Economic issues

STRENGTHENED GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY INDICATED BY UN ECONOMIC SURVEY OF EUROPE

(Reissued as received.)

ECONOMIC POLICY KEY TO WORLD ANTI-POVERTY FIGHT SAYS UN

NEW YORK, 8 December (United Nations Department of Public Information) -- Economic policies geared to generating sustainable growth can serve as powerful mechanisms for fighting poverty, especially when ancillary economic and social policies are linked to the needs of the poor, concludes a United Nations report issued today.

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE ENCOURAGES ORGANIZATIONS

AND GOVERNMENTS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR SECURE TRADE

GENEVA, 18 November (ECE) -- From 13 to 14 November 2003, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) hosted a meeting on trade security and trade facilitation.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

35^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS INTRODUCTION OF DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCING,

COMMODITIES, GLOBALIZATION, NATURAL RESOURCES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORY

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

34^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE DELEGATES AGREE ON NEED FOR BETTER MONITORING

OF MONTERREY CONSENSUS IMPLEMENTATION AS DEBATE CONCLUDES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

32^nd & 33^rd Meeting (AM & PM)

UNEQUAL BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION, NEED TO IMPLEMENT DEVELOPMENT

FINANCING COMMITMENTS FOCUS OF SECOND COMMITTEE DEBATE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

31^st Meeting (PM)

ISRAEL STILL DESTROYING OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, SECOND COMMITTEE

DELEGATES SAY AT CONCLUSION OF DEBATE ON ARAB SOVEREIGNTY

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion on “Globalization”

IN SECOND COMMITTEE PANEL DISCUSSION, TOP ECONOMIST CALLS FOR MORE SENSIBLE,

MODEST, HUMANE APPROACH TO GLOBALIZATION

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

29^th & 30^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION TO TRANSFORM TOURISM BODY

INTO SPECIALIZED AGENCY OF UNITED NATIONS

Delegates Also Take up Permanent Sovereignty

Of Palestinians, Syrians over Natural Resources in Occupied Territories

FOLLOWING ARE SUMMARIES OF STATEMENTS MADE TO TODAY’S SECOND COMMITTEE (ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL).  A COMPLETE SUMMARY OF TODAY’S MEETING WILL APPEAR AFTER THE MEETING’S CONCLUSION AS PRESS RELEASE GA/EF/3061.

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