Economic and Social Council

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ECOSOC/5927

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, CONTINUING GENERAL SEGMENT OF 2000 SESSION, DISCUSSES DEMOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF GENDER INEQUALITY

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ECOSOC/5926

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS RECOMMENDATIONS OF FOUR SUBSIDIARY BODIES

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ECOSOC/5925

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, CONSIDERING ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVISAGES NEW DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR COMING DECADE

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ECOSOC/5924

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TAKES ACTION ON TEXTS RECOMMENDED BY ESCAP AND ECLAC

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ECOSOC/5923

COUNCIL HEARS WIDELY DIVERGENT PROGRESS REPORTS FROM ITS REGIONAL COMMISSIONS

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ECOSOC/5922

COUNCIL, PONDERING REFORM ISSUES, SEES CHANCE OF ‘NEW CONSENSUS’ ON DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN UN-BRETTON WOODS COOPERATION

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ECOSOC/5921/

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HEARS REPORTS ON TOBACCO, HAITI SUPPORT PROGRAMME, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN INFORMATICS, COORDINATION PROGRAMMES CORRECTION

In Press Release ECOSOC/5921 of 24 July, Joy De Beyer’s title, which appeared on pages 1a and 10, was printed incorrectly. Ms. De Beyer is the Tobacco Control Coordinator for the World Bank. Furthermore, her statement, on page 10, should read as follows.

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ECOSOC/5921

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HEARS REPORTS ON TOBACCO, HAITI SUPPORT PROGRAMME, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN INFORMATICS, COORDINATION PROGRAMMES

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ECOSOC/5920
PI/1263

UNITED NATIONS CONTACTS G-8 ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GAP

NEW YORK, 21 July -- With concern about the global development gap and the plight of poor countries dominating the run-up to the Group of 8 Summit opening today in Okinawa, the United Nations is forwarding a ministerial declaration on the critical importance of closing the digital divide to Japanese Prime Minster Yoshiro Mori.

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ECOSOC/5919

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS DRAFT-AGREED CONCLUSIONS ON FOLLOW-UP TO HABITAT AGENDA GOALS