July 2012: The outcome document from the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4) was released and forwarded for consideration to the UN Development Cooperation Forum (DCF), which took place from 5-6 July 2012, in New York, US. The outcome document invites the DCF to play a role in consulting on the implementation of agreements reached during HLF-4.

Kim Sook, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the UN, sent the Outcome Document from the Fourth High-level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF 4), held in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 29 November-1 December 2011, to the DCF.

The Busan outcome document, inter alia: describes shared principles; addresses the complexity of new actors in development aid; commits to actions for progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); calls for a Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation to monitor the implementation of commitments; identifies sustainable development as the end goal of effective cooperation; and describes strategies for combating corruption and illicit flows. [Publication: Letter Transmitting HLF-4 Outcome Document] [IISD RS Story on HLF-4]