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Conferences,
Events and Agreements
1992
June '92: UN Conference on
Environment and Development
Chapter 33: Financial resources and Mechanisms - Means of
implementation
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
gopher://gopher.un.org/00/conf/unced/English/a21_33.txt
1993
Apr. '93: Initial financial
commitments, financial flows and arrangements to give effect to the decisions of
UNCED from all available funding sources and mechanisms, including those
referred to in para. 33.14 of agenda 21
Commission on Sustainable Development - First Session
New York, USA
gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1993/off/93-11.en
Addendum: Information provided by governments on
initial financial commitments, financial flows and arrangements to give effect
to the decisions of UNCED
gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1993/off/93-11a1.en
1994
Apr. '94: Report of the Commission on
Financial resources and mechanisms
Commission on Sustainable Development - Second Session
New York, USA
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/finsd1.htm#2nd
session
1995
Apr. '95: Report of the
Commission on Financial resources and mechanisms
for sustainable development
Commission on Sustainable Development - Third Session
New York, USA
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/finsd1.htm#3rd
session
Background Document: Report of the second
expert meeting of financial issues on Agenda 21
gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1995/off/95-29.en
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1996
Apr. '96: Decision 4/14.
Financial resources and mechanisms
Commission on Sustainable Development - Fourth Session
New York, USA
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/finsd1.htm#4th
session
Addendum: Financial resources and
mechanisms
Background Document: OECD Official
development assistance data
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/fin-doc.htm
Sept. - Oct. '96: Annual Meeting of the IMF
& World Bank Group
IMF, World Bank
Washington DC, USA
http://www.imf.org/external/am/1996/meetpag.htm
Dec. '96: WTO First Ministerial Conference
World Trade Organisation
Singapore
http://www.wto.
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1997
Apr. '97: Financial resources
and mechanisms - Overall progress achieved since UNCED
Commission on Sustainable Development - Fifth session
New York, USA
gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1997/off/progress/97--2a23.en
Background Document: Finance flow statistics -
Adjustments for monitoring the financing of Agenda 21 for the sustainable
development of SIDS
gopher://gopher.un.org/00/esc/cn17/1997/off/progress/97--2a31.en
May '97: International Conference on Sustainable
Development of Countries with Economies in Transition
UNEP
Minsk, Belarus
http://www.unep.ch/e
June '97: Programme for further implementation of
Agenda 21 - Financial resources and mechanisms
UN General Assembly Special Session - Earth Summit II
New York, USA
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/finsd1.htm#UNGASS
Making trade and environment mutually supportive
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/trade1.htm#special
Sept. '97: Annual Meeting of the IMF &
World Bank Group
IMF, World Bank
Hong Kong, China
http://www.imf.org/external/am/default.htm
Oct. '97: High level meeting for least developed
countries
WTO - Committee on Trade & Development
Geneva, Switzerland
Nov. '97: Meeting of experts on positive measures
to promote sustainable development, particularly in meeting the objectives of
Multi-lateral Environment Agreements
UNCTAD Commission on Trade in Goods & Services and Commodities
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.unctad.org/en/special/c1em3ag.htm
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1998
Background Document -
Financial flow statistics
Commission on Sustainable Development - Sixth Session
New York, USA
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/finsd4.htm
May '98: WTO Second Ministerial Conference
World Trade Organisation
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/minist_e/min98_e/index.htm
July '98: Expert meeting on strengthening
capacities in developing countries to develop their Environmental Services
Sector
UNCTAD Commission on Trade in Goods & Services and Commodities
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.unctad.org/en/special/c1em7ou.htm
Sept. - Oct. '98: Annual Meeting of the IMF
& World Bank Group
IMF, World Bank
Washington DC, USA
http://www.imf.org/external/am/1998/index.htm
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1999
Feb. '99: Development
Strategies in an increasingly interdependent world
UNCTAD - Tenth Session
Thailand
http://www.unctad.org/en/special/tb20l1.htm
Sept. '99: Annual Meeting of the IMF &
World Bank Group
IMF, World Bank
Washington DC, USA
http://www.imf.org/external/am/1999/index.htm
Nov. '99: WTO Third Ministerial Conference
World Trade Organisation
Seattle, USA
http://www.wto.org/
2000
Apr. 2000: Financial
Resources/Trade & Investment/Economic Growth
Commission on Sustainable Development - Eighth Session
New York, USA
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/finance.htm
June 2000: OECD Forum 2000 - Partnerships
in the New Economy
OECD
Paris, France
http://www.oecd.org/Forum2000/
Sept. 2000: Annual Meeting of the IMF &
World Bank Group
IMF, World Bank
Prague, Czech Republic
http://www.imf.org/external/am/2000/index.htm
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2001
Jan. '01: World
Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2001 - Sustaining Growth and Bridging the
Divides: A Framework for Our Global Future
World Economic Forum
Davos, Switzerland
http://www.weforum.org
Feb. '01: High-Level
Intergovernmental Consultation on Financing for Development (PrepCom 2)
UN
http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/0201PC-bcpapers.htm
Apr. '01: International
Conference on Development and Business Finance: Policy and Experience in
Developing Countries
Finance and Development Research
Programme, Development Economics Study Group
Manchester, UK
http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/fdbusfin.html
May '01: Eco-Efficiency
Conference ENVITEC 2001 - From Eco-Efficiency to Overall Sustainability in
Enterprise
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Dusseldorf, Germany
http://www.wbcsd.ch
May '01: High-Level
Intergovernmental Consultation on Financing for Development (PrepCom 3 - Part
1)
UN
http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/index.html#eventsnow
July '01: International
Conference on Finance and Development: Evidence and Policy Issues
Kenya Institute for Public Policy
Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), Finance and Development Research Programme
Nairobi, Kenya
http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/fdevidconf.htm
Oct./Nov. '01: High-Level
Intergovernmental Consultation on Financing for Development (PrepCom 3 - Part
2)
UN
http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/index.html#eventsnow
2002
Feb. '02: Second
Substantive Session of the Financing for Development Preparatory Committee
www.un.org/esa/ffd
Apr. - May '02: Third
Substantive Session of the Financing for Development Preparatory Committee
www.un.org/esa/ffd
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Finance
and Investment Initiatives
1994
Sept. '94: First International
Roundtable Meeting on Banking and the Environment - Greening Financial Markets
UNEP & ICC
Geneva, Switzerland
Contact: maguirek@unep.ch
1995
Oct. '95: Second Roundtable
Meeting on Banks and the Environment - Investing in the Environment
UNEP
London, UK
http://www.unep.ch/etu/finserv/finserv/bankrepo.htm
Nov. '95: Launch of the UNEP Insurance Initiative
and first meeting of the Signatories of the statement
UNEP
1996
May '96: First International
Conference of the UNEP Insurance Initiative - Implementing Environmental
Commitment in the Insurance Industry
UNEP’s Insurance Industry Initiative
London, UK
http://www.unep.ch/etu/finserv/insura/london2.htm
Nov. '96: UNEP's Workshop on Banking, Insurance
and the Environment
UNEP
Moscow, Russia
Contact: maguirek@unep.ch
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1997
May '97: Third International
Roundtable Meeting on Finance and the Environment
UNEP’s Financial Services Initiative
New York, USA
http://www.unep.ch/etu/finserv/finserv/3rdrndtb.htm
July '97: Founding meeting of the Insurance
Industry Meeting for the Environment
UNEP
Zurich, Switzerland
http://www.unep.ch/etu/finserv/insura/rep.htm
Dec. '97: Second international meeting of the
UNEP Insurance Initiative: Environmental Issues and Financial Institutions -
with a particular focus on the Insurance Industry
UNEP's Insurance Industry Initiative
Tokyo, Japan
http://www.unep.ch/etu/finserv/insura/second_international_conference_.htm
1998
June '98: Third International
Roundtable Meeting on the Insurance Industry and the Environment
UNEP's Insurance Industry Initiative
Cologne, Germany
http://www.unep.ch/etu/finserv/insura/third_international_conference_o.htm
Sept. '98: Fourth International Roundtable
Meeting on Finance and the Environment - Profitability in the 21st
Century
UNEP’s Financial Services Initiative
Cambridge, UK
http://www.unep.ch/etu/finserv/finserv/Report98.html
1999
June '99: Fourth International
Conference of the Insurance Industry Initiative - Natural Capital at Risk
Sharing Practical Experiences from the Insurance and Investment Industries
UNEP's Insurance Industry Initiative
Oslo, Norway
http://www.unep.ch/etu/finserv/insura/Oslo_press_release.htm
Sept. '99: Fifth International Roundtable on
Finance and the Environment - New Roles for Finance in the Race to
Sustainability
UNEP's Financial Services Initiative
Chicago, USA
http://www.unep.ch/etu/finserv/finserv/chicago-internet.PDF
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Trade,
Investment & Development
1994
Apr. '94: Uruguay Round
Negotiations - Established WTO Committee on Trade & Environment
World Trade Organisation
Marrakesh
http://www.wto.org
May '94: Report of the Commission on
Trade, environment and sustainable development
Commission on Sustainable Development - Second Session
New York, USA
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/trade1.htm#second
Background documents to the Session
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/trade.htm#doc
1995
Apr. '95: Report of the Commission on
Trade, environment and sustainable development
Commission on Sustainable Development - Third Session
New York, USA
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/trade1.htm#third
Background documents to the Session
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/trade.htm#doc
May '95: OECD MAI 1995 Report
OECD
http://www.oecd.org//daf/cmis/mai/mairap95.htm
1996
Apr. '96: Decision 4/1. Trade, environment
and sustainable development
Commssion on Sustainable Development
New York, USA
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/trade1.htm#forth
Background documents to the Session
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/trade.htm#doc
Apr. '96: UNCTAD - Ninth
Session
Midrand, South Africa
http://www.unctad.org/en/special/unctadix.htm
May '96: OECD MAI 1996 Report
OECD
http://www.oecd.org//daf/cmis/mai/mairap96.htm
Oct. '96: Foreign Direct Investment
UNCTAD Trade & Development Board - 43rd Session: High
Level Segment
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.unctad.org/en/special/tb43lead.htm
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1997
May '97: Expert meeting on
existing agreements on investment and their development dimensions
UNCTAD Commission on Investment, Technology and related Financial
issues
Geneva, Switzerland
www.unctad.org/en/special/c2em1ou.htm
June '97: Programme for the Further
Implementation of Agenda 21 - Making trade and environment mutually supportive
UNGASS - Earth Summit II
New York, USA
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/trade1.htm#special
Sept. '97: Expert meeting on investment promotion
and development objectives
UNCTAD Commission on Investment, Technology and Financial issues
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.unctad.org/en/special/c2em2ou.htm
Oct. '97: Globalisation, competition,
competitiveness and development
UNCTAD Trade & Development Board - 44th Session: High
Level Segment
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.unctad.org/en/special/tb44lead.htm
Oct. '97: Meeting of experts on trade and
investment impacts of environmental management standards, particularly the ISO
14000, on developing countries
UNCTAD Commission on Trade in Goods & Services and Commodities
Geneva, Switzerland
www.unctad.org/en/special/c1em4ld.htm
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1998
Apr. '98: Expert meeting on
existing regional and multilateral investment agreements and their development
dimensions
UNCTAD Commission on Investment, Technology and related Financial
Issues
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.unctad.org/en/special/c2em3ag.htm
Apr. '98: OECD MAI 1998 Report
OECD
http://www.oecd.org//daf/cmis/mai/repor98.HTM
May '98: Expert meeting on the growth of domestic
capital markets, particularly in developing countries, and its relationship with
foreign portfolio investment
UNCTAD Commission on Investment, Technology and related Financial
Issues
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.unctad.org/en/special/c2em4ou.htm
Sept. '98: Preparing for future multilateral
trade negotiations: Issues and research needs from a development perspective
UNCTAD Ad Hoc Meeting of the Secretary General
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.unctad.org/en/special/mt98ld.htm
Oct. '98: The Impact of Financial Crises on
Trade, Investment and Development: Regional Perspectives
UNCTAD Trade & Development Board - 45th Session: High
Level Segment
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.unctad.org/en/special/tb45ld.htm
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1999
Mar. '99: High Level Symposium
on Trade & Environment - International Institute for Sustainable Development
Report
World Trade Organisation
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.wto.org/
Mar. '99: High Level Symposium on Trade &
Development - International Institute for Sustainable Development Report
World Trade Organisation
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/devel_e/hlmdev_e.htm
Mar. '99: Expert Meeting on International
Investment Agreements
UNCTAD Commission on Investment, Technology and related Financial
Issues
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.unctad.org/en/special/c2em5ou.htm
May '99: Ministerial Meeting on
International Investment
OECD
Paris, France
http://www.oecd.org/daf/cmis/fdi/index.htm
May '99: Report on the Survey of
Implementation of Methodological Standards for Direct Investment
IMF, OECD
http://www.oecd.org/daf/cmis/fdi/index.htm
June '99: Expert Meeting on Portfolio Investment
flows and Foreign Direct Investment
UNCTAD Commission on Investment, Technology and related Financial
Issues
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.unctad.org/en/special/c2em6ou.htm
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2000
Jan. 2000: UNCTAD - Tenth Session
Bangkok, Thailand
http://www.unctad-10.org/welcome.htm
Feb. - Mar. 2000: Committee
on Trade & Environment
World Trade Organisation
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.wto.org
Mar. 2000: Council for Trade Related
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
World Trade Organisation
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.wto.org
Mar. 2000: Sustainability
in the WTO Millennium Round & Beyond
World Trade Organisation
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.wto.org
June 2000: Council for Trade Related
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
World Trade Organisation
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.wto.org
July 2000: Committee on Trade &
Environment
World Trade Organisation
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.wto.org
Sept. 2000: Council for Trade Related
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
World Trade Organisation
Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.wto.org
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2001
Mar. '01: Meeting
on Environment and Sustainable Development and Trade
UNEP & Partners
Berlin, Germany
http://www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=191&ArticleID=2742
Apr. '01: The Financial
Sector in Asia-Pacific: The Business Case for Sustainability Performance
UNEP & Partners
Manila, Philippines
http://www.unep.ch/etu/fi/mtgs/manila/index.htm
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Aid
& Debt Initiatives
1995
May '95: 4th
Global Environment Facility Council Meeting
UNDP, UNEP, World Bank
Washington DC, USA
gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org/11/un/gef/may95
June '95: Founding of The Consultative Group to
Assist the Poorest
World Bank, UNDP, UN Capital Development Fund, Multi-Government
July '95: 5th Global Environment
Facility Council Meeting
UNDP, UNEP, World Bank,
Washington DC, USA
gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org/11/un/gef/july95
Oct. '95: 6th Global Environment
Facility Council Meeting
UNDP, UNEP, World Bank
Washington DC, USA
http://www.gefweb.org/COUNCIL/council6.htm
1996
Apr. '96: 7th Global
Environment Facility Council Meeting
UNDP, UNEP, World Bank
Washington DC, USA
http://www.gefweb.org/COUNCIL/council7.htm
May '96: Development Assistance Committee Adopts
‘Shaping the
21st Century: The Contribution of Development
Co-operation’ Report
OECD
http://www.oecd.org/dac/htm/stc.htm
Oct. '96: 8th Global Environment
Facility Council Meeting
UNDP, UNEP, World Bank
Washington DC, USA
http://www.gefweb.org/COUNCIL/council8.htm
Sept. '96: Founding of the Heavily Indebted Poor
Country Initiative
World Bank, IMF
http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/hipc.htm
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1997
Apr. '97: 9th Global
Environment Facility Council Meeting
UNDP, UNEP, World Bank
Washington DC, USA
http://www.gefweb.org/COUNCIL/council9/council9.htm
Mar. '97: DAC Informal Experts Meeting -
Integrating Developing Countries in a Globalizing World Economy
OECD
Paris, France
http://www.oecd.org/dac/pdf/TRADEEN.PDF
Nov. '97: 10th Global Environment
Facility Council Meeting
UNDP, UNEP, World Bank
Washington DC, USA
http://www.gefweb.org/COUNCIL/GEF_C10/coun10.htm
1998
Mar. '98: 11th Global
Environment Facility Council Meeting
UNDP, UNEP, World Bank
New Delhi, India
http://www.gefweb.org/COUNCIL/GEF_C11/html/inf_1.htm
Apr. '98: Global Environment Facility Assembly
UNDP, UNEP, World Bank
New Delhi, India
http://www.gefweb.org/assembly/Eng/html/main.htm
Apr. '98: Changing how we think and how we
operate - Critical Stocktaking by OECD’s Development Assistance Committee -
High Level Meeting
OECD
Paris, France
http://www.oecd.org/dac/htm/hlmcom98.htm
Oct. '98: 12th Global Environment
Facility Council Meeting
UNDP, UNEP, World Bank
Washington DC, USA
http://www.gefweb.org/COUNCIL/GEF_C12/htm/inf_1.htm
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1999
Sept. '99: Heavily Indebted Poor
Countries Initiative Progress Report
IMF, World Bank
http://www.imf.org/external/np/hipc/progrept.htm
Apr. '99: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
Initiative Progress Report by the Managing Director of the IMF & the
President of the World Bank
IMF, World Bank
http://www.imf.org/external/np/hipc/prog2/0499.htm
May 99: Development Assistance Committee - High
Level Meeting: Partnership Principals for Humanitarian Aid
OECD
Paris, France
http://www.oecd.org/news_and_events/release/nw99-46a.htm
May '99: 13th Global Environment
Facility
Council Meeting
UNDP, UNEP, World Bank
Washington DC, USA
http://www.gefweb.org/COUNCIL/GEF_C13/html/C13_Inf1.htm
8-10 Dec. '99: 14th Global
Environment Facility Council Meeting
UNDP, UNEP, World Bank
Washington DC, USA
http://www.gefweb.org/COUNCIL/GEF_C14/gef_c14.htm
2000
9-11 May '00: 15th Global
Environment Facility Council Meeting
UNDP, UNEP, World Bank
Washington DC, USA
http://www.gefweb.org/COUNCIL/GEF_C15/gef_c15.htm
1-3 Nov. '00: 16th Global
Environment Facility Council Meeting
UNDP, UNEP, World Bank
Washington DC, USA
www.gefweb.org/Documents/Council_Documents/GEF_C16/gef_c16.html
2001
9-11 May '01: 17th Global Environment Fund
Council Meeting
UNDP, UNEP, World Bank
Washington DC, USA
www.gefweb.org/Documents/Council_Documents/GEF_C17/gef_c17.html
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