*Qatar Welcomes Progress in Implementation of Monterey Consensus

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Qatar Welcomes Progress in Implementation of Monterey Consensus

New York, The State of Qatar welcomed the progress achieved so far in the application and implementation of the decisions of the Monterey consensus adopted by the International Conference on Financing for Development held in Mexico in March 2002 and the Doha Declaration adopted by the first follow up Conference on Financing for Development to review the Implementation of the Monterey Consensus.

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This came in a speech delivered by Charge d'affaires AD Interim of the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Yousuf Sultan Laram before the 66th Session of the UN General Assembly on the fifth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development on the overall theme: "The Monterrey Consensus and Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: status of implementation and tasks ahead".

The State of Qatar also expressed its support for the statement delivered by the representative of Argentina on behalf of the G-77 and China and commended the unrelenting efforts of the majority of Developing countries to embrace the concept of good governance in the political and economic fields against a backdrop of fast paced domestic and regional changes and challenges.

Qatar also appreciated the initiatives of the G-20, but at the same time expressing hope that these initiatives will not overshadow the primary role of the United Nations or compromise the right of all states to participate in decision making mechanisms at the international level. Qatar's Charge d'affaires said:

"The International Conference of Financing for Development was a watershed on the road of international development cooperation. The special formula under which it was covered made it a landmark conference among other UN international conferences."

"Today, the world seems to be witnessing new and unexpected challenges wreaking havoc with the peace and economic security of its citizens," he said. "The global crisis demonstrated the significance of weathering this international predicament through concerted efforts in order to preserve the gains that were achieved in the realization of the international development goals including the Millennium Development Goals," he added.

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