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GA/EF/2934

HIGH DEBT BURDENS CONTINUE TO BE CRITICAL OBSTACLE TO POVERTY REDUCTION IN MANY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

26 October 2000


Press Release
GA/EF/2934


HIGH DEBT BURDENS CONTINUE TO BE CRITICAL OBSTACLE TO POVERTY REDUCTION IN MANY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

20001026

High debt burdens continued to be a critical obstacle to poverty reduction in many developing countries, the representative of Canada told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) as it met this afternoon to continue its consideration of macroeconomic policy questions.

GA/EF/2909

SECOND COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS PROGRAMME OF WORK

20 September 2000


Press Release
GA/EF/2909


SECOND COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS PROGRAMME OF WORK

20000920

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this afternoon elected by acclamation Anne Barrington (Ireland) and Mauricio Escanero (Mexico) as Vice- Chairmen. The Committee also adopted its programme of work, as orally amended, for the fifty-fifth session.

ECOSOC/5932

UN ESTABLISHES PERMANENT FORUM FOR INDIGENOUS ISSUES

31 July 2000


Press Release
ECOSOC/5932


UN ESTABLISHES PERMANENT FORUM FOR INDIGENOUS ISSUES

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The United Nations Economic and Social Council today adopted by consensus a resolution to establish a Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues -- an unprecedented event in the international community. Today's action was the latest step in a long process initiated in 1993, when the Vienna World Conference on Human Rights first proposed such a forum.

ECOSOC/5929

UNITED NATIONS KEY TO EXPANDING IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON DEVELOPMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

28 July 2000


Press Release
ECOSOC/5929


UNITED NATIONS KEY TO EXPANDING IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON DEVELOPMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

20000728

"We must not let the new information technologies become another resource that divides rich and poor nations", Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, told the Economic and Social Council this morning in his closing address as the Council prepared to conclude its 2000 substantive session.