A/RES/68/204
Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development
achieving the Millennium Development Goals, convened by the President of the
General Assembly on 25 September 2013, and its outcome document, 5
Recalling also the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development,
held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, and its outcome document,
entitled “The future we want”, 6
Recalling further the sixth High-level Dialogue
Development, held in New York on 7 and 8 October 2013,
on
Financing
for
Noting the meeting of the Global Business Partnership Forum of the Economic
and Social Council, entitled “Partnering for innovative solutions for sustainable
development”, held in New York on 24 April 2013,
Noting also the meeting of the United Nations Development Cooperation
Forum of the Economic and Social Council, held in New York on 5 and 6 July 2012,
Taking note of the summary by the President of the Economic and Social
Council of the special high-level meeting of the Council with the Bretton Woods
institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development, held in New York on 22 April 2013, 7
Recalling the special event on the financing of social development, held on
3 February 2012, during the fiftieth session of the Commission for Social
Development,
Noting the fifty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women,
held from 25 February to 7 March 2008, on the theme “Financing for gender
equality and empowerment of women”,
Noting also the ongoing work on options for innovative sources of financing
for development, including in various forums, such as the Leading Group on
Innovative Financing for Development,
Noting further the informal event on innovative sources of financing organized
by the Secretary-General on 3 June 2010, the separate meeting of the Second
Committee, held on 13 October 2011, and the special event of the Economic and
Social Council, held on 12 July 2012 during its substantive session,
Taking note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to and
implementation of the Monterrey Consensus and the Doha Declaration on Financing
for Development, 8 modalities of the financing for development follow-up process 9
and innovative mechanisms of financing for development, 10
Expressing deep concern about the ongoing adverse impacts, particularly on
development, of the world financial and economic crisis, recognizing evidence of an
uneven and fragile recovery, cognizant that the global economy, notwithstanding
significant efforts that helped contain tail risks, improve financial market conditions
and sustain recovery, still remains in a challenging phase, with downside risks,
including high volatility in global markets, high unemployment, particularly among
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Resolution 68/6.
Resolution 66/288, annex.
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A/68/78-E/2013/66.
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A/68/357.
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A/67/353.
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A/66/334.
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