Pakistan for establishing mechanism to boost development process

UNITED NATIONS : Pakistan has called for setting up a forum mandated to provide policy and operational guidance that would help in accomplishing the internationally agreed development goals.

During informal consultations of the General Assembly on U.N. system-wide coherence at the country level, Ambassador Munir Akram underscored the need for promoting good governance for the effective delivery of services.
He backed a proposal for establishing a Global Leaders Forum, comprising 27 members to provide both policy and operational guidance on development and economic issues.
As regards coordination and coherence, Ambassador Akram stated that the best option to achieve those objectives is the Development Coordination Forum (DCF) established under the Economic and Social Council, a major organ of the U.N. system.
The DCF should review the quality and quantity of UN Development funding; ensure aid effectiveness as well as provide a platform for sharing experiences and lessons learned on aid effectiveness; review trends in international development cooperation; identify the challenges and gaps while developing integrated policy responses; and strengthen linkages between normative and operational work,” he added.