Economic and Social Council

FIRST PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES TO MEET IN NEW YORK IN MAY 2002

ECOSOC ADJOURNS SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

Adopts Resolutions on Genetic Privacy, Colonial Peoples,

HIV/AIDS, Tourism Ethics, Disaster Reduction, Other Topics

(Reissued as received.)

ECOSOC TAKES UP ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

(Reissued as received.)

ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS, DECISIONS ON SOCIAL, HUMAN RIGHTS,

ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Approves Resolution on Economic and Social Repercussions

of Israeli Occupation on Palestinians and Population in Golan Heights

(Reissued as received.)

ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON SITUATION OF PALESTINIAN WOMEN;

TAKES UP REPORTS ON SOCIAL, HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS

(Reissued as received.)

ECOSOC ADOPTS DOZENS OF RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS

RECOMMENDED BY ITS SUBSIDIARY ORGANS

High Commissioners for Human Rights, Refugees Address Council

GENEVA, 24 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Council this afternoon adopted dozens of resolutions and decisions recommended to it by its subsidiary bodies on social and human rights issues.

ECOSOC DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO WORLD CONFERENCES, SUMMITS,

REVITALIZATION OF WORK IN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL FIELDS

ECOSOC DISCUSSES SITUATION IN ISRAELI-OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

Debates Implementation of Declaration

On Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

(Reissued as received.)

ECOSOC CONCLUDES DISCUSSION ON REGIONAL COOPERATION

(Reissued as received.)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE ON GLOBALIZATION

WITH EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES OF UN REGIONAL COMMISSIONS