ECOSOC RECOMMENDS MAKING WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION

SPECIALIZED AGENCY OF UNITED NATIONS

Considers Economic and Environmental Questions, Including International

Cooperation in Tax Matters and Status of International Civil Defence Organization

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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION

ON WORKING TOGETHER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

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ECOSOC CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON ITS ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING

TARGETS AND COMMITMENTS OF UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCES

Non-Governmental Organizations Highlight Importance

Of Civil Society Participation in Implementing Outcomes of UN Conferences

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ECOSOC CONSIDERS ITS ROLE IN COORDINATED IMPLEMENTATION

OF OUTCOME OF UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCES

Debate Highlights Need for Integrated Follow-up,

Flexibility, Increased Political Will, Regional Cooperation

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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL ON ‘CONFERENCEIMPLEMENTATION:

COMMON GOALS AND COMMON CHALLENGES’

Panellists Stress Need for Implementation of Conference Outcomes;

Describe Action in Areas of Migration and Responding to SARS Outbreak

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ECOSOC HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON UN OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES

FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

Speakers Stress Need to Implement Targets of UN Conferences, Increase

Official Development Assistance, Make Development Programmes More Effective

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ECOSOC PANEL ASSESSES HOW UN AGENCIES IN FIELD

IMPLEMENT LESSONS LEARNED FROM EVALUATIONS

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GENEVA, 4 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this morning held a panel which assessed the extent to which United Nations funds, programmes and agencies at the field level learned lessons from their evaluations and formulated proposals to improve the feedback mechanisms.

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL CONSIDERATION

OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

Importance of South-South Cooperation Highlighted by Report

Of High-Level Committee on Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries

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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH UNITED

NATIONS COUNTRY TEAM FOR SENEGAL

Discussion Focuses on Senegal’s Success in Fighting

Spread of HIV/AIDS, Joint United Nations Agencies Programme in Tambacounda

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ECOSOC BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES OFUNITED NATIONS

FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

High-Level Panel Held on Resources for Operational Activities

For Development, Progress on Development Cooperation Activities Reviewed

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