Second Committee

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GA/EF/2900

WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT, SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, AMONG 14 TEXTS APPROVED BY SECOND COMMITTEE

The General Assembly would call on the United Nations system to integrate gender mainstreaming into all its programmes and policies, as proposed by one of 14 texts approved this morning by the Second Committee (Economic and Financial).

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GA/EF/2899

SOVEREIGNTY OF PALESTINIANS OVER NATURAL RESOURCES REAFFIRMED IN TEXT APPROVED BY SECOND COMMITTEE

Committee Approves Text on Coercive Measures Against Developing Countries; Eight Further Drafts Approved Without Vote

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GA/EF/2898

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFTS ON CONSUMER PROTECTION GUIDELINES, PREPARATIONS FOR REVIEW OF HABITAT AGENDA

Committee Also Hears Introduction of Texts on Financing Of Development, Trade and Development, Business and Development

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GA/EF/2897

DOMESTIC RESOURCE MOBILIZATION KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD IN FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT DEBATE

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GA/EF/2896

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE IS TOLD LIBERAL TRADE THEORIES FOR INDUSTRIAL GOODS SHOULD ALSO APPLY TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Issue to be Raised at WTO Meeting; In Continuing Debate on Trade And Development, Special Problems of Land-locked Countries Reviewed

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GA/EF/2895

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES’ FAITH IN MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM IN URGENT NEED OF BOLSTERING, COMMITTEE HEARS

Delegates Also Consider Draft Texts on Second African Industrial Development Decade, Disaster Reduction, El Niño

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GA/EF/2894

PLANS TO HELP WORLD’S POOREST NATIONS ‘LIKE THUNDER WITH LITTLE RAIN’, CHINA TELLS ASSEMBLY’S ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

Debate Begins on Situation of Least Developed Countries; Delegates Urge New Push Towards International Cooperation

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GA/EF/2893

BANGKOK TRADE, DEVELOPMENT FOLLOW-UP ROUND ‘DEFINING MOMENT’ IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, COMMITTEE HEARS

Upcoming Seattle Ministerial-Level Meeting Of World Trade Orgaization Also Weighed by Representatives

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GA/EF/2891

TRAINING, RESEARCH, PALESTINIAN-ARAB SOVEREIGNTY OVER NATURAL RESOURCES, AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN WIDE-RANGING DEBATE

Committee Also Hears Draft Texts On Small Island Developing States, Training-Research Proposals

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GA/EF/2892

ISRAELI OCCUPATION PRACTICES MAKE PALESTINIAN LIVES ‘A DAILY TORMENT’, COMMITTEE HEARS IN CONCLUDING NATURAL-RESOURCES DEBATE

Speakers Also Give Views on Report of Economic and Social Council