In progress at UNHQ

Economic issues


GA/EF/2956
03/10/2001
Press Release
GA/EF/2956


Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

7th Meeting (AM)


CONCERN VOICED IN SECOND COMMITTEE OVER WIDENING

GLOBAL ECONOMIC DISPARITIES


Never before was the world so collectively rich, so politically democratic, so economically globalized and yet so widely divided between the rich and the poor, Nepal's representative told the Second Committee this morning as it continued its general debate.

GA/EF/2954
02/10/2001
Press Release
GA/EF/2954


Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

5th Meeting (AM)  


SPEAKERS IN SECOND COMMITTEE CALL FOR ABOLITION

OF TRADE PROTECTIONISM


The multilateral trading system should be adjusted and reformed in order to be more open, equitable and non-discriminatory, the representative of Slovakia told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this morning as it continued its general debate.

GA/EF/2955
02/10/2001
Press Release
GA/EF/2955


Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

6th Meeting (PM)


PERSISTENT ‘GAPS, CONTRADICTIONS’ BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT RHETORIC, REALITY


OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, SECOND COMMITTEE IS TOLD


Resource Mobilization, Private Sector Participation,

Equitable Trade System, Seen as Crucial to Meeting Development Goals

GA/EF/2951
26/09/2001
Press Release
GA/EF/2951


Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

2nd Meeting (PM)


SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION


Will Elect Bureau, Begin General Debate 1 October


The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this afternoon approved its programme of work for the fifty-sixth session and postponed the election of its bureau to 1 October.

ECOSOC/5990
27/07/2001
Press Release
ECOSOC/5990


Round-up


ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL SUSPENDS 2001 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION


Four Weeks of Meetings Focused on Bolstering Development Efforts

of African Countries, Information Technology Transfer, Disaster Relief


(Reissued as received.)

ECOSOC/5989
26/07/2001
Press Release
ECOSOC/5989


ECOSOC ADJOURNS SUBSTANTIVE SESSION


Adopts Resolutions on Genetic Privacy, Colonial Peoples,

HIV/AIDS, Tourism Ethics, Disaster Reduction, Other Topics


(Reissued as received.)