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On 30 June 2008 Professor Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), presented the Committee's findings on "The need for a development-supportive international financial architecture to compensate developing countries for external shocks" of the CDPs report on its 10th session at the High-Level Policy Dialog.
The High-Level Policy Dialogue with the Heads of International Financial and Trade Institutions (World Bank, IMF, UNCTAD and WTO), under the auspices of ECOSOC, focused on major developments in the world economy and international economic cooperation, in the broader context of the follow-up to the 2005 World Summit.
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On 5 July 2011 Professor Frances Stewart, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings on "Quality education for all: meeting human resources needs in developing countries" as part of the CDPs report on its 13th session at the High-Level Segment of the 2011 ECOSOC session.
The 2011 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 4 to 8 July 2011, at the United Nations Office in Geneva and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme "Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to education". It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations,…
On 7 July 2014 Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings on "Global governance and global rules for the post-2015 era" as part of the CDPs report on its 16th session at the High-Level Segment of the 2014 ECOSOC session.
The 2014 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 7 to 11 July 2014, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme “Achieving the Millennium Development Goals and charting the way for an ambitious post-2015 development agenda including the Sustainable Development Goals”. It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States,…
On 1 July 2008 Professor Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings of the CDPs report on its 10th session at the High-Level Segment of the 2008 ECOSOC session.
The 2008 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 30 June to 7 July 2008, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development”. It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, academia and the private sector, and the UN system.…
On 28 April 2011 Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, on behalf of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), presented the Committee's findings on "Quality education for all: meeting human resources needs in developing countries" as part of the CDPs report on its 13th session to the Global Preparatory Meeting for the 2011 Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) theme.
he 2011 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 4 to 8 July 2011, at the United Nations Office in Geneva and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme "Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to education". It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors,…
Professor Jose Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's Report on it's 16th Session to the ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) held on 13 June 2014.
The CDP’s deliberations on LDC-related issues, including, monitoring the development progress of graduating and graduated countries were presented to Council members. The Committee’s considerations and recommendations from strengthening global governance and global rules for the achievement of internationally agreed goals to the role of country classifications for
development were also presented.
CMMs are part of ECOSOC’s coordinating role and are held throughout the year.…
n 23 July 2009 Professor Willene Johnson, on behalf of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings of the CDPs report on its 10th session at the General segment of the substantive 2008 ECOSOC session.
The 2008 General segment of ECOSOC was held from 18 to 25 July 2008, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development”. It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, academia and the private sector, and the UN system.…