Second Committee

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GA/EF/2907

CONCLUDING WORK FOR FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION, SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON GLOBALIZATION; FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

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GA/EF/2906

COMMITTEE SAYS INTERESTS OF NON-WTO STATES MUST BE CONSIDERED IN TRADE LIBERALIZATION CONTEXT

Two More Development-Related Decisions Approved; Action on Remaining Draft Resolutions Expected Tomorrow

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GA/EF/2905

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES THREE DEVELOPMENT-RELATED DRAFTS

Vote Taken, at United States Request, on Draft Text Related to 'Stable International Financial System'

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GA/EF/2904

ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS, LASTING SOLUTION TO EXTERNAL DEBT PROBLEM, ACTION ON POVERTY ERADICATION DECADE, CALLED FOR BY COMMITTEE

The General Assembly would urge all Governments, through anti-corruption and anti-bribery efforts, to create an enabling environment for business and investment, according to one of three draft texts approved this afternoon without a vote by the Second Committee (Economic and Financial).

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GA/EF/2903

SECOND COMMITTEE CALLS FOR STEPS TO COMBAT CORRUPT PRACTICES, BRIBERY; APPEALS FOR RESOURCES FOR HABITAT II IMPLEMENTATION

Defers Action on Poverty Eradication Decade

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GA/EF/2902

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX DRAFT TEXTS ON DEVELOPMENT

Issues Include Environment and Sustainable Development, Habitat II, Sustainable Development and International Economic Cooperation

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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/2901

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES THREE TEXTS ON ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The General Assembly would call on the Caribbean countries to develop further an integrated management approach to the Caribbean Sea area in the context of sustainable development, as proposed by one of three texts approved this afternoon 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