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Second Committee

7 October 2009

GA/EF/3241

Member States Urged to Step Up Efforts to Stop Global Warming, Seal Comprehensive Deal on Mitigation, Adaptation, as Second Committee Concludes General Debate

Member States must ramp up efforts to stop global warming and make a just, comprehensive global deal on mitigation and adaptation measures during the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, several speakers said today, as the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) concluded its general debate.

6 October 2009

GA/EF/3240

Global Food Crisis ‘A Wake-Up Call’ For Revitalization Of Agricultural Production, Second Committee Told As It Continues General Debate

Closely linked to climate change, the global food crisis was a wake-up call for the international community to revitalize agricultural production and trade, while rectifying systemic imbalances in those areas, several speakers said today, as the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) continued its general debate.

5 October 2009

GA/EF/3238

Deputy Secretary-General Spells Out Organization’s Joint Initiatives in Response to Multiple Crises, as Second Committee Begins Sixty-fourth Session

As the international community struggled to recover from the global financial and economic recession, mitigate climate change, end poverty and stem the spread of the H1N1 virus, the United Nations was carrying out nine joint initiatives to respond to those and other crises, Deputy Secretary-General Asha‑Rose Migiro said today.

17 September 2009

GA/EF/3237

Poverty Eradication, Climate Change, International Financial System among Key Agenda Items as Second Committee Approves Organization of Work

Poverty eradication, climate change, the international financial system and development were among key topics approved for consideration by the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this morning as it approved its organization of work for the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly.

11 December 2008

GA/EF/3235

MIXED REACTIONS AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SESSION BY APPROVING TEXT CALLING FOR IN-DEPTH CONSIDERATION OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC SITUATION

11 December 2008

	General AssemblyGA/EF/3235

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-third General Assembly

Second Committee

31^st Meeting (AM)

MIXED REACTIONS AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SESSION BY APPROVING TEXT CALLING

FOR IN-DEPTH CONSIDERATION OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC SITUATION

26 November 2008

GA/EF/3234