FOLLOWING TERRORIST ATTACKS, UN REVISES FORECAST FOR WORLD ECONOMIC GROWTH IN 2001

TO 1.4 PER CENT; WARNS THAT LONG-RUN GROWTH RATE WILL BE ‘ADVERSELY AFFECTED’

Economic and Social Council

Resumed 2001 Substantive Session

44^th Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, AT RESUMED SUBSTANTIVE SESSION,

DECIDES TO GRANT OBSERVER STATUS TO NGO

Speakers Question Procedure Followed; Request Secretariat Report

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

AGREED POLICIES NEEDED TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TOLD

Global Movement of Workers Said to Be Driving Force of Development

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

8^th Meeting (PM)  

SECOND COMMITTEE EXPLORES POTENTIAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

AS EMPOWERING TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT

With General Debate Concluded,

Committee Considers Science, Technology for Development

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

7^th 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.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

5^th 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.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

6^th 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

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

4^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS IN SECOND COMMITTEE URGED TO MOVE FROM RHETORIC TO ACTION

IN PURSUIT OF MILLENNIUM SUMMIT GOALS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

UNCERTAIN IMPACT OF 11 SEPTEMBER EVENTS, SLOWING GLOBAL ECONOMY

EXAMINED AS SECOND COMMITTEE OPENS GENERAL DEBATE

Representative of Belgium Stresses

Committee’s Potential Contribution to Restoration of Freedom, Tolerance

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

2^nd 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.