services.  The submission also mentions the large number of agricultural and services
negotiating proposals.
23. With respect to market access for Least-Developed Countries (LDCs) the paper states that
recent developments show significant and concrete improvements have been made in this respect.
However, there is still scope for further improvements.  It was further stated that "since the WTO
Singapore Ministerial Conference in 1996, many WTO Members have taken or proposed measures toprovide duty and quota free access to all or essentially all products exported by Least-Developed
Countries".
24. At its 35
th Session on 8 October 2001, the CTD was informed by the Secretariat of
developments in the preparatory process for the UN ICFD, and the Facilitator's Draft Outcome and
the executive summary of the Zedillo Report were made available to the Committee.
25. Subsequently, the Secretariat attended the recently concluded resumed meeting of the third
PrepCom, which was held 15–19 October 2001, a nd was represented by Mr. Ouedraogo, Deputy
Director-General and Mr. Frank, Director  for the External Relations Division.
IV. EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE ICFD
26. Between November 2001 and the ICFD in March 2002, a range of events have been planned
that are related to the ongoing FFD consultations.  These events, cover a wide cross-section of subject
areas, and are organised for governments, IGOs, NGOs, the business sector and civil society and are
outlined in Annex VI.
27. The Agenda for the Fourth PrepCom meeting, scheduled to be held 14-25 January 2002 in
New York, has not yet been finalised.  However, the agenda is expected to include (a) consideration
of the  revised "draft Outcome" of the Facilitator, (b) selection of themes for the round tables, duringthe Ministerial sessions on 19
 and 20 March 2001, and (c) consideration of a report from the business
sector interlocutors on meetings held between October and December 2001.
V. FUTURE INVOLVEMENT OF THE WTO
28. At the CTD meeting of 26  November 2001, members will have the opportunity to discuss the
progress to date on the FFD issue, including the involvement of the WTO membership and the WTO
Secretariat.  One of the Co-Chairs, H.E. Ms. R. Jacoby will be present to participate in the
discussions.WT/COMTD/W/94
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29. The Fourth Prepcom meeting would be an oppor tunity for the WTO to make an intervention
with respect to the outcome of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting and officially table the
Director-General’s " Report on Developments in the International Trading System".  WTO members
may also wish to ensure that their representativ es in New York are fully briefed on any issue of
concern to them, so that their individual views on the outcome of the Doha Ministerial meeting, andany subsequent developments could be voiced.
30. The FFD process raises following questions for the consideration of members:
1. How can the FFD process contribute to the furthering of the results of the Doha
declaration?
2. How can elements of the Doha declaration be incorporated into the discussions on
FFD?
3. How should the two institutions of the WTO and UN cooperate in the future?
4. How can individual members ensure that trade and development issues are treated in
a consistent manner within the two processes?WT/COMTD/W/94
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ANNEX I
Composition of the Bureau of the Preparatory Committee
The current composition of the fifteen-member Bureau of the PrepCom of the High-level
International Intergovernmental Event on FFD is as follows:
- Co-chair:  H.E. Ms. Ruth Jacoby, Ambassador Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations
- Co-chair:  H.E. Mr. Shamshad Ahmad, Ambassador Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United
Nations
- Vice-Chairman-cum -Rapporteur:  Mr. Hazem Fahmy, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the
Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations
- Vice-Chair:   H.E. Mr. Ivan Simonovic, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to
the United Nations
- Vice-Chair:  Ms. Jana Simonová, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United
Nations
- Vice-Chair:   H.E. Ms. Ellen M. Loj, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United
Nations
- Vice-Chair:   Mr. Kwabena Osei-Danquah, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United
Nations
- Vice-Chair:   H.E. Mr. Gert Rosenthal, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the United
Nations
- Vice-Chair:   H.E. Mr. Yoshiyuki Motomura, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United
Nations
- Vice-Chair:   Mr. Marco Balarezo, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Perú to the United
Nations
- Vice-Chair:   Ms. Sonia Leonce Carryl, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Saint Lucia to the
United Nations
- Vice-Chair:   H.E. Mr. Mubarak Hussein Rahmtalla, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic
of the Sudan to the United Nations
- Vice-Chair:   H.E. Mr. Chuchai Kasemsarn, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United
Nations
- Vice-Chair:   Mr. John Davison, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of the United States to the
United Nations
- Vice-Chair:   H.E. Mr. Srgjan Kerin, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia to the United Nations
- Ex-officio Member:  H.E. Mr. Jorge Navarrete, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the
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ANNEX II
The UN Secretary-General's Report
The UN Secretary General, in January 2001, made the following eight proposals in the area of
trade, for the consideration of the PrepCom with a disclaimer that the recommendations and contents
were solely that of the UN Secretariat:
− Donor countries and international financial and developmental institutions should pursue a
global, fully-funded programme to assist interested developing countries, particularly LDCsand other low-income countries, in liberalizing, the trade sector of their economies, and
ensuring that gradual trade liberalization is part of, and consistent with, development and
poverty reduction strategies.
− All trading partners should liberalize trade in goods and services of particular interest to
developing economies, seeking to achieve bound, expanded and commercially meaningfulmarket access for such goods and services.  Particular attention should be given, in the first
instance, to the full integration of textiles and clothing into WTO;  the reduction of barriers of
trade in agricultural products; the removal of tariff peaks and escalation affecting the export
products of developing countries; and the e xpansion, where appropriate, of Generalized
System of Preferences (GSP) schemes.
− All developed countries should immediately prov ide duty-free, quota-free market access to all
non-arms exports of LDCs and highly indebted poor countries and consider doing the samefor other developing countries, particularly the countries of Africa, small island developing
States, landlocked and transit developing countries, and other developing countries, as well ascountries with economies in transition with special difficulties in attracting FFD.
− WTO members should ensure that the WTO agreements and their associated disciplines are
applied in ways conducive to development.  Developed country members of WTO andinternational financial institutions should ensure that adequate financial and technical
assistance is provided to developing countries for their implementation of the WTOagreements.
− The international financial institutions should continue adapting and making more flexible the
mechanisms through which they provide balance of payments support in times of commodityprice shocks.
− The relevant international organizations should urgently formulate measures to help
developing countries to deal with commodity pr ice risks, including the possible establishment
of a new global facility to facilitate developing country access to commodity price risk
management and structured commodity finance mechanisms and to assist in the development
of regional and national commodity exchanges.
− The multilateral development banks should spearhead the development of a major programme
to assist developing countries, particularly small and vulnerable economies, in diversifyingtheir export base in terms of both the product mix (goods and services) and destination
markets. The importance of export diversification programmes should be kept in mind by
bilateral donors and all multilateral aid agencies in considering expenditure and assistance
priorities. WTO should monitor vigilantly the use of anti-dumping measures and anyvoluntary export restraint agreements, particularly when used against developing countries.WT/COMTD/W/94
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− Donor countries should contribute rapidly and generously to the Trust Fund established in the
context of the Integrated Framework.  WTO members should expand the scope of theIntegrated Framework beyond the least developed countries, to cover other developing
countries, particularly countries of Africa, small island States and landlocked and transit
developing countries.WT/COMTD/W/94
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ANNEX III
Summary of Joint-Statement by the Co-Chairs of the PrepCom for the 2-8 May 2001 Meeting
(Part I of the Third PrepCom)
In the joint-statement by the Co-Chairs issued on the final day of the meeting, it was indicated
that the future work would have to focus on specif ically which policy-needs to try to address for the
ICFD in March 2002, and how to address them.  They further concluded that in the area of trade, the
issues on which there was convergence of views were that (a) trade can and should give an important
boost to economic growth and employment, (b) global trade liberalization can offer important
development opportunities but also serious economic challenges, and that countries differ greatly in
their capacity to take advantage of the opportunities and successfully meet the challenges, (c) todaythere is a greater appreciation of the need for realistic appraisals of the appropriate sequencing and
time frame for implementation of trade policy commitments of developing countries.   In addition, the
linkage of trade and development policy, and the importance given that all countries should meet all
of their trade policy commitments was also discussed.
The Co-Chairs also indicated in their statement,  the following policy priorities to which the
areas of convergence with respect to trade seemed to point:
• Linking international trade negotiations to development goals : it was recognised that the
liberalization and reform process, aims to improve market access in all sectors and elaborate
balanced and equitable rules for the conduct of international trade in goods and services. It
was suggested that FFD might focus on bottlenecks to development and how to resolve them
so that the benefits of trade liberalization would be fully realized.
• Developing appropriate arrangements for capacity building in trade matters:  a number of
countries welcomed steps to strengthen the Integrated Framework for technical assistance for
LDCs.
• Mechanisms for managing risk in international trade:  examples cited were  (i) the recently
adopted "system of additional support" by the European Union (EU) to help the African,
Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, which is  associated with mitigating the instability in
export earnings, (ii) the Compensatory Financing Facility (CFF) of the IMF which provides
financial assistance (usually in association with stand-by arrangements) to countries
experiencing temporary export earnings shortfalls and temporary excess cereal import costs,
and (iii) the international task force on commodity risk management in developing countrieswhich was established by the World Bank to explore potential role of international
cooperation in facilitating access of developing countries to market instruments to deal with
intra-annual commodity price fluctuations.
• The need to proceed with the built-in agenda of the WTO.
• Developing institutional arrangements for UN / WTO dialogue:   suggestions have been made
how this could be done building on the experien ce of the Economic and Social Council of the
UN (ECOSOC) and the Bretton Woods institutions.
With respect to Systemic issues, the Co-Chairs indicated that most of the discussion was
devoted to two broad themes:  (a) participation in the international decision-making and norm-setting
process and  (b) better coordination and coherence in activities of different international bodies.  The
policy-priorities identified, included:WT/COMTD/W/94
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• Ways in which the on-going reform efforts of the existing financial structures could make
these structures more transparent and responsive to the challenges of globalization anddevelopment.
• Developing appropriate arrangements for capacity building of developing countries in making
international finance and trade policy.
• Examining the conditions for a more enablin g international environment in support of
domestic resource mobilization, including market access for developing country exports, thestability of international commodity prices and the global financial system governing
international financial flows.
• Improving consistency, coherence, coordination and cooperation in financial, trade and
development spheres. According to speakers, much more is needed to further extend and
strengthen coherence and consistency among international financial institutions, WTO, UN
and various forums and committees. It was pointed out that better coordination is required
both at the international and national levels. It was also recognized that increased coherence
in policy making should be matched at the operational level when policies are translated into
concrete actions.
• Ways by which regional cooperation can effectively complement actions at the global level.
Participants stressed that strengthening regional cooperation and coordination arrangements
between global and regional institutions in monetary and financial matters as well as in crisis
prevention and management should be further explored.
• Strengthening multilateral surveillance in a symmetrical manner for all countries.
• Encouraging coherence of major industrial country policies with global objectives.
• Differentiated approach to implementation of standards and codes, taking into account the
development needs and capacities of developing countries
There was also a discussion on the interlinkages among the six areas of the Conference's
substantive agenda.  The essence of a focus on interlinkages is the concern that policy makers should
explicitly address three issues:  (i) coherence of policies and norms with national and internationalgoals, (ii) consistency among actions of different official entities at the policy and operational level,
and (iii) complementarity among multiple policy mandates.
These concerns pertain to (a) different and sometimes overlapping ministerial responsibilities
at domestic level, between national authorities in di fferent countries, and between national authorities
and international institutions, in particular in volving matters of money, trade, finance and
development; (b) substantive principles – some Governments arguing for the primacy of national
priorities in national policy making, although it was also observed that countries whose economic
policies can affect the international economic environment should take that fact into account in setting
their national policies; (c) the principles under which policy norms are created, adopted and their
implementation monitored – this implies the need to consider modalities of more democraticparticipation in decision-making.WT/COMTD/W/94
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ANNEX IV
List of Technical Background Papers
Ten technical papers were prepared by the Coordinating Secretariat, between June and
September 2001, with assistance / contributions from stakeholders and various institutions.  The titles
of these technical papers is as follows:
• Existing proposals for enhanced international cooperation on tax matters.
• Existing proposals for international cooperation to combat corruption, including repatriation
of illegally transferred funds to the countries of origin.
• Existing proposals for innovative sources of finance.
• Existing proposals to promote the increased and more effective participation of
developing countries in the trade and financial decision-making processes.
• Existing proposals for improved or new processes for coordinated debt restructuring
(prevention and treatment of debt problems) in order to sustain growth and support economicand social development.
• Existing proposals to increase market access to exports of developing countries.
• Existing proposals on bilateral and multilateral investment agreements and practices towards
codes of conduct on TNCs and governments with respect to FDI.
• Existing proposals on financial crisis prevention, including operation of early warning
systems and transparent and predictable international financial markets.
• Existing proposals to ensure availability of suff icient international liquidity in order, inter
alia, to avoid unnecessarily recessive adjustment processes.
• Existing proposals on strategies for expanding access to micro-credit and for assisting current
micro-credit beneficiaries in gaining access to the formal domestic banking sector.WT/COMTD/W/94
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ANNEX V
Draft Programme of the International Conference on Financing for Development
as recommended by the FFD Bureau to the resumed Third Meeting
of the Preparatory Committee  (A/A.C.257/29)
SEGMENT DAY TIME PLENARY ROUNDTABLES
H-L Official 18 March 2002
Mondaymorning 1 meeting
18 March 2002
Mondayafternoon 1 meeting
morning 2 simultaneous roundtables 19 March 2002
Tuesday
afternoon 2 simultaneous roundtables
morning 2 simultaneous roundtablesMinisterial
20 March 2002
Wednesday
afternoon 2 simultaneous roundtables
morning 1 meeting
afternoon 1 meeting21 March 2002
Thursday
evening 1 meeting
morning 1 meeting 2 simultaneous roundtables
1 meeting 2 simultaneous roundtablesSummit
22 March 2002
Friday
afternoon
Closing
Session
High-level Official Segment
18 March 2002 : Monday morning (plenary)
- Election of the General Committee of the Conference, under the presidency of the host
country
- Assumption of the co-presidency of the High-level Official segment by the Deputy Ministers
of Trade, Finance and Foreign Affairs of the host country
- Report by Co-chairs of the PrepCom- Adoption of Monterrey Consensus draft(s) for ministerial consideration
- Reports on other relevant processes
- Statements by regional commissions and regional development banks
Ministerial segment
18 March 2002 : Monday afternoon (plenary)
- Assumption of the co-presidency of the Ministerial segment by Ministers of Finance, Trade
and Foreign Affairs of the host country
- Adoption of Monterrey Consensus draft(s) for Summit consideration
- Statements on behalf of intergovernmental economic, financial, monetary and trade bodies
(ECOSOC, Development Committee ........)
- Statements by UN bodies (UNDP, UNCTAD, DESA .........)WT/COMTD/W/94
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- Report(s) by FfD Civil Society Forum(s)
- Report(s) by FfD Business Forum(s)
19 March 2002:  Tuesday morning  (round tables1)
- Two simultaneous multi-stakeholder round tables
19 March 2002 :  Tuesday afternoon (round tables1)
- Two simultaneous multi-stakeholder round tables
20 March 2002 : Wednesday morning (round tables1)
- Two simultaneous multi-stakeholder round tables
20 March 2002 : Wednesday afternoon (round tables1)
- Two simultaneous multi-stakeholder round tables
Summit Segment
21 March 2002:  Thursday morning (plenary)
- Assumption of the presidency of the Conference by the Head of State of the host country -
Introductory statements by President of General Assembly, Secretary-General , and the heads
of the WB, IMF,  and WTO
- Statements by heads of delegation, by precedence2
21 March 2002:  Thursday afternoon (plenary)
- Statements by heads of delegation, by precedence2
21 March 2002 :  Thursday evening (plenary)
- Statements by heads of delegation, by precedence2
Summit Segment  (cont.)
22 March 2002 :  Friday morning (plenary and round tables1)
- Statements by heads of delegation, by precedence2
- Two simultaneous round tables of heads of delegation, by precedence, with the theme
The International Conference for Financ ing for Development: looking ahead, with
representatives of institutional stakeholders, civil society and business sector
22 March 2002: Friday afternoon (plenary and round tables1)
- Statements by heads of delegation, by precedence2
- Two simultaneous round tables of heads of delegation, by precedence, with the theme
The International Conference for Financ ing for Development: looking ahead, with
representatives of institutional stakeholders, civil society and business sector
- Closing session (plenary)
- Adoption of Monterrey Consensus final document(s)
- Closing remarks by the Head of State of the host country and SG.
                                                     
1 Round tables of maximum of 70 seats with the participation of government delegations (48) and
representatives of major institutional stakeholders (8), civil society (7) and business sector (7).
2 List of speakers will be established by drawing of lots, in accordance with the customary protocol that
ensures that Heads of State or Government speak first, followed by Ministers and other heads of delegation.WT/COMTD/W/94
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ANNEX VI
Upcoming events related to the FFD Programme,
November 2001 – March 2002
November 2001
Dates Meeting Website Reference
1-2International Policy Dialogue on "Financial Sector Reforms in
Response to Globalization" is being convened by the
Development Policy Forum of the German Foundation forInternational Development, Berlin, Germanywww.dse.de
9-13 WTO 4th Ministerial Conference, Doha, Qatar www.wto.org
11-12International Chamber of Commerce, Regional meeting for
South Asia (incorporating FFD themes), Karachi, Pakistanwww.iccwbo.org
12Third of Five Round Table Meeting organized by the Business
Council for UN, Washington D.C.www.unausa.org/bcun
18Meeting of the Development Committee and the International
Monetary And Financial Committee, Ottawa, Canadacanstey@worldbank.org
22-23Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and
Asian Development Bank – Workshop on Mobilizing Domestic
Finance for Development, Bangkok, Thailandwww.unescap.org
26-27Economic Commission for Africa – Second Regional Meeting,
Nairobi, Kenyahttp://www.uneca.org
29International Chamber of Commerce, Regional meeting for
Latin America (incorporating FFD themes), Caracas, Venezuelawww.iccwbo.org
29South Asia Economic Summit - Regional Meeting of World
Economic Forum incorporating FFD themes, New Delhi, Indiawww.weforum.org
29-30Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean -
Technical Meeting on FFD - related issues, Santiago, Chilewww.eclac.cl
**UN Pledging Conference for Development Activities, New
Yorkwww.un.org/ga/55/
**Second Report of the PrepCom to the General Assembly, New
Yorkwww.un.org/ga/55/
December 2001
Dates Meeting Website Reference
2-4World Economic Forum, South Asia Economic Summit
(incorporating FFD themes), New Delhi, Indiawww.weforum.org/
3Economic Commission for Europe and European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development – Expert Meeting on FDI,
Geneva, Switzerlandwww.uneca.org
12Fourth of Five Round Table Meeting organized by the Business
Council for UN, New Yorkwww.unausa.org/bcun
12-14 WTO General Council, Geneva, Switzerland www.wto.org
** General Assembly completes its 2001 session www.un.org/ga/55/WT/COMTD/W/94
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January 2002
Dates Meetings Website Reference
8 - 9 UNCTAD-Seminar on Market Access, New York www.unctad.org
14 - 25 Last Session of the FfD-Preparatory Committee
before the International Conference on Financing
for Development, New Yorkwww.un.org/esa/ffd/0501PC-
bcpapers.htm
28 Jan. – 8 Feb.. Second Preparatory Committee of the World Summit
on Sustainable Development, New Yorkwww.johannesburgsummit.org
30 Jan. – 5 Feb. World Social Forum incorporating FFD Themes,
Porto Allegre, Brazilwww.forumsocialmundial.org.br
31 Jan. – 5 Feb. Annual Meeting - World Economic Forum, Davos,
Switzerlandwww.weforum.org
February 2002
Dates Meetings Website Reference
28 Jan – 8 FebSecond Preparatory Committee of the World Summit on
Sustainable Development, New Yorkwww.johannesburgsummit.org
30 Jan – 05 Feb World Social Forum incorporating FFD Themes, Porto
Allegre, Brazilwww.forumsocialmundial.org.br
31 Jan – 05 Feb Annual Meeting – World Economic Forum, Davos,
Switzerlandwww.weforum.org
11-15Association of Latin American and Caribbean
Economists - 4th International Encounter of Economists
on Globalisation and Development Problemsanec@info.get.cma.net
21-22Development Cooperation Forum convened by the
Carter Center’s "Global Development Initiative" ,
Atlanta,www.cartercenter.org
** Last of Five Round Table Meeting organized by the
Business Council for UN, New Yorkwww.unausa.org/bcun
March 2002
Dates Meetings Website Reference
14-17 Civil Society Forum, Monterrey, Mexico rosaencasa@aol.com
18 Business Forum, Monterrey, Mexico www.iccwbo.org
18-22International Conferen ce on Financing for
Development, Monterrey, MexicoFfD@un.org
25 March-5 April Third Preparatory Committee of the World Summit on
Sustainable Development, New Yorkwww.johannesburgsummit.org
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