Second Committee

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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/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/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/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/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

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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/2889/

FINANCIAL BILL FOR DISASTERS SOARING, RELIEF FUNDS INADEQUATE FOR TASK OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL REHABILITATION

CORRECTION

On page 1 of Press Release GA/EF/2889 issued 8 November, the first full paragraph should read:

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GA/EF/2890

DISASTER-PREVENTION STRATEGIES, SUSTAINABLE-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES SHOULD BE INTEGRATED, COMMITTEE TOLD

Indonesia Says Implementation of Existing Measures Would Have Minimized Loss of Life, Property Destruction

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GA/EF/2889

FINANCIAL BILL FOR DISASTERS SOARING, RELIEF FUNDS INADEQUATE FOR TASK OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL REHABILITATION

Speakers In Debate On Disaster-Reduction Decade Stress ‘Indissoluble’ Link of Prevention, Sustainable Development