Economic issues

3 February 1999

Press Release
ECOSOC/5812

MANAGING RISKS OF GLOBALIZATION GREAT CHALLENGE OF MODERN TIMES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19990203 Urges Council, UN System To Help Meet That Challenge; Council Should Be Body 'Charter Intended", Says Council President

2 February 1999

Press Release
ECOSOC/5811

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO HOLD HIGH-LEVEL MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS ON 29 APRIL

19990202 Alyaksandr Sychou (Belarus) Elected Vice-President

20 January 1999

Press Release
ECOSOC/5809

PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL FOR 1999

19990120 Representatives of Indonesia, Lesotho and Colombia Elected as Vice-Presidents

Francesco Paulo Fulci of Italy was elected President of the Economic and Social Council for 1999 by acclamation this morning, as the Council met to elect its Bureau and to consider its provisional agenda.

19 January 1999

Press Release
ECOSOC/5808

16 December 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5806

10 December 1998

Press Release
ECO/10
L/2904

1 December 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2855

ASSEMBLY ASKED TO SEEK ADOPTION OF NATIONAL POLICIES TO AID RECOVERY OF COUNTRIES HIT BY GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

19981201 Adequate IMF Resources also Urged; Other Economic Committee Texts Deal with Range of Development, Environment and Related Issues

25 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2854

ASSEMBLY WOULD WELCOME DECISIONS TO CANCEL BILATERAL DEBT OF CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY HURRICANE MITCH, BY SECOND COMMITTEE TEXT

19981125 Texts on Small Island Developing States, Landlocked States in Central Asia, 2002 as Year of Ecotourism, Thirtieth Anniversary of UNFPA Also Approved

24 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2853

16 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2852

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASKED TO CALL ON ISRAEL NOT TO EXPLOIT NATURAL RESOURCES IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

19981116 Economic Committee Text also Seeks Right of Restitution; Israel, Opposing, Says Move Unnecessary in View of Ongoing Peace Negotiations