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The High-Level Segment of the July Substantive Session of ECOSOC included an Annual Ministerial Review, which included presentations by four developing and four developed countries on lessons learned in development assistance. It adopted a ministerial declaration on “implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development” that drew attention in particular to the urgent need to address the global food crisis and to the crucial role of
support
for agriculture and rural development. The declaration also drew attention to the importance of individual and collective action to stem the impact of the current financial crisis risks and place the global
economy
on a firm and sustainable foundation. It called for the full implementation of the global partnership for development and of the commitments made by all countries. Other issues discussed included climate change, rising food and oil prices and biodiversity.
The session also saw the first full Development Cooperation Forum, which provided strategic input to the Doha Review Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) and the Accra High-level Forum on Aid Effectiveness and is intended as the primary forum for international cooperation on development and as a platform for sharing experiences and lessons learned, which described mutually supportive policies on trade, debt, investment, technology, climate change, food as crucial to the impact of development cooperation, and called for measurable targets for untying aid. Key issues discussed included aid commitments, their allocation and effectiveness; country-level capacities
for coordinating and managing aid; country-driven national development strategies; non-state development cooperation; and south-south and triangular development cooperation.
The Coordination Segment included a round table on “Coherence: strengthening the normative and operational link in the work of the UN on rural employment”, which was attended by the Chairperson of the Governing Body and the ILO Executive Director for Social Protection, who reported on the Conclusions on promoting rural employment for poverty reduction adopted by the International Labour Conference in June.
Links to key documents
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