UNITED NATIONS, April 16: The 54-member UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and senior officials from the major international trade organizations, as well as national finance and development ministers and central bankers will attend an all-day high-level conference on Monday at the UN headquarters .

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who will open the conference, is expected to tell representatives of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IFMC) of the two Bretton Woods institutions that their development agenda fits into and has a better chance of being adopted as part of the broader agenda that he has put before UN member states for their September summit, his spokesman said.