ECOSOC DISCUSSES SITUATION IN ISRAELI-OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

Debates Implementation of Declaration

On Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

(Reissued as received.)

ECOSOC DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO WORLD CONFERENCES, SUMMITS,

REVITALIZATION OF WORK IN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL FIELDS

ECOSOC CONCLUDES DISCUSSION ON REGIONAL COOPERATION

(Reissued as received.)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE ON GLOBALIZATION

WITH EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES OF UN REGIONAL COMMISSIONS

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS DISCUSSION ON JOINT

UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON HIV/AIDS

Public Service in Africa is Subject of Panel Review

ECOSOC TAKES NOTE OF FOUR REPORTS BY ITS SUBSIDIARY BODIES

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 19 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held a brief meeting this afternoon and formally took note of four reports submitted to it by its subsidiary bodies concerning sustainable development, population and development, statistics and cartography.

OPENING STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

TO AFRICAN FORUM FOR INVESTMENT PROMOTION

GENEVA, 17 July (UN Information Service) -- Following is the opening statement by the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Martin Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon), at the plenary meeting of the African Forum for Investment Promotion on 16 July 2001 at the Palais des Nations:

ECOSOC CONCLUDES HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA

Adopts Ministerial Declaration Expressing Concern about Health Crisis

Affecting Africa, Urging UN to Help African Countries Manage External Debt

(Reissued as received.)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HEARS FURTHER DEBATE

ON SUPPORTING AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES

(Reissued as received.)

ECOSOC CONTINUES TO HEAR STATEMENTS BY SENIOR OFFICIALS

ON AIDING AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES

GENEVA, 17 July (UN Information Service) -- High-level government representatives expressed their support this afternoon for African efforts to spur lasting economic development, as the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) continued its high-level segment debate on ensuring sustainable development for African countries.