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Economic issues


ECO/60
10/05/2004
Press Release
ECO/60


WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM TEAMS UP WITH UN TO NAIL DOWN


PRIVATE SECTOR SOLUTIONS TO DEVELOPMENT


NEW YORK, 10 May (UN Department of Public Information) -- The non-profit that organizes the famed global policy forums in Davos signed a memorandum of understanding today with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, on a joint effort to define policies that will maximize business contributions to development and the fight against poverty.

ECO/55-L/3059-PI/1561
19/03/2004
Press Release
ECO/55
L/3059
PI/1561


UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS


ON DRAFT OF E-COMMERCE CONVENTION


A United Nations working group drafting a convention to facilitate global electronic commerce came closer to its goal at a one-week meeting that concluded today at United Nations Headquarters.