Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

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Second Committee

GA/EF/3084

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST TAKE SERIOUS ANTI-DESERTIFICATION MEASURES, REVERSE LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

20/10/2004
Press Release
GA/EF/3084

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

16th & 17th Meetings (AM & PM)


international community must take serious anti-desertification measures,

 

reverse loss of biodiversity, second committee told


Three Draft Resolutions Introduced

As Committee Concludes General Debate on Sustainable Development


(Issued on 21 October 2004.)

GA/EF/3083

INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS WILL FAIL IN EFFORTS TO KEEP GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AT ACCEPTABLE LEVELS BY 2015, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

19/10/2004
Press Release
GA/EF/3083

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

15th Meeting (AM & PM)


industrialiZed nations will fail in efforts to keep greenhouse gas Emissions

 

at acceptable levels by 2015, second committee told


Effective Implementation of Climate Change, Desertification,

Biodiversity Conventions Stressed as Sustainable Development Debate Continues


(Issued on 20 October 2004.)

GA/EF/3080

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TOLD OF PROGRESS BY UN-HABITAT IN EASING PROBLEMS OF WATER SUPPLY, SANITATION IN SLUM AREAS

14/10/2004
Press Release
GA/EF/3080

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

12th Meeting (PM)


ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TOLD OF PROGRESS BY UN-HABITAT IN EASING


problems of water supply, sanitation in slum areas

 


Agency Said to Need Increased Funds to Reach Millennium

Goals; Debate Concludes on Global Conference on Development Financing


(Issued on 15 October 2004.)

GA/EF/3078

DEBT WRITE-OFF MUST BE TOP PRIORITY IN HELPING POOREST COUNTRIES RESTORE GROWTH, MEET MILLENNIUM GOALS, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

12/10/2004
Press Release
GA/EF/3078

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

8th & 9th Meetings (AM & PM)


DEBT WRITE-OFF MUST BE TOP PRIORITY IN HELPING POOREST COUNTRIES


restore growth, meet millennium goals, second committee told


Continued Debt Servicing Makes It Impossible

For Them to Increase Savings, Boost Investment, Grow Their Economies


(Issued on 13 October 2004.)

GA/EF/3077

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY URGED TO BOOST AID TO LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, SMALL ISLAND STATES AS SECOND COMMITTEE ENDS GENERAL DEBATE

06/10/2004
Press Release
GA/EF/3077

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

6th & 7th Meetings (AM & PM)


INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY URGED TO BOOST AID TO LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,


SMALL ISLAND STATES AS SECOND COMMITTEE ENDS GENERAL DEBATE


High Transport Costs, Lack of Sea Access,

Remoteness, Natural Disasters Blamed for Increasing Marginalization


(Issued on 7 October 2004.)