ECOSOC CONTINUES GENERAL DISCUSSION UNDER ITS HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS SEGMENT

Importance of Increased, Balanced Funding for Humanitarian Assistance Stressed;

Praise for Incorporation of HIV/AIDS Programming in Humanitarian Strategies Voiced

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ECOSOC HOLDS PANEL ON EFFECTS OF HIV/AIDS AND OTHER WIDESPREAD DISEASES

ON HUMANITARIAN RELIEF OPERATIONS

Panellists Stress That Prevention, Response to Disease Outbreak

Is Everyone’s Business And That Coordinated Relief Operations Save Lives

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ECOSOC HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON TRANSITION FROM RELIEF TO DEVELOPMENT

Discusses Transitions in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka,

And Angola; Notes Lack of Focus on Natural Disasters

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ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES;

MAKES RECOMMENDATION ON UNFPA PERSONNEL MATTERS

Begins Consideration of Special Economic,

Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Assistance

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ECOSOC ENDORSES DECISION TO ESTABLISH WORLD SOLIDARITY FUND

TO ERADICATE POVERTY AND PROMOTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Panel Held on Financing and Effectiveness of Humanitarian Assistance

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ECOSOC RECOMMENDS MAKING WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION

SPECIALIZED AGENCY OF UNITED NATIONS

Considers Economic and Environmental Questions, Including International

Cooperation in Tax Matters and Status of International Civil Defence Organization

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ECOSOC CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON ITS ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING

TARGETS AND COMMITMENTS OF UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCES

Non-Governmental Organizations Highlight Importance

Of Civil Society Participation in Implementing Outcomes of UN Conferences

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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION

ON WORKING TOGETHER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL ON ‘CONFERENCEIMPLEMENTATION:

COMMON GOALS AND COMMON CHALLENGES’

Panellists Stress Need for Implementation of Conference Outcomes;

Describe Action in Areas of Migration and Responding to SARS Outbreak

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ECOSOC CONSIDERS ITS ROLE IN COORDINATED IMPLEMENTATION

OF OUTCOME OF UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCES

Debate Highlights Need for Integrated Follow-up,

Flexibility, Increased Political Will, Regional Cooperation

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