South Centre organizes side-event to the UN High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development in New York

On Monday, 22 October 2007, the South Centre, together with the Permanent Mission of Tanzania to the UN in New York, the UN Financing for Development Office (UNFFDO), and the Centre for International Cooperation in Development and Solidarity (CIDSE), held a side-event to the UN High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development that took place on 23-24 October 2007 at UN Headquarters in New York.

The side-event titled "Selected Issues on Financing for Development: South-North Capital Flows and Innovative Sources of Financing." Speakers included Prof. Yash Tandon, Executive Director of the South Centre; Mr. Vicente Paolo Yu, Programme Coordinator for Global Governance at the South Centre; Mr. Sergio Marelli of CIDSE; and HE Ambassador Monsignor Celestino Migliori, Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the UN in New York. The Chairman of the Panel was Mr. Aldo Caliari of the Center of Concern. The side-event was attended by representatives from developing country delegations and some civil society organizations.