1st Meeting, Social Forum 2024

10h00-10h30 Opening Remarks

• H.E. Mr. Marc Bichler, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Social Forum

• H.E. Ms. Marcela Arias Moncada, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council

• Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

10h30 - 11h30     Keynote Panel: The Human Rights Lens for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development

• Mr. Navid Hanif, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), The Future of Financing for Sustainable Development and Reform of the International Financial Architecture

• Ms. Eva Granados Galiano, Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Spain, Preparing the Way to Sevilla: FFD4 in 2025

• Ms. Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Member of the High-level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs, Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation, Crafting a United Nations Tax Convention

• Ms. Agi Veres, Director, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Geneva, Financing for Development, including UNDP's Integrated National Financing Frameworks

• Ms. Attiya Waris, Independent Expert on Foreign Debt, Other International Financial Obligations and Human Rights, Towards a Global Fiscal Architecture

11h30-13h00       General Discussion