Economic issues

2 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2843

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TAKES UP ISSUE OF POVERTY ERADICATION; CHINA URGES ROLE FOR THOSE AFFECTED IN FRAMING PROGRAMMES

19981102 Debate Concluded on Action to Help Least Developed Countries

2 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2844

EMPOWERMENT OF POOR, WITH ACCESS TO ASSETS AND MARKETS, SEEN AS KEY IN WAR AGAINST GLOBAL POVERTY

19981102 UNDP Official Tells Economic Committee Individuals Should Be Participants in Programmes, Not `Passive Recipients of Handouts'

2 November 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5803
ECO/7

30 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2842

EXTERNAL DEBT BURDEN AN OBSTACLE CRIPPLING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS

19981030 Equal Access to Markets Emphasized In Discussions of Trade And Development Issues

30 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2841

TRADE PROTECTIONISM DISGUISED AS ENVIRONMENTAL AND LABOUR LAW SHOULD BE ELIMINATED, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

19981030

Trade protectionism disguised as environmental and labour laws should be eliminated by industrialized countries, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) was told this morning, as it considered macroeconomic policy questions.

29 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2839

POPULATION ISSUES LINKED TO DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDAS, NORWAY TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

19981029 Status of Human Settlements Progress Also Discussed

Population issues could no longer be treated in isolation from the development agenda or the human rights agenda, the representative of Norway told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial), as it considered sustainable development and international economic cooperation.

29 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2840

RAPID URBANIZATION AND MEGACITIES AN UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGE, SINGAPORE TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

19981029

Rapid urbanization and the emergence of megacities represented an unprecedented challenge for the international community, the representative of Singapore told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) as it concluded its consideration of sustainable development and international economic cooperation.

28 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2838

SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD ISRAEL DENIES RIGHTS OF PALESTINIANS THROUGH DIVERSION OF WATER AND LAND CONFISCATION

19981028 Committee Also Discusses Work of United Nations University

26 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2837

FULFILMENT OF COMMITMENTS BY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION UNSATISFACTORY, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

19981026 Committee Concludes Discussion of Environment and Sustainable Development

23 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2835