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3rd Drafting Session of the Outcome Document of the
3rd International Conference on Financing for Development

15-20 June 2015 | UN Headquarters, New York


Highlights for Saturday, 20 June 2015

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FfD3 UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Sam Kutesa addressed the plenary on Saturday at the third drafting session for the outcome document of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3). He called on delegations to enter a “solutions and conciliatory mode” on remaining issues, and exercise maximum flexibility to overcome remaining differences. Kutesa said an agreed document was essential to bring hope to people and encourage high-level participation at the Addis conference.

Plenary was then suspended, and an informal plenary was initiated to discuss the revised text circulated on 19 June, and slightly amended on Saturday morning to include paragraphs that had been inadvertently left out or misplaced. Following a reading of the document all day, where Co-Facilitators encouraged delegations to only highlight only redline issues, the informal plenary was suspended at 17:13 pm for informal consultations.

At 7:16 pm, Co-Facilitator Pedersen briefed delegates, noting progress in informal discussions on outstanding sections of the text. He said work was going on in parallel to update text based on informal plenary discussions during the day. He announced another stocktaking plenary at 9:00 pm.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided a summary the of the 3rd Drafting Session of the Outcome Document of the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development in HTML or PDF format.


President of the UN General Assembly Amb. Sam Kutesa; Co-Facilitator Amb. George Talbot; and Co-Facilitator Amb. Geir Pedersen

Theresa Luswili Chanda, Zambia, spoke for the
land-locked developing countries (LLDCs)

Renée Yap, New Zealand


Members of the EU delegation reading the negotiating text

Co-Facilitator Pedersen in talks with members of the US delegation

Raymond Landveld, Suriname, consulting with a delegate


Tamer Mostafa, Egypt, and Takeda Alemu, Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the UN, consulting

The Co-Facilitators in talks with Tamer Mostafa, Egypt


Delegates in a light-hearted moment before negotiations began

The US consulting with Australia


The “Tax Body” mascot

Amb. Kingsley Mamabolo, South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the UN, with the “Tax Body” mascot outside UN Headquarters on Saturday morning before the session began


Delegates enjoying a pizza break before returning to small group consultations on outstanding issues at 8:45pm.


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3rd International Conference on Financing for Development has been provided by the
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the European Union (EU)
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