Press Release

3 July 1997

Press Release
WOM/973

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TO HOLD SEVENTEENTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 7 - 25 JULY

19970703 Background Release To Consider Reports of Namibia, Armenia, Luxembourg, Israel, Italy, Argentina, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bangladesh

3 July 1997

Press Release
ECOSOC/5708

UN REFORM PROCESS HAS ULTIMATE GOAL OF ENHANCING GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19970703 Council Also Addressed by President Of General Assembly; Countries Call for Increased Development Aid

(Reissued as received.)

3 July 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6275
OBV/8

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES CONTRIBUTION OF COOPERATIVES TO GOALS OF DEVELOPMENT AND SOLIDARITY ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY

19970703

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day of Cooperatives, which is observed on the first Saturday of July every year:

3 July 1997

Press Release
PI/1017

2 July 1997

Press Release
ECOSOC/5703

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

19970702 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 1 July (UN Information Service) -- As the Economic and Social Council concluded this afternoon its discussion of operational activities for development of the United Nations system, speakers drew attention to a decline in "core" resources for development and proposed reforms of the system.

2 July 1997

Press Release
SG/A/641
DC/2587

2 July 1997

Press Release
HQ/577

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE INFORMS HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE OF EFFORTS BY HIS GOVERNMENT TO DEVISE NEW PROGRAMME FOR DIPLOMATIC PARKING

19970702 Travel Restriction Matters, Including Denial of Visa, Among Issues Addressed by Representatives of Cuba, Russian Federation and Iraq

2 July 1997

Press Release
ECOSOC/5704

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL DEBATES BENEFITS AND DISADVANTAGES OF GLOBALIZATION OF WORLD ECONOMY

19970702 Countries and Heads of United Nations Financial And Trade Institutions Discuss Fostering Enabling Environment for Development

(Reissued as received.)

2 July 1997

Press Release
ECOSOC/5702

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL REVIEWS OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR FOSTERING DEVELOPMENT

19970702 'Tragic Decline' in Development Funding Lamented

(Reissued as received.)

2 July 1997

Press Release
SG/2036