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Second Committee

GA/EF/2846

UNITED NATIONS TRAINING AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE SHOULD EXPAND TRAINING AND RESEARCH PROGRAMMES, ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TOLD

4 November 1998


Press Release
GA/EF/2846


UNITED NATIONS TRAINING AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE SHOULD EXPAND TRAINING AND RESEARCH PROGRAMMES, ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TOLD

19981104

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) should expand its training and research programmes to better meet the needs of the international community, the Second Committee was told this afternoon as it considered UNITAR's work.

GA/EF/2845

POVERTY ERADICATION MEASURES MUST RESPECT PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ECONOMIC COMMITTEE IS TOLD

3 November 1998


Press Release
GA/EF/2845


POVERTY ERADICATION MEASURES MUST RESPECT PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ECONOMIC COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19981103

Respect for the principles of human rights was essential in efforts to eradicate poverty, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) was told this morning as it ended its general discussion on the implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006).

GA/EF/2843/

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TAKES UP ISSUE OF POVERTY ERADICATION; CHINA URGES ROLE FOR THOSE AFFECTED IN FRAMING PROGRAMMES CORRECTION

3 November 1998


Press Release
GA/EF/2843/


ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TAKES UP ISSUE OF POVERTY ERADICATION; CHINA URGES ROLE FOR THOSE AFFECTED IN FRAMING PROGRAMMES CORRECTION

19981103

Following is the statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs which was inadvertently omitted from Press Release GA/EF/2843 issued yesterday:

GA/EF/2841

TRADE PROTECTIONISM DISGUISED AS ENVIRONMENTAL AND LABOUR LAW SHOULD BE ELIMINATED, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

30 October 1998


Press Release
GA/EF/2841


TRADE PROTECTIONISM DISGUISED AS ENVIRONMENTAL AND LABOUR LAW SHOULD BE ELIMINATED, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

19981030

Trade protectionism disguised as environmental and labour laws should be eliminated by industrialized countries, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) was told this morning, as it considered macroeconomic policy questions.