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Economic and Social Council

ECOSOC/5783

COLLECTIVE UNITED NATIONS RESPONSE NEEDED TO ADDRESS EFFECTS OF ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS, SAYS HEAD OF REGIONAL COMMISSION

20 July 1998


Press Release
ECOSOC/5783


COLLECTIVE UNITED NATIONS RESPONSE NEEDED TO ADDRESS EFFECTS OF ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS, SAYS HEAD OF REGIONAL COMMISSION

19980720 Chiefs of Regional Commissions Address Economic and Social Council, as It Begins Consideration of Regional Cooperation

The Economic and Social Council heard discussion of the regional implications of the Asian financial crisis, as it began consideration of regional cooperation this morning.

ECOSOC/5784

CONTRIBUTIONS AND REFORM EFFORTS OF REGIONAL COMMISSIONS IN AFRICA, EUROPE, ASIA AND PACIFIC, WESTERN ASIA, LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN NOTED

20 July 1998


Press Release
ECOSOC/5784


CONTRIBUTIONS AND REFORM EFFORTS OF REGIONAL COMMISSIONS IN AFRICA, EUROPE, ASIA AND PACIFIC, WESTERN ASIA, LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN NOTED

19980720

The Economic and Social Council this afternoon adopted four resolutions and one decision, all without a vote, recommended by the five regional commissions, as it continued its review of the work of those bodies.

ECOSOC/5769/

GENDER INITIATIVES AT UNITED NATIONS FALL SHORT DUE TO LACK OF COMMITMENT AT MANAGEMENT LEVEL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD CORRECTION

17 July 1998


Press Release
ECOSOC/5769/


GENDER INITIATIVES AT UNITED NATIONS FALL SHORT DUE TO LACK OF COMMITMENT AT MANAGEMENT LEVEL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD CORRECTION

19980717

On page 12 of Press Release ECOSOC/5769 of 9 July 1998, the first complete paragraph (beginning, "Unemployment hit women harder than men ...") was wrongly attributed to the representative of Kazakhstan.