Tentative calendar of FFD-related events during the 60th session of the General Assembly
Event
Opening of the General Debate of
the Second Committee:
Statement by Mr. José Antonio
Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General
for Economic and Social Affairs
General Debate of the Second
Committee
Organizer
Date
Location
DESA
Monday, 3 October 2005
UN Headquarters
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Conference Room 2
3-7 October 2005
UN Headquarters
Contact
FFDO@un.org
DESA
FFDO@un.org
Conference Room 2
Briefing on the International Year of
Microcredit, 2005
UNCDF
Monday, 3 October 2005
UN Headquarters
in cooperation with
1.15 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Conference Room 2
Friday, 7 October 2005
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
UN Headquarters
FFDO@un.org
DESA
Keynote address by Prof. Dani
Rodrik,
John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
"In search of prosperity:
A view on national growth
strategies"
Second Committee consideration of
agenda item tem 50:
Macroeconomic policy questions:
(b) International financial system
and development
(c) External debt crisis and
development
Panel discussion on
"External debt relief and the
achievement of the MDGs:
Challenges and opportunities"
OESC/DESA
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Conference Room 2
DESA
UNCTAD
FFDO/DESA
Monday, 10 October 2005
UN Headquarters
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Conference Room 2
Wednesday, 12 October
2005
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
UN Headquarters
Conference Room 2
FFDO@un.org
FFDO@un.org
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Event
Second Committee consideration of
Item 51:
Follow-up to and implementation of
the outcome
of the International Conference on
Financing for Development
Presentation on the outcome of
multi-stakeholder consultations on
systemic issues
Organizer
Date
Location
FFDO/DESA
Wednesday-Thursday,
12- 13 October 2005
UN Headquarters
New Rules for Global
Finance Coalition
in cooperation with
FFDO/DESA
Thursday, 13 October
2005
10 a. m. -12 p.m.
Conference Room 2
UN Headquarters
Contact
FFDO@un.org
FFDO@un.org
Conference Room 2
Presentation on the outcome of
multi-stakeholder consultations on
World Economic Forum
(a) PPPs in mobilizing resources
for development
(b) Improving the climate for
private investment
in cooperation with
FFDO/DESA
Monday, 24 October 2005
3-6 p.m.
UN Headquarters
FFDO@un.org
Conference Room 2
Panel Discussion
“Globalization and
Interdependence”
OESC/DESA
Two-day event on the theme
“Building inclusive financial sectors”
UNCDF
in cooperation with
DSPD/DESA and
FFDO/DESA
Monday-Tuesday, 7-8
November 2005
Panel discussion on
"Remittances/Innovative sources of
finance"
FFDO/DESA
Monday, 14 November
2005
"Global partnership: The role of the
private sector in achieving the
MDGs"
Global Compact
In cooperation with
FFDO/DESA and
OESC/DESA
Wednesday, 26 October
2005
3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Thursday, 17 November
2005
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
UN Headquarters
Conference Room 2
UN Headquarters
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Conference Room 2
UN Headquarters
FFDO@un.org
Conference Room TBA
UN Headquarters
Conference Room TBA
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