Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group 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:
The impact of the crisis on debt sustainability of developing countries
Panel presentations:
Mr. Hervé Joly, Chief, Development Policy Division, IMF
Mr. Mirosław Błażej, Counsellor to the Minister of Finance, Poland
Ms. Yuefen Li, Head, Debt and Development Finance Branch,
Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
Mr. Sudarshan Gooptu, Acting Director, Economic Policy and Debt Department, World Bank
Date:
Monday, April 12th 2010, 3pm to 6pm
Venue:
UN Headquarters, ECOSOC Chamber (NLB)
The meeting is open to all who have a UN grounds pass or can gain access to the NLB. As it is an informal event there will be no tickets or passes given out before the event.
Please follow this link for a tentative program and background documentation: http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/
From the Journal:
"An informal meeting of 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, chaired by the Co-Facilitators, will be held on Monday,
12 April 2010, at 3 p.m. in the Economic and Social Council Chamber
(NLB). The meeting will focus on debt sustainability.
"A panel of experts will provide presentations at the beginning of the
meeting, to be followed by interactive discussions.
"A letter from the Co-Facilitators, dated 24 March 2010, was sent by
facsimile to all permanent representatives and permanent observers."