Economic issues

23 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2835

23 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2836

22 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2834

UNSUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OF INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES MUST BE CURTAILED, INDONESIA TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

19981022

Industrialized countries must take action to reduce emissions and promote sound consumption patterns if global sustainable development goals were to be met, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) was told this morning as it considered protection of the global climate and other topics.

22 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2833

NO SOLUTION TO FINANCIAL CRISIS WITHOUT PAIN, SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS FROM PANEL ON CRISIS IMPACTS

19981022 Joint Committee/UNCTAD Panel Talks of Institutional Reform, Dispute Settlement Mechanisms, Better Financial Regulation

21 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2832

SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AFFECT NEARLY ALL COUNTRIES NEPAL TELLS ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

19981021 Says Goal of Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy Unmet; Committee Continues Discussion of Environment, Sustainable Development

21 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2831

CONSEQUENCES OF EL NIÑO PHENOMENON HIGHLIGHTED IN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

19981021 Speakers Address Disaster Prevention Strategies, As Committee Takes Up Environment, Sustainable Development

20 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2829

INTEGRATION OF ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION INTO WORLD ECONOMY OFTEN LEADS TO HEIGHTENED POVERTY, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

19981020 Texts Introduced on Business and Development, Industrial Development Cooperation, Operational Activities for Development

20 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2830

CULTURAL ASPECTS MUST BE INTEGRATED INTO WORLDWIDE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

19981020 Committee Considers Cultural Development, Renewal of Dialogue On Strengthening International Economic Development Cooperation

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2828

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE HEARS CALL FOR INNOVATIVE POLICIES TO OVERCOME VULNERABILITIES POSED BY GLOBALIZATION

19981019 Speakers Stress Need to Implement Sustainable Development Commitments and Policies Elaborated in 1990s

16 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2827