Over fifty Heads of State and two hundred Ministers of Finance, Foreign Affairs, Development and Trade participated in the event.
New development aid commitments from the United States and the European Union and other countries were made at the conference.
Countries also reached agreements on other issues, including debt relief, fighting corruption, and policy coherence.
In their statements, Member States took stock of the progress made in the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, identified obstacles and constraints encountered and put forward ideas and proposals to overcome these difficulties.
Many statements focused on the consequences of the global financial crisis for development and the need for bold and urgent measures to address them.
Oscar de Rojas, a former Venezuelan diplomat and Director of the U.N.'s Financing for Development Office, served as Executive Secretary of both the Doha and Monterrey conferences.
Following presentations by panelists, interactive discussions took place among representatives of Member States, inter-governmental organizations, UN agencies, civil society and the business sector.
Pre-conference events The Conference was preceded by a high-level retreat on the global financial crisis, hosted on 28 November by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Emir of Qatar.
The retreat was meant to serve as a “bridge” between the discussions on the financial crisis that had taken place among smaller groups of countries and the wider membership of the United Nations.