Economic and Social Council

Economic and Social Council                           ECOSOC/5938

2001 Organizational Session                           31 January 2001

2^nd Meeting (PM)

ECOSOC DECIDES ON ITS 2001 PROGRAMME OF WORK,

AND THEME FOR ITS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

                                                            ECOSOC/5995

Press Release
ECOSOC/5936

ESTABLISHMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS INQUIRY COMMISSION FOR PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES ENDORSED BY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Press Release
ECOSOC/5935

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL MEETS TO DISCUSS ‘ELIMINATING HUNGER IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM’

Presentations Made by Heads of FAO, IFAD and WFP; Deputy Secretary General, Council and General Assembly Presidents Also Speak

The Economic and Social Council met this morning to hold an unprecedented discussion of the subject of “Eliminating Hunger in the New Millennium”.

Press Release
ECOSOC/5933
PI/1288

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL BUREAU MEETS AT HEAD OF STATE LEVEL, PROMOTES PROPOSAL FOR UNITED NATIONS ‘DIGITAL TASK FORCE’

Press Release
ECOSOC/5932

UN ESTABLISHES PERMANENT FORUM FOR INDIGENOUS ISSUES

The United Nations Economic and Social Council today adopted by consensus a resolution to establish a Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues -- an unprecedented event in the international community. Today's action was the latest step in a long process initiated in 1993, when the Vienna World Conference on Human Rights first proposed such a forum.

Press Release
ECOSOC/5929/

UNITED NATIONS KEY TO EXPANDING IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON DEVELOPMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

CORRECTION

The statement of the representative of Syria, which appears on pages 9 and 10 of Press Release ECOSOC/5929 of 28 July, should read, as follows:

Press Release
ECOSOC/5931

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, WINDING UP 2000 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION, DECIDES TO ESTABLISH INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION, TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE

Adopts 70 Texts, Nine By Recorded Vote

Press Release
ECOSOC/5929

UNITED NATIONS KEY TO EXPANDING IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON DEVELOPMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

"We must not let the new information technologies become another resource that divides rich and poor nations", Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, told the Economic and Social Council this morning in his closing address as the Council prepared to conclude its 2000 substantive session.

Press Release
ECOSOC/5928

COUNCIL, ENTERING FINAL PHASE OF 2000 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION, ADOPTS 17 DRAFT TEXTS, APPROVES THREE RESOLUTIONS