Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

AS SECOND COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,

SPEAKERS LOOK AHEAD TO JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

18^th Meeting (PM)             

COMMITMENTS TO IMPLEMENT AGENDA 21 MUST BE TRANSLATED

INTO TANGIBLE TERMS, SECOND COMMITTEE IS TOLD

Participants in Panel Discussion Say

Johannesburg Summit Opportunity to Recommit to Rio Priorities

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE WINDS UP DEBATE ON OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

WITH REITERATED STRESS ON NEED FOR COORDINATION, FINANCIAL AID

Meeting Opens with Panel Discussion on Capacity-Building, Poverty Eradication

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

15^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS URGE COORDINATION OF UN OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

STRATEGIES, AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

INADEQUATE RESOURCES KEY ISSUE IN UN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION,

SECOND COMMITTEE IS TOLD

Constraints, Priorities of Donors Also a Factor, Says Australia’s Representative

Economic and Social Council

Resumed 2001 Substantive Session

45^th Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS TEXTS ADDRESSING COUNCIL PRESIDENT’S

RESOURCES, MALDIVES, LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, AMONG OTHERS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HIGHLIGHTED,

AS UNCTAD SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES SECOND COMMITTEE

Also, Executive Secretary for Climate Change Convention

Secretariat Tells Committee Parties Will Meet in Marrakech 29 October

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE DEBATES STEPS TO HELP MEET

INTERNATIONAL POVERTY-ERADICATION GOALS

Speakers Discuss Proposed World Solidarity Fund to Combat Poverty

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON FIRST DECADE FOR ERADICATION OF POVERTY

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM,

EXTERNAL DEBT CRISIS AND DEVELOPMENT

Deteriorating Short-Term Outlook for Financial Flows