The same could be said for the Busan conference on development co-operation, which ran concurrently across the Indian Ocean.
Ten days ago, it appeared that the Monterrey conference on development aid, convened by the United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan, might prove an empty exercise.
In a victory for China, a United Nations committee voted to exclude a group seeking self-determination for Tibet from attending a conference on development planned in August.
Coordinating global and regional policies should be a major theme not only at the New York conference on development issues, but at the UN's landmark climate change summit in Paris in December.
Nitin Desai, the under secretary general for economic and social affairs, said the report formed the basis for further discussions leading to an international conference on development financing in March 2002.
The international conference on development financing which will be held in November will also play a decisive role in this respect.
President of Turkmenistan talks about constructive cooperation with the United Nations Agencies 13 October 2006: The Government of Turkmenistan and the UN agencies including UNICEF, organized a conference on development achievements and MDGs.
Consider these three outcomes: In March, the Monterey Conference on Development Financing vowed to renew the international drive against poverty, using the power of education and the economic good sense of investing in children.
His Excellency Kanji Kitazawa, Ambassador of Japan to D.R. Congo recalled his country's commitment in 2008, during the fourth International Conference on Development of Africa to increase financial aid to the DRC, from the current level of US$130 million, working in close collaboration with the Congolese government.
But by emphasising results-based approaches to global public policy, recent UN conferences on development finance (in Monterrey, Mexico) and on environmentally and socially sustainable development (in Johannesburg, South Africa) have attracted worldwide attention and moved development evaluation to center stage.
