In progress at UNHQ

Economic issues

6 October 2008

GA/EF/3211

ADOPT VARIED RESPONSES TO AVERT GLOBAL RECESSION, ADVISES DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL AS SECOND COMMITTEE BEGINS ANNUAL GENERAL DEBATE

6 October 2008

	General AssemblyGA/EF/3211

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-third General Assembly

Second Committee

2^nd & 3^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

adopt varied responses to avert global recession, advises Deputy Secretary-General

as second committee begins annual general debate

29 September 2008

GA/EF/3210

POVERTY ERADICATION, FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, DISASTER REDUCTION AMONG KEY TOPICS FOR CONSIDERATION AS SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES ORGANIZATION OF WORK

29 September 2008

	General AssemblyGA/EF/3210

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-third General Assembly

Second Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

poverty eradication, financing for development, disaster reduction among key

topics for consideration as Second Committee approves organization of work

12 September 2008

ECOSOC/6371

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL RESUMES 2008 SESSION TO FILL VACANCIES IN BUREAU, SUBSIDIARY BODIES, WHILE WRAPPING UP OTHER OUTSTANDING ISSUES ON AGENDA

12 September 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6371

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

46^th Meeting (AM)

25 July 2008

ECOSOC/6370

EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AMONG ISSUES, AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS 12 TEXTS, CONCLUDES ANNUAL SESSION

25 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6370

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

44^th & 45^th Meetings (AM & PM)

24 July 2008

ECOSOC/6369

STRENGTHENING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT FOR NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS 23 TEXTS

24 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6369

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

42^nd & 43^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

23 July 2008

ECOSOC/6368

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF AD HOC ADVISORY GROUP ON HAITI THROUGH 2009 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

23 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6368

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

40^th & 41^st Meetings (AM & PM)

22 July 2008

ECOSOC/6367

SPEAKERS URGE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO ENHANCE INTERACTION WITH POST-CONFLICT COUNTRIES, EXPAND COOPERATION WITH PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION, IN PANEL DISCUSSION

22 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6367

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

38^th & 39^th Meetings (AM & PM)

21 July 2008

ECOSOC/6366

DANGER IN CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS: COUNTRIES MOVING AT ‘BUSINESS AS USUAL’ PACE, BUT EXTRAORDINARILY RAPID ACTION NEEDED, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD

21 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6366

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

36^th & 37^th Meetings (AM & PM)

18 July 2008

ECOSOC/6365

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF TRIENNIAL COMPREHENSIVE POLICY REVIEW, CONCLUDING OPERATIONAL SEGMENT OF CURRENT SESSION

18 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6365

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

34^th & 35^th Meetings (AM & PM)

17 July 2008

ECOSOC/6364

CURRENT GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS WILL REQUIRE INCREASING AMOUNTS OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR SOME TIME TO COME, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD

17 July 2008

	Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6364

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

33^rd Meeting (AM)

CURRENT GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS WILL REQUIRE INCREASING AMOUNTS OF HUMANITARIAN

ASSISTANCE FOR SOME TIME TO COME, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD

Council Suspends Three-Day Humanitarian Segment,