§ 10. Mr. ColmanTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on the outcome of the UN General Assembly Special Session on financing for development. [37792]
§ Hilary BennThe United Nations High Level Dialogue on Financing for Development confirmed the continuing engagement of the international community in the process begun at Monterrey in 2002. There was consensus on the need to get the Doha Development Agenda back on track; provide more and better aid; improve the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative; and overcome obstacles to achievement of the Millennium Development Goals such as HIV/AIDS and conflict, I confirmed UK commitment to multilateralism, especially on trade; promoted our 309W proposals for an International Finance Facility; and called for a better managed international and UN response to conflict and humanitarian crises.