Preparatory Committee for the

High-Level International

 Intergovernmental Event on

 Financing for Development

2^nd Meeting (PM)

SPECIAL NEEDS AND PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MUST BE CONSIDERED,

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCING TOLD

EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON MANAGING DIVERSITY IN CIVIL SERVICE

TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS 3-4 MAY

NEW YORK, 30 April (DESA) -- In the context of The Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, the Division for Public Economics and Public Administration, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), will hold an expert group meeting on Managing Diversity in the Civil Service on 3 and 4 May at Headquarters.

Background Release

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

TO MEET FROM 2 TO 8 MAY

The Preparatory Committee for the International Conference on Financing for Development will begin its third session at United Nations Headquarters from 2 to 8 May. The third session has been split into two one-week sessions; the second one-week session will take place in October or November.

SEMINAR ON ‘THE GOVERNANCE OF GLOBALIZATION’ TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, 2 MAY

NEW YORK, 18 April (UNU) -- The United Nations University (UNU) and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs will host a seminar on “The Governance of Globalization” on Wednesday, 2 May, from 1:15 to 2:45 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee

For Third United Nations Conference

 On Least Developed Countries

2^nd Meeting (PM)

Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee

for Third United Nations Conference

 on Least Developed Countries

1^st Meeting (AM)

STUDY OF UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME’S GENDER MAINSTREAMING

EFFORTS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ISSUED

A new study, representing the first attempt to systematically analyse the success of the United Nations Development Fund's (UNDP) efforts to promote gender mainstreaming in sub-Saharan Africa, has been released.

HIGH-LEVEL NAPLES WORKSHOPS FOCUS ON IMPACT OF ‘ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT’

UN POPULATION DIVISION ISSUES ‘WORLD POPULATION PROSPECTS:  THE 2000 REVISION’

Preparatory Committee for the

High-level International

 Intergovernmental Event on

 Financing for Development

5^th Meeting (PM)

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR DEVELOPMENT FINANCING EVENT CONCLUDES SESSION;