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Economic and Social Council: Press Release

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

7 July 2008

ECOSOC/6356

ASSESSING WAYS TO STRENGTHEN UNITED NATIONS EFFORTS TO ERADICATE POVERTY, HUNGER FOCUS, AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OPENS COORDINATION SEGMENT

7 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6356

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

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

22^nd Meeting (PM)

7 July 2008

ECOSOC/6355

REGIONAL COMMISSIONS ‘PILLAR FOR SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION’, CONDUIT FOR IDEA EXCHANGE, ECOSOC TOLD, AS IT HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES

7 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6355

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

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

21^st Meeting (AM)

3 July 2008

ECOSOC/6354

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CALLS FOR URGENT ACTIONS TO PUT GLOBAL ECONOMY ON ‘FIRM SUSTAINABLE FOUNDATION’, CONCLUDING HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

3 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6354

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

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

19^th & 20^th Meetings (AM & PM)

2 July 2008

ECOSOC/6353

DELEGATES CALL FOR STEPS TO CORRECT IMBALANCES, INEQUITIES AT ROOT OF WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS, AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE

2 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6353

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

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

18^th Meeting (PM)

2 July 2008

ECOSOC/6352

BELGIUM, CHILE, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MAKE PRESENTATIONS AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS ANNUAL MINISTERIAL REVIEW

2 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6352

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

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

17^th Meeting (AM & PM)

1 July 2008

ECOSOC/6351

CALLS FOR CONCRETE ACTION TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS AFFLICTING INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM MARK OPENING OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL’S 2008 GENERAL DEBATE

1 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6351

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

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

15^th Meeting (PM)

1 July 2008

ECOSOC/6350

IMPROVING IMPACT, COHERENCE, EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AID FOCUS, AS DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FORUM CONCLUDES FIRST BIENNIAL MEETING

1 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6350

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

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

14^th & 16^th Meetings* (AM & PM)