ECOSOC/5786
21 July 1998
The Economic and Social Council heard discussion of the regional implications of the Asian financial crisis, as it began consideration of regional cooperation this morning.
The Economic and Social Council this afternoon adopted four resolutions and one decision, all without a vote, recommended by the five regional commissions, as it continued its review of the work of those bodies.
On page 12 of Press Release ECOSOC/5769 of 9 July 1998, the first complete paragraph (beginning, "Unemployment hit women harder than men ...") was wrongly attributed to the representative of Kazakhstan.