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Economic and Social Council: Press Release

ECOSOC/6120

AMID UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY, WORLD’S POOR MORE VULNERABLE THAN EVER, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD, AS HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE CONTINUES

30/06/2004
Press Release
ECOSOC/6120


Economic and Social Council

2004 Substantive Session

20th & 21st Meetings (AM & PM)


AMID UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY, WORLD’S POOR MORE VULNERABLE THAN EVER,


ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD, AS HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE CONTINUES


Speakers from Poorest Countries Press for More Concrete

International Support, including Access to Global Markets, Debt Relief

ECOSOC/6118-PI/1595

WORLD’S 50 POOREST COUNTRIES MAIN BATTLEGROUND WHERE GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS WILL BE WON OR LOST

28/06/2004
Press Release
ECOSOC/6118
PI/1595

World’s 50 poorest countries main battleground where


global anti-poverty Goals will be won or lost


NEW YORK, 28 June -- The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) takes up the cause of the 50 countries with the world’s most vulnerable economies at a high-level session opening today, and addressed by President Mathieu Kerekou of Benin.

ECOSOC/6116

FOR WORLD’S POOREST, UN ACTION CAN MEAN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD, AS HEADQUARTERS SESSION OPENS

28/06/2004
Press Release
ECOSOC/6116


Economic and Social Council

2004 Substantive Session

16th & 17th Meetings (AM & PM)


FOR WORLD’S POOREST, UN ACTION CAN MEAN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH,


ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD, AS HEADQUARTERS SESSION OPENS


High-Level Segment Aims at Mobilizing Resources for Implementing

2001 Brussels Programme of Action for 50 Least Developed Countries