Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

40^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE ENDS ITS WORK, APPROVING 16 DRAFT TEXTS

Among Innovative Proposals Forwarded to Assembly:

Nomination of High Representative for Least Developed Countries

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) concluded its substantive work for the fifty-sixth General Assembly session this evening by approving 16 draft texts without a vote.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

39^th Meeting (PM)

CONTINUING CONSIDERATION OF DRAFT RESOLUTIONS,

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX TEXTS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

38^th Meeting (PM)

WITHOUT VOTE, SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES FOUR DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

Texts Cover Biodiversity Convention, International Cooperation for

Development, Renewable Energy, Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

37^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFTS ON SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES,

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ON-LINE NETWORK, REVIEW OF UNCTAD

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

36^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES 13 DEVELOPMENT-RELATED DRAFT TEXTS

Drafts on Natural Resources of Palestinian People,

Economic Measures as Means of Coercion Approved by Recorded Vote

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

32^nd Meeting (AM)

CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION WILL HELP ENSURE SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT, CONVENTION OFFICIAL TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

CORRECTION

On page 8 of Press Release GA/EF/2983 of 28 November, the penultimate paragraph should read:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

35^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS VIEWS OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES,

LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES, SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

Delegates Continue to Weigh Follow-up to Brussels LDC Conference

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

34^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE SPEAKERS UNDERLINE NEED FOR EFFECTIVE FOLLOW-UP

TO THIRD UN CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

Support Expressed for Proposed Office of High

Representative for LDCs, Landlocked, Small Island Developing States

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

33^rd Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE CONSIDERS FIVE DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED BY GROUP OF 77, CHINA

Draft Resolutions Address Such Issues as Financing for UNITAR,

Transit Transport Systems, Economic Measures Directed against Developing Countries

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

32^nd Meeting (AM)

CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION WILL HELP ENSURE SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT, CONVENTION OFFICIAL TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

Among Remaining Goals: Reintegration

Of United States in Global Approach to Climate Change