GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS UN MEETING OF FINANCE, TRADE INSTITUTIONS OFFERS HOPE FOR MORE PROFOUND PROGRESS IN ACHIEVING ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

Following is the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), to the special high-level meeting with the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organization in New York on Monday, 14 April:

Economic and Social Council

Special High-Level Meeting

7^th & 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ECOSOC MEETS WITH BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

AIMS AT ‘POLICY COHERENCE’ IN IMPLEMENTING MONTERREY COMMITMENTS

Secretary-General Says UN Natural Home for Needed

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TO ‘DRAMATICALLY REDUCE’

AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES, AT HIGH-LEVEL ECOSOC MEETING

Economic and Social Council

2003 Organizational Session

6^th Meeting (AM)

MEMBERS OF ECOSOC NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE APPOINTED; WILL MEET 26 MARCH

TO CONSIDER AGREEMENT BETWEEN UN, WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION

Economic and Social Council

2003 Organizational Session

5^th Meeting (AM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, PREPARING FOR GENEVA SUBSTANTIVE SESSION, ADOPTS

HUMANITARIAN SEGMENT THEMES, OPERATIONAL SEGMENT WORK PROGRAMME

Economic and Social Council

2003 Organizational Session

4^th Meeting (PM)                    

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE

OF AD HOC ADVISORY GROUP ON GUINEA-BISSAU

Economic and Social Council

2003 Organizational Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

ACTION WITHOUT CONDITIONALITIES NEEDED TO ADDRESS SITUATION

IN GUINEA-BISSAU, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD

Economic and Social Council

2003 Organizational Session

2^nd Meeting (PM)                   

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD THAT GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY

STILL NOT SECURE

Council Also Takes Decisions

On Organizational Matters for 2003 Session in July

Economic and Social Council

2003 Organizational Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ‘PROGRESSIVELY GAINING IN RELEVANCE’,

NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT TELLS MEMBERS

Four Vice-Presidents also Elected, as Council holds First Meeting of Year

Economic and Social Council

Resumed Substantive Session

45^th Meeting (PM)

ADOPTING THEME FOR HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF 2003 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION,

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES ITS WORK FOR YEAR

The Economic and Social Council this afternoon concluded its work for