Second Committee

7 October 1999

Press Release
GA/EF/2860

EXPANDED ACCESS TO MARKETS COULD ELIMINATE NEED FOR MOST AID, INDONESIA SAYS AS SECOND COMMITTEE RESUMES GENERAL DEBATE

19991007

Speakers Reiterate Need For External Financing, Deplore Increasing Inequities in Global Financial and Trading System

6 October 1999

Press Release
GA/EF/2859

SPEAKERS FOCUS ON AFRICA’S DECLINING SHARE OF WORLD TRADE AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

19991006

The Continent’s Economic And Social Crisis Called Most Critical Challenge For Humanity As Millennium Approaches

6 October 1999

Press Release
GA/EF/2858

SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR STABILIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM, FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENTAL DIMENSION OF FINANCE

19991006

Speakers Assail High Cost of Globalization, Call for Integration of Least Developed into World Trading System

29 September 1999

Press Release
GA/EF/2857

SECOND COMMITTEE ELECTS THREE VICE-CHAIRMEN AND RAPPORTEUR, ADOPTS PROGRAMME OF WORK

19990929

1 December 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2855

ASSEMBLY ASKED TO SEEK ADOPTION OF NATIONAL POLICIES TO AID RECOVERY OF COUNTRIES HIT BY GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

19981201 Adequate IMF Resources also Urged; Other Economic Committee Texts Deal with Range of Development, Environment and Related Issues

25 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2854

ASSEMBLY WOULD WELCOME DECISIONS TO CANCEL BILATERAL DEBT OF CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY HURRICANE MITCH, BY SECOND COMMITTEE TEXT

19981125 Texts on Small Island Developing States, Landlocked States in Central Asia, 2002 as Year of Ecotourism, Thirtieth Anniversary of UNFPA Also Approved

24 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2853

16 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2852

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASKED TO CALL ON ISRAEL NOT TO EXPLOIT NATURAL RESOURCES IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

19981116 Economic Committee Text also Seeks Right of Restitution; Israel, Opposing, Says Move Unnecessary in View of Ongoing Peace Negotiations

12 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2851

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES SHOULD TAKE ACCOUNT OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY, BY TEXT OF ECONOMIC COMMITTEE PROPOSAL FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19981112 Intensified Efforts Sought; Other Drafts Deal With International Years, High-Level Dialogue to Strengthen Cooperation

11 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2850