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WEDNESDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER 2006

Opening Session:
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Conference Room 4

Audio – Visual Introduction:

United Nations Welcome:

Opening Address:

Keynote Address:

Special Message:

 

NGO Welcome:

Afternoon Panel Session:
3 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Conference Room 4

Moving Development Forward:
Accountability, Transparency, Equitable Trade Policies

Governments, corporations, NGO’s and other civil society actors are forming global partnerships for development. In order for these partnerships to be effective – as called for by the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) #8 – all stakeholders must exercise commitment to accountability, transparency and good governance. For development to go forward on a truly global level, least developed, landlocked and small island developing countries’ special needs must be addressed. These include tariff- and quota-free access for their exports, enhanced debt relief for heavily indebted poor countries, cancellation of official bilateral debt, and more generous official development assistance for countries committed to poverty reduction.

This panel will provide examples of how accountability, transparency, good governance and equitable trade policies are helping to raise resources for and successfully complete projects. Panelists will examine existing debt and trade policies that have a negative impact on the ability of less developed nations to develop and to protect jobs, thereby alleviating poverty and raising the standard of living on an ongoing basis.

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