Based on the successful experience of the report issued by the High-Level Panel on Financing for Development (chaired by Ernesto Zedillo), for the First International Conference on Financing for Development and that of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Financing for Sustainable Development (chaired by Petti Majanem and Mansur Muhtar), for the Fourth International Conference, an International Commission of Experts on Financing for Development was established, selected on the basis of their personal merits, with a plural and balanced composition (in terms of expertise, regional origin and gender), in order to produce a coherent and comprehensive document that can provide some stimulating inputs to the intergovernmental negotiation process that will lead to the final agreement of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development.
The Department of Economic and Social Affairs will service the International Commission of Experts as the Conference Secretary-General. DESA’s support will be done through its Financing for Sustainable Development Office.