ECOSOC/5659
8 July 1996
Press Release
ECOSOC/5659
UN DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES MUST NOT INFRINGE ON GOVERNMENTS' ROLE, COSTA RICA TELLS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
19960708United Nations operational activities for development must not arrogate to themselves an increasingly normative role, as that could only be the domain of national governments accountable to their own people, the representative of Costa Rica told the Economic and Social Council this morning.