WESTERN ASIA PREPARATORY CONFERENCE FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY WORLD SUMMIT

TO BE HELD IN BEIRUT 4-6 FEBRUARY

                                                            PI/1456

                                                            REC/106

                                                            22 January 2003

WESTERN ASIA PREPARATORY CONFERENCE FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY WORLD SUMMIT

DESPITE CRITICAL REGIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, ESCWA TO HOLD

TWENTY-SECOND MINISTERIAL SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA MINISTERIAL SESSION CONCLUDES,

RECOMMENDS HOLDING FORUM ON PALESTINE RECONSTRUCTION

Press Release
REC/87

CHINA JOINS BANGKOK AGREEMENT

Press Release
REC/89

2000: ECONOMIC GROWTH ALL OVER

UN/ECE Releases Its First 2000 Economic Survey of Europe

(Reissued as received.)

Press Release
REC/90

CATCHING UP AND FALLING BEHIND: ECONOMIC CONVERGENCE IN EUROPE

UN/ECE Releases Its First 2000 Economic Survey of Europe

(Reissued as received.)

Press Release
REC/91

TRANSITION ECONOMIES: LESS MONEY, FEWER CHILDREN

UN/ECE Releases Its First 2000 Economic Survey of Europe

(Reissued as received.)

Press Release
REC/92

ESCAP'S FIFTY-SIXTH COMMISSION SESSION ENDS ON OPTIMISTIC NOTE

BANGKOK, 7 June (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) ended its fifty-sixth annual Commission session today with the 61-member and associate member organization sharpening its focus to face the challenges of the new millennium.

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REC/93

ESCAP TO OFFER INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT TRAINING TO SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES IN MYANMAR