Name: Recommendations to FFD4, with a focus on Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
Start: 2024-11-01T16:30:00+0100
End: 2024-11-01T17:45:00+0100

The 2024 Social Forum will take place on 31 October and 1 November in Room XX, Palais des Nations, Geneva. In accordance with resolution 53/20 of the Human Rights Council, it will focus on the contribution of financing for development to the advancement of all human rights for all.

Registrations are open here!

More info is available at the 2024 Social Forum website.

Friday November 1, 2024 4:30pm - 5:45pm CET

Room XX

Moderator: Mr. Mihir Kanade, Professor and Head, Department of International Law and Director, Human Rights Centre, University for Peace (UPEACE), San José, Costa Rica

H.E. Ms. Patricia Hermanns, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas to the United Nations in Geneva, Sustainable Finance for Caribbean and other Small Island Developing States
Ms. Bhumika Muchhala, Political Economist, Policy Advocate and Research Scholar, New School, New York, Addressing Systemic Issues for Justice and Equity in Global Governance
Mr. Unubat Narantsatsralt, Student Researcher, International Institute in Geneva, Sustainable Financing for Landlocked Developing Countries – From the Perspective of Mongolia
Ms. Gladys Cecilia Hernandez, Deputy Director, Centro de Investigaciones de la Economia Mondial, Cuba, Proposals for a New International Financial Architecture

Moderators

Mihir Kanade

Chair, Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, Professor and Head, Department of International Law and Director, Human Rights Centre, University for Peace (UPEACE), San José, Costa Rica

Mihir Kanade (India) is the Academic Coordinator of UPEACE, the Head of its Department of International Law, and the Director of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre. He is also the academic co-coordinator of the LLM programme in Transnational Crime and Justice offered jointly by UPEACE... Read More →

Speakers

Patricia Hermanns

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas to the United Nations in Geneva

Prior to assuming her current position in 2022, Ambassador Hermanns held senior management positions in domestic and international banking institutions as well as in the life and health insurance sector in The Bahamas becoming the first woman to lead two publicly traded Insurance... Read More →

Bhumika Muchhala

Political Economist, Policy Advocate and Research Scholar, New School, New York

Bhumika Muchhala is a policy researcher, analyst, and advocate with twenty years of experience in global economic governance, international political economy, and sustainable development. Her focus has been on the perspectives and priorities of developing countries in international... Read More →

Unubat Narantsatsralt

Student Researcher, International Institute in Geneva

Unubat Narantsatsralt is a student pursuing a Master's in International Trade and Finance and a Master's in Business Management. He was actively engaged in research at the International Institute of Geneva. Unubat has participated in events such as World MUN 2023. In addition... Read More →

Gladys Cecilia Hernandez Pedraza

Deputy Director, Centro de Investigaciones de la Economia Mondial, Cuba

Gladys Cecilia Hernandez Pedraza is a Member of the team of main authors of the GEO-UNEP Report “Global Environmental Outllok”. Member of the team of authors of the Intergovernmental Platform on Science and Policy on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), United Nations... Read More →

Jane Nalunga

Executive Director, SEATINI, Uganda, FFD Africa Core Group, and Coordination Group of the Civil Society FFD Mechanism

Jane Nalunga has more than 20 years of experience in the areas of multilateral, bilateral, regional, national trade, fiscal and investment policies and agreements; and Gender and Trade. She has authored a number of policy-oriented studies and articles, sits on a number of national... Read More →

Friday November 1, 2024 4:30pm - 5:45pm CET
Room XX

2024 Social Forum: Contribution of Financing for Development to the Advancement