Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

In progress at UNHQ

Second Committee

GA/EF/2840

RAPID URBANIZATION AND MEGACITIES AN UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGE, SINGAPORE TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

29 October 1998


Press Release
GA/EF/2840


RAPID URBANIZATION AND MEGACITIES AN UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGE, SINGAPORE TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

19981029

Rapid urbanization and the emergence of megacities represented an unprecedented challenge for the international community, the representative of Singapore told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) as it concluded its consideration of sustainable development and international economic cooperation.

GA/EF/2839

POPULATION ISSUES LINKED TO DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDAS, NORWAY TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

29 October 1998


Press Release
GA/EF/2839


POPULATION ISSUES LINKED TO DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDAS, NORWAY TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

19981029 Status of Human Settlements Progress Also Discussed

Population issues could no longer be treated in isolation from the development agenda or the human rights agenda, the representative of Norway told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial), as it considered sustainable development and international economic cooperation.

GA/EF/2834

UNSUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OF INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES MUST BE CURTAILED, INDONESIA TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

22 October 1998


Press Release
GA/EF/2834


UNSUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OF INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES MUST BE CURTAILED, INDONESIA TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

19981022

Industrialized countries must take action to reduce emissions and promote sound consumption patterns if global sustainable development goals were to be met, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) was told this morning as it considered protection of the global climate and other topics.