In progress at UNHQ

Non-governmental organizations


NGO/482
08/01/2003
Press Release
NGO/482


Committee on NGOs

25th & 26th Meetings (AM & PM)


COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 24 ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE


STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL


Opening its resumed 2002 session, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) recommended 24 national and international organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council in two meetings today.

NGO/479-PI/1442
10/09/2002
Press Release
NGO/479
PI/1442


DPI/NGO Annual Conference

PM Meeting


ECONOMIC RECOVERY CALLED PRIMARY ELEMENT IN PEACE-BUILDING,

AS DPI/NGO CONFERENCE CONTINUES


Economic recovery was called the primary element in peace-building, as the Fifty-fifth Annual DPI/NGO Conference continued its session this afternoon with a panel discussion entitled "From Less Than Zero:  The Challenge of Rebuilding Economies".