United Nations A/RES/59/293 General Assembly Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 84 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 27 May 2005 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/59/L.61)] 59/293. Modalities for the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 57/250 of 20 December 2002, Recalling also its resolution 59/145 of 17 December 2004, in which it decided to hold the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development on 27 and 28 June 2005 in New York, and resolution 59/225 of 22 December 2004, in which it decided to consider, by the first part of 2005, the appropriate modalities for holding the High-level Dialogue, taking into account developments in the preparation for the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly to be held from 14 to 16 September 2005, Recalling further its resolution 59/291 of 15 April 2005, Bearing in mind that the results of the High-level Dialogue will be an input to the preparatory process for the High-level Plenary Meeting, 1. Reiterates that the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development to be held on 27 and 28 June 2005 will be held at the ministerial level; 2. Reaffirms that the High-level Dialogue constitutes the intergovernmental focal point for the general follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development, held at Monterrey, Mexico, from 18 to 22 March 2002; Decides that the overall theme of the High-level Dialogue will be “The 3. Monterrey Consensus: status of implementation and tasks ahead”; 4. Decides also that the High-level Dialogue will consist of a series of formal and informal meetings to constitute a policy dialogue and six interactive multi-stakeholder round tables to be held as follows: (a) The first day will consist of a formal meeting chaired by the President of the General Assembly, at which the ministers and high-level officials attending the Dialogue will be able to make formal statements, on the understanding that the principle of precedence will be strictly applied, to allow participation at the ministerial level; the Secretary-General, the President of the Economic and Social Council, the President of the World Bank, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, 04-49471 Distr.: General 6 June 2005