In progress at UNHQ

Economic issues


ECOSOC/6159
05/07/2005
Press Release
ECOSOC/6159

Economic and Social Council

2005 Substantive Session

15th & 16th Meetings (AM & PM)


Regional assessments of progress meeting anti-poverty goals reveal

 

at best ‘mixed picture’, economic and social council told


Sharp Contrasts in Achievement Revealed across, within Regions;

Afternoon Panel Focuses on Improving Coordination within UN System

ECOSOC/6158
1/7/2005
Press Release
ECOSOC/6158

Economic and Social Council

2005 Substantive Session

13th & 14th Meetings (AM & PM)


MORE AID, GREATER MARKET ACCESS KEY TO ATTAINING MILLENNIUM GOALS, DELEGATES


STRESS, AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES HIGH-LEVEL TALKS


Council President to Prepare Chair’s Summary

For Circulation, As Segment Fails to Produce Ministerial Declaration

ECOSOC/6155
29/06/2005
Press Release
ECOSOC/6155

Economic and Social Council

2005 Substantive Session

10th Meeting (AM & PM)


ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OPENS WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL’S CALL


FOR TRANSLATING ECONOMIC GROWTH INTO DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL

 


High-Level Segment Features Policy Dialogue Involving

WTO, World Bank, IMF, UNCTAD Followed by Eight Round-Table Discussions

ECO/88
10/06/2005
Press Release
ECO/88

WALL STREET WOMEN TEAM UP WITH UNITED NATIONS ON MICROFINANCE


NEW YORK, 10 June (UN Capital Development Fund) -- The financial industry joined the United Nations today to discuss how the growing microfinance sector can benefit from the expertise of Wall Street.

ECO/87
10/06/2005
Press Release
ECO/87

GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO WORLD’S FIRST TO ADHERE TO UNITED NATIONS’


GLOBAL COMPACT FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY


MEXICO CITY, 9 June (UN Information Centre) -- Upon the conclusion today of the launching in Mexico of the United Nations Global Compact, President Vicente Fox announced the adherence by the Federal Government and all of its agencies to the principles of this global initiative.