Economic and Social Council

Economic and Social Council

2004 Substantive Session

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

ECOSOC CALLS ON FUNCTIONAL COMMISSIONS TO TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS

TO INTEGRATE GENDER PERSPECTIVES INTO THEIR WORK

Coordination Segment Suspended Pending Negotiations on Rural

Development Draft; Operational Activities Segment Begins with Panel Discussion

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2004 Substantive Session                                   

Economic and Social Council

2004 Substantive Session

24^th & 25^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES –- GENDER MAINSTREAMING, PROMOTING WOMEN’S

EMPOWERMENT -- NEEDED TO ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY, ECOSOC TOLD

Reviews System-Wide Effort To Mainstream

Gender Perspective into UN Policies, Programmes

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2004 Substantive Session                                   

Economic and Social Council

2004 Substantive Session

20^th & 21^st 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

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2004 Substantive Session                                   

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.

Economic and Social Council

2004 Substantive Session

16^th & 17^th 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

un action can mean difference between life and death in world’s

poorest countries, says Deputy Secretary-General to ecosoc

Following is Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s address to the 2004 High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council in New York, 28 June:

Background Release                                         

Economic and Social Council to hold annual session in new york, 28 june – 23 july

High-Level Segment to Focus on Resource Mobilization for Poverty