19. 该小组在开始讨论时回顾了两个即将举行的会议的背景情况 强调它们对非洲特别是最不发达国家经济和社会发展的极端重要性 与会者指出 关于发展筹资问题的高级别活动概念是在 1990 年代初提出的 当时官方发展援助开始缩减 虽然一些发达国家开始时对这些会议不太感兴趣 但是现在它们已经成为这个进程的一部分 有人详细介绍了会议将讨论的关键问题 包括调动本国和外国资源促进发展 吸引国际资金流量 外债 必须增加洲流向发展中国家的资金流量 特别是官方发展援助 国际贸易问题 必须推动国际合作促进发展 以及国际货币和金融机构的管理问题
19. The panel discussions began by reviewing the background of the two forthcoming conferences, underlining their critical importance to the economic and social development of Africa in particular the least developed countries. It was noted that the idea for a high-level event on financing for development came to the fore in the early 1990s, when ODA started to decline. Although some of the developed countries were at first reluctant about the conferences, they are now part of the process. A detailed account of the key issues to be discussed at the meeting was presented, including mobilizing domestic and external resources for development; attracting international financial flows; external debt; the need to increase concessional flows, particularly ODA, to developing countries; issues of international trade; the need to foster international cooperation for development; and the issues of governance of international monetary and financial institutions.