ECOSOC HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON UN OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES

FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

Speakers Stress Need to Implement Targets of UN Conferences, Increase

Official Development Assistance, Make Development Programmes More Effective

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ECOSOC PANEL ASSESSES HOW UN AGENCIES IN FIELD

IMPLEMENT LESSONS LEARNED FROM EVALUATIONS

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GENEVA, 4 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this morning held a panel which assessed the extent to which United Nations funds, programmes and agencies at the field level learned lessons from their evaluations and formulated proposals to improve the feedback mechanisms.

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL CONSIDERATION

OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

Importance of South-South Cooperation Highlighted by Report

Of High-Level Committee on Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries

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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH UNITED

NATIONS COUNTRY TEAM FOR SENEGAL

Discussion Focuses on Senegal’s Success in Fighting

Spread of HIV/AIDS, Joint United Nations Agencies Programme in Tambacounda

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ECOSOC BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES OFUNITED NATIONS

FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

High-Level Panel Held on Resources for Operational Activities

For Development, Progress on Development Cooperation Activities Reviewed

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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH FOUR UNITED NATIONS

FUNDS AND PROGRAMMES

UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP Discuss

Progress on Simplification and Harmonization Efforts

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GOVERNMENT MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO ADDRESS

ECOSOC'S HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Speakers Note National Constraints,

Challenges, Expectations of International Community

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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS MINISTERIAL DECLARATION

ON PROMOTING RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOR POVERTY ERADICATION

Concludes High-Level Segment on Promoting

Integrated Approach to Rural Development in Developing Countries

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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HEARS FROM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

ON HOW TO ADDRESS RURAL POVERTY

Introductory Statements Delivered by Under-Secretary-General

For Economic and Social Affairs, Vice-Chairman of Committee for Development Policy

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REPRESENTATIVES OF 19 COUNTRIES, EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS

HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

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