Economic and Social Council: Press Release

18 July 2008

ECOSOC/6365

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF TRIENNIAL COMPREHENSIVE POLICY REVIEW, CONCLUDING OPERATIONAL SEGMENT OF CURRENT SESSION

18 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6365

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

34^th & 35^th Meetings (AM & PM)

17 July 2008

ECOSOC/6364

CURRENT GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS WILL REQUIRE INCREASING AMOUNTS OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR SOME TIME TO COME, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD

17 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6364

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

33^rd Meeting (AM)

CURRENT GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS WILL REQUIRE INCREASING AMOUNTS OF HUMANITARIAN

ASSISTANCE FOR SOME TIME TO COME, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD

Council Suspends Three-Day Humanitarian Segment,

16 July 2008

ECOSOC/6363

TO SUCCEED, DISASTER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES MUST TARGET, REDUCE INEQUALITIES, VULNERABILITIES FACED BY POOR, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD

16 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6363

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

31^st & 32^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

15 July 2008

ECOSOC/6362

DEMAND FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE WILL CONTINUE TO RISE WORLDWIDE, WITH EXISTING CRISES EXACERBATED BY CLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERS, FOOD INSECURITY, ECOSOC TOLD

15 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6362

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

30^th Meeting (PM)

11 July 2008

ECOSOC/6361

IMPACT OF RECENT ECONOMIC SHOCKS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOCUS, AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONTINUES OPERATIONAL SEGMENT

11 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6361

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

28^th & 29^th Meetings (AM & PM)

10 July 2008

ECOSOC/6359

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS THREE-DAY SEGMENT OF CURRENT SESSION AIMED AT EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AT COUNTRY LEVEL

10 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6359

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

26^th & 27^th Meetings (AM & PM)

10 July 2008

ECOSOC/6359

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS THREE-DAY SEGMENT OF CURRENT SESSION AIMED AT EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AT COUNTRY LEVEL

10 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6359

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

26^th & 27^th Meetings (AM & PM)

10 July 2008

DSG/SM/406-ECOSOC/6360

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN STATEMENT TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, STRESSES NEED TO RAISE CORE UN RESOURCES, BO0ST SYSTEM’S COHERENCE, EFFECTIVENESS

10 July 2008

	Deputy Secretary-GeneralDSG/SM/406 ECOSOC/6360

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN STATEMENT TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, STRESSES

NEED TO RAISE CORE UN RESOURCES, BO0ST SYSTEM’S COHERENCE, EFFECTIVENESS

9 July 2008

ECOSOC/6358

UNITED NATIONS EFFORTS MUST ENSURE RURAL SECTORS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BECOME ENGINES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECOSOC TOLD, AS COORDINATION SEGMENT CONCLUDES

9 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6358

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

25^th Meeting (AM)

8 July 2008

ECOSOC/6357

INCREASED INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CAN BE ‘TRIGGER’ FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, POVERTY REDUCTION, ECOSOC TOLD

8 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6357

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

23^rd & 24^th Meetings (AM & PM)

INCREASED INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CAN BE ‘TRIGGER’

FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, POVERTY REDUCTION, ECOSOC TOLD