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Economic and Social Council

13 February 2014

SOC/4812

Persons with Disabilities Still Face Employment Challenges in Many Countries, Special Rapporteur Tells Commission for Social Development

Employment remained a challenge for persons with disabilities in many countries, a United Nations expert told the Commission for Social Development, as some delegations described national achievements in that field.

11 February 2014

SOC/4810

Coherent Universal Policies Needed to Help People Take Charge of Future, Speakers Stress as Commission for Social Development Opens Fifty-second Session

Amid weak economic recovery, rapidly ageing populations and the continuing effects of unemployment on millions of people worldwide, the United Nations and its partners must put forward coherent universal policies that would empower people to take charge of their future and develop greater resilience to external shocks, delegates said today as the Commission for Social Development opened its fifty-second regular session.

7 February 2014

ECOSOC/6598-NGO/789

Concluding Regular Session, Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Recommends More than 200 Applicants for Status with Economic and Social Council

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today concluded its regular session with the adoption of its report, in which it recommended that the Economic and Social Council grant consultative status to 225 applicants across regions and missions of the 439 applicants it considered during its session.

30 January 2014

ECOSOC/6597

Meeting Briefly, Economic and Social Council Adopts 2014 Work Programme, Allocates Responsibilities to Bureau, Appoints Member of Haiti Advisory Group

The Economic and Social Council this afternoon unanimously adopted its programme of work for 2014, as orally revised. It elected a member of its Bureau and appointed a member of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti.

30 January 2014

ECOSOC/6596-NGO/788

Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Wraps Up Session’s Substantive Work, Having Recommended 265 Entities for Status with Economic and Social Council

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 16 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferred action on the status of 10 others.

29 January 2014

ECOSOC/6595-NGO/787

Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Defers Action on Eight Applicants, While Recommending Status Upgrade for Another

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today deferred action on 10 applications for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, while recommending an upgrade to general consultative status for an existing one — International Eurasia Press Fund based in Azerbaijan — thereby allowing it to speak during meetings and propose agenda items.

28 January 2014

ECOSOC/6594-NGO/786

Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Recommends Status for 11 Entities, Defers 40, including Committee to Protect Journalists, Ford Foundation

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 11 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and deferred action on the status of 40 others.

27 January 2014

ECOSOC/6593-NGO/785

Seventeen Non-Governmental Organizations Recommended for Status with Economic and Social Council, as Committee Session Enters Second Week

Continuing its 2014 session, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 17 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, representative of a broad regional reach, and deferred action on 55 others.

24 January 2014

ECOSOC/6592-NGO/784

Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Considers Broad Range of Applications, Recommending 41 for Consultative Status

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 41 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and deferred action on the status of 21 others.

23 January 2014

ECOSOC/6591-NGO/783

Thirty-Six Non-Governmental Organizations Recommended for Status with Economic and Social Council as Committee Continues Its Evaluation of Applications

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended 36 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and deferred action on the status of 28 others.