Sixtieth General Assembly

Second Committee

AM Meeting

SUCCESSFUL NATIONAL GROWTH STRATEGIES REQUIRE EXPERIMENTATION, UNCONVENTIONAL

SOLUTIONS, KEYNOTE SPEAKER SAYS IN ADDRESS TO SECOND COMMITTEE

Best-Practices Approach Could Be Harmful to Shaping of Policy, He Says

Sixtieth General Assembly

Second Committee

6^th & 7^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UNSTABLE COMMODITY PRICES, LIMITED MARKETS, SUBSIDIES AMONG IMPEDIMENTS

BLOCKING POOR COUNTRIES’ ACCESS TO VITAL TRADE, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

Sixtieth General Assembly

Second Committee

4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS IN SECOND COMMITTEE HIGHLIGHT HAZARDS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, NATURAL

DISASTERS, HIGH OIL PRICES FOR COUNTRIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

global economy declined in 2005 compared to last year, Under-Secretary-General

says in statement to Second Committee as it begins general debate

He Blames Global Imbalances, but Notes Positive Signs,

Including Continued Robust Growth in International Trade, Calm Financial Markets

Sixtieth General Assembly

Second Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES PROGRAMME OF WORK; PREPARES TO TAKE UP NEW AGENDA ITEMS,

INCLUDING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS, BEST PRACTICES FOR POVERTY ERADICATION

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

42^nd Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE APPROVES RECOMMENDATIONS

 

AIMED AT ENHANCING, REVITALIZING WORK

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

41^st Meeting (PM)

DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY SECOND COMMITTEE STRESSES IMPORTANCE

OF OPEN, TRANSPARENT, INCLUSIVE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYTEM

 

DelegatesPass Text on International Trade

And Development by 152 Votes in Favour, 2 Against, 6 Abstentions

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

40^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE TEXT EMPHASIZES NEED FOR COMMODITY-DEPENDENT DEVELOPING

COUNTRIES TO ENCOURAGE DIVERSIFICATION, LIBERALIZE TRADE

 

Without Vote, Delegates Approve Six Other Drafts, Oral Decision

(Issued on 17 December 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

39^th Meeting (PM)

second committee passes text recommending international support

 

for national, regional anti-corruption efforts

Acting without Vote, Delegates Approve Seven Other Draft Resolutions

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

38^th Meeting (PM)

text approved in second committee stresses debt relief role in freeing resources

for poverty eradication, economic growth, sustainable development

Draft Resolution on External Debt,

Six Others, Oral Decision Win Consensus Approval by Delegates