Economic and Social Council opens annual ministerial review

on strengthening efforts to eradicate poverty, hunger

 

Delegates Hear Presentations by Bangladesh, Barbados; Discuss

Equitable Economic Policies to Promote Sustained Pro-poor Economic Growth

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES UNITED NATIONS HELP IN ESTABLISHING

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION AGAINST IMPUNITY IN GUATEMALA

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

The following Security Council press statement on the Central African Republic was read out today by Council President Wang Guangya ( China):

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

302^nd Meeting (AM)

GREATER RADICALIZATION LOOMS OVER MIDDLE EAST IN ABSENCE OF BREAKTHROUGH

TOWARDS ENDING OCCUPATION, PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TOLD

Priority of New Emergency Government Is Preventing

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HEARS NATIONAL VOLUNTARY PRESENTATIONS

BY ETHIOPIA, GHANA, CAMBODIA, CAPE VERDE

Economy Minister of Belarus Addresses Delegates

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, RELIEVED AT FREEING OF BBC CORRESPONDENT, CALLS

FOR EARLIEST RELEASE OF OTHERS SIMILARLY ABDUCTED, DETAINED

The following statement was issued yesterday, 4 July, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

BUSINESS MUST BUILD TRUST, LEGITIMACY TO ENJOY SUSTAINED GROWTH, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO GLOBAL COMPACT LEADERS SUMMIT

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit in Geneva, today, 5 July:

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON STRENGTHENING

TO ERADICATE POVERTY AND HUNGER

 

(Reissued as received.)

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S SUMMIT, UNDERSCORES

NEED FOR POSITIVE CHANGE IN TRANSFORMING GENDER RELATIONS

 

Economic and Social Council begins general debate on strengthening

Efforts to eradicate poverty, hunger

 

Speakers Call for Ownership of Strategies, Stronger

Development Partnerships, Commitment to Predictable, Untied Assistance

(Reissued as received.)