Financing for Development Conference Opens in Doha
Today, the Secretary-General opened the Follow-up Conference in Doha with a call for boldness, and a will to lead in ‘taming’ global economic turmoil while the General Assembly President said that the transformation of a ‘faltering’ economic and financial system is a moral duty.
Civil Society Gathered in Doha Issues Joint Declaration; Calls on UN Member States to Invest in People-Centred Development
More than 250 representatives of civil society organisations gathered in Doha, Qatar from 26-27 November for the Doha Civil Society Forum under the theme ’Investing in People-Centred Development’ in advance of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development. At the conlclusion of the Forum they adopted a joint declaration and selected a representative who delivered their views to UN Member States at the main Plenary of the official Conference this afternoon.
Working Out of Crisis: Aligning Finance with Decent Work and a Fair Globalization
The unprecedented international government response to the financial crisis has focused on rescuing the financial sector from collapse. However, what is also urgently needed is a “rescue plan for working people and the real economy” within a broader framework to align financial governance with the 2005 global UN commitment to “full and productive employment and decent work for all” to support “a fair globalization”.
ActionAid: Rich should give rescue package to poor economies instead of skipping from Doha conference
Top Leaders from major economies and institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should announce rescue packages for the poor economies as their skipping from the Doha conference is not a solution to the current financial crisis, warns Actionaid.