Economic issues

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

DELEGATES UNDERLINE IMPORTANCE OF REFORMING PROGRAMME OF WORK

AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Streamlined Agenda Needed in Tackling Major Challenge, Speakers Also Stress

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

LACK OF DEVELOPMENT THWARTING CREATION OF DEMOCRACY, ECONOMIC WELL-BEING,

SAY SPEAKERS AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Delegates Stress Need for Responsible Servicing as Crippling Debt Is Deplored

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

2^nd Meeting (PM)

IMBALANCES CAST SHADOW OVER WORLD’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE AT START OF GENERAL DEBATE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS TO BUREAU, APPROVES WORK PROGRAMME

FOR FIFTY-EIGHTH ASSEMBLY SESSION

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) elected four officers to its Bureau this morning and approved its programme of work for the fifty-eighth General Assembly session.

FAO SEES NO ALTERNATIVE TO MULTILATERAL TRADE TALKS

Agency Urges Countries to Resume Trade Negotiations

ROME, 18 September (FAO) -- After the failure of the world trade talks in Cancún, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)today urged countries to consider seriously informal contacts with a view to returning to the negotiation table, with a better outcome this time.

WTO, UNIDO TO WORK TOGETHER ON TRADE-RELATED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

(Reissued as received; delayed in transmission.)

FAO SAYS FREER TRADE MUST BE FAIRER TRADE FOR FOOD SECURITY;

URGES WTO TO END EXPORT SUBSIDIES, LOWER IMPORT TARIFFS

(Reissued as received.)

CITES AUTHORIZES 2003 CAVIAR QUOTAS AS CASPIAN SEA

STURGEON STOCKS START TO RECOVER

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 5 September (CITES) -– The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has approved quotas for Caspian Sea sturgeon catch and caviar exports in 2003.

Economic and Social Council

50^th Meeting (AM)

ECOSOC ESTABLISHES COMPOSITION OF ADVISORY GROUP AIMED

AT PEACE-BUILDING, RECONSTRUCTION IN BURUNDI

The Economic and Social Council this morning established the composition of its Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Burundi, which was created on 21 July to help the country through its transition from conflict to peace and aid its reconstruction.

ECOSOC ADOPTS TEXTS ON ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, INDIGENOUS ISSUES,

SUSPENDS 2003 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 25 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this morning suspended its 2003 substantive session after adopting five resolutions and 13 decisions on economic, environmental and indigenous issues.