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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/54/279
30 June 2000
Fifty-fourth session
Agenda item 97 (a)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/54/L.82)]
54/279. Preparations for the substantive preparatory process and the high-level
international intergovernmental event on financing for development
The General Assembly
1. Welcomes the report of the Bureau of the Preparatory Committee for the high-level international
intergovernmental event on financing for development on modalities of the participation of all relevant
stakeholders in the substantive preparatory process and the high-level intergovernmental event on financing
for development;1
2.
Approves:
(a) The proposals contained in paragraph 7 of the report regarding modalities of the participation of
the World Bank, and requests the Bureau to seek clarification on paragraph 7 (c) thereof, taking into account
the views expressed in the Preparatory Committee;
(b) The recommendations regarding the participation of the Bretton Woods institutions and the World
Trade Organization in the work of the Preparatory Committee, as contained in paragraph 10 of the report;
(c) The recommendations regarding the participation of intergovernmental organizations, the
specialized agencies, the funds and programmes of the United Nations and other relevant official or quasiofficial organizations, as contained in paragraph 13 of the report;
(d) Paragraph 11 of the report regarding the holding of regional consultative meetings during the
second half of 2000 on substantive matters before the Preparatory Committee;
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