WHO DIRECTOR-GENERAL BRUNDTLAND TO LEAD ECOSOC ROUND TABLE ON HEALTH, 5 FEBRUARY

NEW ECOSOC PRESIDENT ASSUMES POST TODAY

The 2002 session of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will begin today (14 January) with the election of Ambassador Ivan Šimonović, Permanent Representative of Croatia.

Economic and Social Council

2002 Organizational Session

1^st Meeting (PM)

CONTRIBUTION OF HUMAN CAPITAL TO DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FOCUS

OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL IN 2002

Beginning Organizational Session for Coming Year,

Council Elects Ivan Šimonovic of Croatia as Its New President

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held its first meeting for

Economic and Social Council

Resumed 2001 Substantive Session

46^th Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL FILLS VACANCIES IN SUBSIDIARY BODIES,

ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON CRIME, ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

The Economic and Social Council filled a number of vacancies in its subsidiary bodies and adopted several texts this afternoon, as it concluded its work for 2001.

Economic and Social Council

Resumed 2001 Substantive Session

45^th Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS TEXTS ADDRESSING COUNCIL PRESIDENT’S

RESOURCES, MALDIVES, LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, AMONG OTHERS

Economic and Social Council

Resumed 2001 Substantive Session

44^th Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, AT RESUMED SUBSTANTIVE SESSION,

DECIDES TO GRANT OBSERVER STATUS TO NGO

Speakers Question Procedure Followed; Request Secretariat Report

Round-up

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL SUSPENDS 2001 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

Four Weeks of Meetings Focused on Bolstering Development Efforts

of African Countries, Information Technology Transfer, Disaster Relief

(Reissued as received.)

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.)