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SUBJECT: UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS FIVE RESOLUTIONS ON 
FFD CONFERENCE 
 
¶1. SUMMARY: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Second 
Committee adopted five resolutions by consensus on procedural 
matters for the upcoming Financing for Development (FfD) 
Review conference during its November 5 session.  This action 
came after the Committee Chair brokered a compromise to 
address the Cuban delegation's concerns over language in the 
conference rules of procedure regarding the attendance of 
international financial and trade institutions.  END SUMMARY. 
 
CUBAN CONCERNS OVER RULES OF IFI AND WTO PARTICIPATION 
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¶2. The UNGA Second Committee met November 5 to consider five 
resolutions on procedural matters for the November 
29-December 2 Follow-up International Conference on Financing 
for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey 
Consensus, to be held in Doha, Qatar.  Before the resolutions 
were introduced, the Cuban Delegation raised concerns over 
Rule 61 of the Provisional rules of procedure for the 
conference regarding representatives of the specialized 
agencies and related organizations, included as Annex 1 to 
the proposed organization of work of the Conference 
(A/63/345). 
 
¶3. The Second Committee therefore delayed consideration of 
the resolutions until the afternoon session, which enabled 
the Committee Chair to broker a compromise.  Cuba agreed to 
the Chair's proposal to change the second sentence of Rule 61 
to read, "In accordance with GA resolution 62/187, the 
representatives of the international financial and trade 
institutions, in particular the major institutional 
stakeholders involved in the Financing for Development 
process, are invited to participate following the practice of 
the International Conference on Financing for Development 
held in Monterrey, Mexico in 2002."  This change was 
reflected in draft resolution A/C.2/63/L.20 entitled 
"Provisional rules of procedure for the Follow-up 
International Conference on Financing for Development to 
Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus (Doha, 
29 November-2 December 2008)."  (Note: The compromise 
language deleted the explicit references to the World Bank, 
International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization. 
 End note.) 
 
ADOPTION BY CONSENSUS 
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¶4. After the Chair announced the compromise language, the 
Committee adopted by consensus the following resolutions, all 
of which contained no Program Budget Implication (PBI): 
 
--A/C.2/63/L.19 entitled, "Arrangement and Organization of 
work of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing 
for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey 
Consensus (Doha, 29 November-2 December 2008)," submitted 
under Agenda item 48. 
--A/C.2/63/L.20 entitled, "Provisional rules of procedure for 
the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for 
Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey 
Consensus (Doha, 29 November-2 December 2008)," submitted 
under Agenda item 48. 
--A/C.2/63/L.21 entitled, "Provisional agenda for the 
Follow-up International Conference on Financing for 
Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey 
Consensus (Doha, 29 November-2 December 2008)," submitted 
under Agenda item 48. 
--A/C.2/63/L.22 entitled, "Accreditation of intergovernmental 
organizations to the Follow-up International Conference on 
Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the 
Monterrey Consensus (29 November-2 December 2008)," submitted 
under Agenda item 48. 
--A/C.2/63/L.23 entitled, "Accreditation of non-governmental 
organizations to the Follow-up International Conference on 
Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the 
Monterrey Consensus (Doha, 29 November-2 December 2008)," 
submitted under Agenda item 48. 
Khalilzad