Two Financing for Development items have been taken up during the General Segment of the Substantive session of the Economic and Social Council in Geneva over the past week (23-30 July). (more…)
The following statement was delivered by civil society organizations speakers on Monday, 27 April 2009 at the ECOSOC High Level meeting with the Bretton Woods Institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The ECOSOC meeting is expected to provide inputs into the preparatory process for the June UN General Assembly meeting on the World Financial Crisis and its Impact on Development.
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held on Monday, 20 April 2009, a panel discussion on “Civil Society Perspectives on the Financing for Development Agenda” in preparation for its Special high-level meeting with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (to be held in New York, 27 April 2009). See below the interventions by panelists including Mr. Roberto Bissio, Director, Social Watch; Ms. Marina Durano, Senior Policy Researcher, Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), Mr. John Foster, Principal Researcher, North-South Institute and Mr. Aldo Caliari, Director, Rethinking Bretton Woods Project, Center of Concern. (more…)
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