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Economic and Social Council


ECOSOC/5750
18 April 1998


Press Release
ECOSOC/5750


CLOSER COOPERATION BETWEEN UN AND BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS IS IMPERATIVE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19980418 Asian Financial Crisis, Risks and Benefits of Globalization, Need For New Architecture of International Financial Systems among Issues Discussed

ECOSOC/5744
18 December 1997


Press Release
ECOSOC/5744


ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES 1997 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

19971218 Decides To Consider Market Access in Context Of Globalization and Liberalization at 1998 High-Level Segment

ECOSOC/5743
16 December 1997


Press Release
ECOSOC/5743


ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL RESUMES SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

19971216

At its resumed substantive session this afternoon, the Economic and Social Council elected members to a number of subsidiary bodies, confirmed representatives of three functional commissions and adopted a draft decision on the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests.

ECOSOC/5739
25 July 1997


Press Release
ECOSOC/5739


ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, STRUGGLING TO COMPLETE AGENDA, ADOPTS CONCLUSIONS ON 'ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT'

19970725

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 25 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Council approved this morning a set of agreed conclusions on the topic of its high-level discussion for this year's session: "fostering an enabling environment for development".