ESCAP holds meeting here

ESCAP holds meeting here

JAKARTA (JP): The United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pasific (ESCAP) in cooperation with
the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will hold a consultative meeting
on financing for development in Jakarta from Aug. 2 through Aug.
5.

The meeting would, among other things, discuss trade, capital
flow, development assistance, national external debt and national
financial structure issues and international financial
architecture, a UN statement said on Tuesday.

It said the meeting's participants included senior officials
from the Ministry of Finance, central banks of ESCAP's associate
member countries, representatives of international and regional
intergovernmental organizations, as well as non-governmental and
private sector bodies.

The meeting would be part of a series of five regional
consultations in preparation for a global meeting on financing
for development to be held next year, the statement said. (bkm)