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Global Economic Governance – 66 GA

In its resolution on “ in global governance”, the General Assembly recognized the need for inclusive, transparent and effective multilateral system to better address the urgent global challenges of today and reaffirmed the central role of the United Nations in ongoing efforts to find common solutions to such challenges.

In the same resolution, the General Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-sixth session, under the item entitled “Strengthening of the United Nations system”, a new sub-item entitled “Central role of the United Nations system in global governance”, and requested the Secretary-General to submit an analytical report focusing on global economic governance and development, to be prepared in consultation with Member States and relevant organizations of the United Nations system, taking into account such relevant inputs as the informal thematic debate on global governance to be organized by the President of the Assembly, without prejudice to the focus of possible future debates on this issue to be determined by the Assembly.

  • Views of Member States
  • Substantive background information
  • Related links

Views of Member States

  • Note verbale

Replies by Member States

  • Australia
  • Belgium. translation
  • China, translation
  • Costa Rica, translation
  • Egypt
  • European Union
  • France, translation
  • Gabon
  • Iraq, translation
  • Liechtenstein
  • Mexico, translation
  • Norway
  • Panama, translation
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal, translation
  • Singapore
  • Switzerland
  • United States of America

Substantive background information

  • Summary of ECOSOC panel discussion on global governance (New York, 8 July 2010)

Related links

  • Background paper: “Multilateralism, the United Nations and global governance” by Eduardo Gálvez, Deputy Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations
  • Panel discussion on “Global Economic Governance and Development: Enhancing the coherence and consistency of the international monetary, financial and trading systems” (Geneva, 11 July 2011)
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  • Informal summary by the Secretariat
  • Introductory remarks by the President of General Assembly  ()()
  • Keynote address by H.E. Dr Danilo Türk, President of the Republic of Slovenia

Statements by:

  • Group of 77 and China
  • European Union
  • Global Governance Group (G3) on “Global Economic Governance – from rapid response to medium and long-term planning”
  • Global Governance Group (G3) on “ in 2025 – How can the remain relevant in addressing tomorrow’s global challenges?”
  • TWA Info Service on Finance and Development (Sept11/06) “Thematic debate on role of United Nations in global governance” by Bhumika Muchhala
  • WIDER Annual Lecture 14: “Reforming the International Monetary System” by José Antonio Ocampo
  • Towards a New International Financial Architecture – Report of the Task Force of the Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, 21 January 1999

General Assembly

  • Global Economic Governance – 73 GA
  • Global Economic Governance – 71 GA
  • Global Economic Governance – 67 GA
  • Global Economic Governance – 66 GA

ECOSOC

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  • 2011
  • 2010

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