Co-Facilitator Amb. Geir Pedersen chairing the session on Tuesday A view of the room during the opening session. Sergio Shcherbakov, Ecuador, spoke for the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States during the opening session. Mahlaste Mminele, South Africa, spoke for the Group of 77 and China during the opening session. Art exhibition at the UN Headquarters, venue of the drafting session Members of the G-77/China in consultations before the session The US delegation in consultations before the session Raymond Landveld, Suriname, spoke for the G-77/China A view of the room during Tuesday’s session Civil society action on the margins of the third drafting session for the outcome document for the outcome document for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development UN Headquarters in New York, venue of the third drafting  session of the outcome document of the Third  International Conference on Financing for Development Civil society members hold consultations Delegates during the session L-R: Amit Narang, India, in conversation with Anju Sharma, ENB Delegates in consultations Delegates in informal consultations Co-Facilitator Amb. George Talbot, Guyana,  chaired the session on Wednesday. Members of the business sector and civil society Amb. Takeshi Osuga, Permanent Representative of Japan to the UN The delegation of Ethiopia in informal consultations A consortium of 33 NGOs distributed bars of chocolate to negotiators to encourage an agreement on a global tax body. Delegates in consultation Gustavo Martin Prada, EU, in dialogue with Maurício Fávero, Brazil Co-Facilitator Amb. George Talbot, Guyana, briefed delegates on progress. Amb. Kingsley Mamabolo, South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the UN, spoke on behalf of the G-77/China. A view of the room Gustavo Martin Prada, EU John Hurley, US Yoseph Kassaye, Ethiopia, with Co-Facilitator Amb. Geir Pedersen Amb. Kingsley Mamabolo, South Africa, with Amb. Jean-Francis Zinsou, Benin Sergey Vasiliev, Russian Federation Amina Mohammed, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning, in talks with delegates Amb. Kingsley Mamabolo, South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the UN, speaking to FfD3 Co-Facilitators Amb. Geir Pedersen, Norway, and Amb. George Talbot Co-Facilitators Geir Pedersen and George Talbot  in consultations during the brief plenary session on Friday afternoon A view of the conference room Amb. Kingsley Mamabolo, South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the UN, spoke for the G-77/China Sculpture in the rose garden of UN Headquarters Amb. Kingsley Mamabolo, South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the UN, with the “Tax Body” mascot outside UN Headquarters on Saturday morning before the session began The “Tax Body” mascot Raymond Landveld, Suriname, consulting with a delegate President of the UN General Assembly Amb. Sam Kutesa; Co-Facilitator Amb. George Talbot; and Co-Facilitator Amb. Geir Pedersen A view of the room Co-Facilitator Pedersen in talks with members of the US delegation Members of the EU delegation reading the negotiating text Tamer Mostafa, Egypt, and Takeda Alemu, Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the UN, consulting The US consulting with Australia The Co-Facilitators in talks with Tamer Mostafa, Egypt Delegates in a light-hearted moment before negotiations began Theresa Luswili Chanda, Zambia, spoke for the  land-locked developing countries (LLDCs) Renée Yap, New Zealand Delegates enjoying a pizza break before returning to small group consultations on outstanding issues at 8:45pm. Secretariat staff awaiting plenary Delegates consulting with Co-Facilitator Geir Pedersen _MG_5464 Co-Facilitator Pedersen in talks with Amit Narang, India Co-Facilitators George Talbot and Geir Pedersen consulting Anne Poorta, the Netherlands Delegates in consultation Co-Facilitator Talbot speaks with Amb. María Emma Mejía Vélez, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the UN Francella Strickland-Simonet, Samoa L-R: Jens Ole Bach Hansen, Denmark,  with Kimberly Louis, Saint Lucia _MG_5531 G-77/China delegates in consultations A view of the room The dais during the morning plenary session Amb. Kingsley Mamabolo, South Africa’s Permanent  Representative to the UN, spoke for the G-77/China _MG_5576 Amb. Jean-Francis Zinsou,  Permanent Representative of Benin to the UN Amb. Richard Erdman, US Amb. Sam Kutesa, President of the UN General Assembly Jan Eliasson, UN Deputy Secretary-General Magnus Lennartsson, Minister for Economic and Social Affairs, Sweden, with his daughter Amb. Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative  of Kenya to the UN, in talks with delegates Members of the Norwegian delegation Members of the G-77/China in consultations