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Economic and Social Council

17 November 2014

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Opening Coordination and Management Meeting, Economic and Social Council Adopts Three Draft Resolutions, Including Texts on Conferences in Asia, Latin America

The Economic and Social Council used the first day of a periodic management meeting to advance its wide-ranging work on economic, social and environmental issues by adopting several draft texts, accepting reports and filling vacancies on nearly a dozen of its own subsidiary bodies.

25 July 2014

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Economic and Social Council Adopts Draft Resolutions on Istanbul Programme of Action, Habitat III Conference

The Economic and Social Council today adopted two draft resolutions, one relating to the Istanbul Programme of Action for least developed countries and another relating to the United Nations Habitat III Conference planned for 2016.

22 July 2014

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Economic and Social Council Adopts Draft Text Establishing Working Arrangements for 2015 Session

The Economic and Social Council today adopted a draft decision that established its working arrangements for its 2015 session.

21 July 2014

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Economic and Social Council Adopts 2015 Provisional Agenda, Further Approves Text on Transition to Sustainable Development Goals, Implementation

The Economic and Social Council today opened it 2015 session, adopting a provisional agenda and taking action on two draft decisions.

16 July 2014

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Economic and Social Council Adopts 14 Draft Resolutions, Including Text Addressing Socioeconomic Repercussions of Israeli Occupation

The Economic and Social Council concluded its resumed coordination and management segment today with the adoption of 14 draft resolutions, including a text aimed at addressing the economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian people, and another calling for increased support of United Nations specialized agencies to non-self-governing territories.

15 July 2014

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Alternative Crops Vital to Fighting World’s Drug Problem, Promoting Progress, Secretary-General Tells Economic and Social Council

Organized crime and illicit criminal activity undermined essential institutions like the rule of law and delivery of education and health, the United Nations leading expert on drugs and crime told the Economic and Social Council today.

14 July 2014

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Scaling Up Efforts to Address Root Causes of Extreme Poverty, Hunger Economic and Social Council's Focus as It Concludes Segment

The Economic and Social Council today urged the United Nations development system to address poverty eradication as an overarching priority, as it concluded its operational activities segment.

11 July 2014

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Building Partnerships, Moving Sustainable Development to Forefront among Top Issues Debated, as Economic and Social Council Concludes High-Level Segment

The rhetoric must become a reality when it came to development assistance, the Economic and Social Council heard today, as its high-level segment ended, concluding two weeks in which ministers and other senior Government officials considered key items that would make the post-2015 development agenda a success.

10 July 2014

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Speakers Call for New Development Cooperation Strategies in Post-2015 Agenda, as Economic and Social Council Commences Forum

Commencing its Development Cooperation Forum, the Economic and Social Council explored the shape that assistance, investment, aid and partnerships on all platforms should take in the post-2015 agenda and their roles in finding multidimensional solutions to poverty and sustainable development.

9 July 2014

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Concluding First Political Forum, Economic and Social Council Adopts Declaration Placing Sustainability at Core of Post-2015 Agenda

As the Economic and Social Council concluded its first high-level political forum, it adopted without a vote a shared ministerial declaration with the Council’s high-level segment that called for concerted efforts around the world to meet the Millennium Development Goals and to pave the way to a post-2015 development agenda that included sustainability and the eradication of poverty.