UN CHIEF EXECUTIVES MEET IN MONTPÈLERIN, SWITZERLAND

 

Participants Express Strong Support

For Report of Secretary-General ‘In Larger Freedom’

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

42^nd Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE APPROVES RECOMMENDATIONS

 

AIMED AT ENHANCING, REVITALIZING WORK

Economic and Social Council

2005 Organizational Session

4^th Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

 

IN PREPARATION FOR JUNE/JULY SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

 

UN GLOBAL COMPACT CONVENES MAJOR SOUTH ASIAN MEETING

 

TO ADVANCE RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS, COMBAT POVERTY

NEW YORK, 8 March (Global Compact Office) -- Moving to advance responsible business practices in order to help combat poverty in the developing world, the United Nations Global Compact today convenes its first major regional meeting in South Asia.

UNIDO, SANDOZ SPONSOR GLOBAL PARTNERS SYMPOSIUM AGAINST DISEASE, POVERTY

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 4 March (UNIDO) -- Some 80 participants and experts from all over the world and from several international organizations attended the Global Partners Symposium organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in cooperation with Sandoz.

Economic and Social Council

2005 Organizational Session

3^rd Meeting (PM)

ECOSOC DECIDES TO CONSIDER REPORTS ON BURUNDI,

 

GUINEA-BISSAU DURING 2005 SESSION IN JULY

 

28 FEBRUARY 2005 OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY DAY IN UNITED STATES

NEW YORK, 28 February (United Nations Fund for International Partnerships) -- To recognize and promote the tremendous philanthropic work of corporations in communities around the world, New York Governor Pataki, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and US Secretary of Commerce Donald L. Evans proclaimed 28 February 2005 as “Corporate Philanthropy Day”.

Economic and Social Council

2005 Organizational Session

2^nd Meeting (PM)

Recovery in world economic growth in 2004 tempered by continuing

 

global trade imbalances, oil price uncertainties, ecosoc told

In Organizational Meeting, Council Approves Agenda for 2005 Session;

Considers NGO Status, Reports on Burundi, Guinea-Bissau, Among Other Matters

UN Report Says Strong global growth in 2005 Depends

 

on how dollar, global imbalances unwind

 

NEW YORK, 25 January (UN Department of Public Information) -- Global imbalances, and the United States trade deficit, in particular, will not be corrected by a rapidly falling US dollar, contrary to many expectations, the United Nations warns today, in an otherwise upbeat assessment of the world economy at the beginning of 2005.

Economic and Social Council

2005 Organizational Session

1^st Meeting (PM)