In progress at UNHQ

Need to Address Gaps in Sexual, Reproductive Health Recurrent Theme as Population Commission Adopts Resolution by Consensus

POP/1030

After all-night negotiations, the Commission on Population and Development capped its forty-seventh session in the early hours of 12 April with the adoption of a consensus resolution, urging Governments to address gaps in implementing the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action, notably in the areas of human rights, gender equality and equitable access to health care, including for sexual and reproductive health.

Illicit Financial Flows Reinforce Corruption, Deplete National Revenues, Warns Deputy Secretary-General during Meeting with Bretton Woods Entities

ECOSOC/6607
Despite some improvement, the world economic situation remained weak and subject to uncertainties and risks, the Economic and Social Council heard during a high-level meeting today.

Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Must Aim for ‘Transformative Change’, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Economic and Social Council Event

DSG/SM/767-ECOSOC/6608
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), in New York today: