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In the framework of the Spain/UNDP MDG-Achievement Fund, UNESCO is a prominent participating agency with a portfolio of 49 joint programmes across all thematic windows of the Fund (Environment and Climate

The objective of the MDG-F programme on water and sanitation is to strengthen democratic economic governance in that sector

At the same session, the General Assembly invited the

The Office is participating in a total of seven MDG-F joint programmes: three projects on culture and development in Honduras, Nicaragua

(f) Looked forward to working closely with the country task force on monitoring and reporting to ensure the successful implementation of resolution 1612 (2005), and urged the relevant agencies, including the United Nations Development Programme and the United

At the same session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-sixth

The emerging context had also been underpinned by the aftermath of the global economic and financial

The current global economic crisis, which has led

(j) Consideration should be given to the establishment of a global economic coordination

The meeting was organized around four consecutive, informal, interactive debates on the following themes: (a) “Financial support for development efforts of least developed countries: development finance, including innovative mechanisms, Aid for Trade and debt relief”; (b) “Financial support for development efforts of middle-income countries: development cooperation, trade, capital flows, policy space and reserve system”; (c) “Follow-up to the 2010 Millennium Development Goals Summit outcome: building the global partnership for development, including in

The ad hoc open-ended working group of the General Assembly to follow-up on the issues contained in the Outcome of the Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development held, from April to June 2010, a series of six substantive meetings on the themes (a) the impact of the crisis on debt sustainability of developing countries; (b) mobilization of additional resources to mitigate the impact of the crisis on the most vulnerable; (c) access to credit and concessionary finance, fiscal space for counter-cyclical policies and the current global reserve system; (d) improved financial regulation and supervision; (e) reform of the international financial and economic system, including voice and participation of developing

There was a need for Member States to consider holding a major United

The second thematic debate featured presentations by Robert Vos, Director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, who focused on policy coherence and the global partnership for development in the context of the follow-up to the Millennium Development Goals Summit held in September 2010 and by Detlef Kotte, Head of the Macroeconomic and Development Policies Branch of the UNCTAD Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, who discussed

The efforts of the United States

They also underlined the need for a comprehensive

Mr. Sha, introducing the subject, identified the two major issues of the systemic agenda: (a) specific policies to support the more effective functioning and coordination of the international financial

Member States must commit to working in solidarity on

Creation of a more effective United Nations framework for coordination, coherence and

In close coordination with the United Nations country team, and in consultation with the main development partners of the Government, the Mission will continue to monitor key socio-economic factors that have an impact on the peace and stability of Timor-Leste, such as poverty reduction and human development, equitable and inclusive economic growth, with concentration on rural development, youth employment and gender equality, Millennium Development Goal-sensitive macroeconomic policies, private sector development,

Research conducted at the One World Trust covering parliaments in both developing and developed countries has revealed a number of reasons, including that parliamentarians themselves do not consider that they are

The discussions highlighted the pressing need to strengthen the representation of developing countries in several key international decision-making bodies; the importance of considering ways of enhancing the engagement between the G20 and the wider United Nations membership; the need to

Such a debate should associate the United Nations, the World Bank, IMF and the World Trade Organization, should involve regional financial institutions and other relevant bodies and should take place in the context of the current

At its sixty-sixth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, by the end of

The Group of 77 and China therefore looks forward to a constructive and positive preparatory process which builds the comfort level necessary for the outcome document to have an explicit reference to the need for new development paradigm and approach which, among others, places at its heart the need to mobilize political will and attending financial resources for a renewed and rebalanced global approach to development,

Especially since the 2008-2009 crisis, they

UNESCO is directly involved in three joint projects for a total of $2,167,184 (MDG-F Culture and Development,

These include the Protocol for the Establishment of a Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution, Peace and Security, aimed at strengthening subregional cooperation in several fields, including international terrorism; the Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa, which was created in 1999 and whose mandate was revised in 2006 to incorporate counter-terrorism financing; the Conflict Prevention Framework adopted in January 2008 to help the subregion to address the interrelated challenges of cross-border crime, the proliferation of small