Second Committee

28 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2777

CONTRIBUTION OF SMALLER ENTERPRISES TO OVERALL ECONOMIC GROWTH CANNOT BE UNDERESTIMATED, JAPAN TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

19971028 Public-Private Partnerships in Development Also Discussed, As Committee Concludes Consideration of Industrial Development Cooperation

28 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2776/

TEXTS ON GLOBAL FINANCIAL FLOWS, DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, EXTERNAL DEBT PALESTINIAN RESOURCES INTRODUCED IN SECOND COMMITTEE CORRECTION

19971028

In Press Release GA/EF/2776 issued today, the fifth paragraph on page 5 should read:

27 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2774

SECOND COMMITTEE TAKES UP DEVELOPMENT DIALOGUE THROUGH PARTNERSHIP AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

19971027 Too Often Steps Taken to Deal with Problems of LDCs Fail to Produce Any Tangible Outcome, Bangladesh's Representative Says

27 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2775

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE HEARS CALL FOR COORDINATED CONSIDERATION OF DEVELOPMENT ISSUES TO FOSTER CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE

19971027 Committee Concludes Consideration of Renewing Dialogue On International Cooperation for Development; LDCs' Programme Of Action

24 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2773

TEXTS ON DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, WORK OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION INTRODUCED IN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

19971024 UN Institute for Training and Research Also Discussed; Institute's Executive Director Describes Restructuring, Need for Resources

23 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2772

UNCTAD'S TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND ASSEMBLY'S ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE HOLD JOINT MEETING THROUGH LIVE VIDEO HOOK-UP

19971023 UNCTAD's Secretary-General Says Event Demonstrates How Modern Technology Can Serve International Cooperation

22 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2770

WORLD MUST REAP BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION WITHOUT ERODING CULTURAL DIVERSITY, REPUBLIC OF KOREA TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

19971022 Coordinator of World Decade for Cultural Development Also Speaks; New Code of Global Ethics, Qualitative Dimensions of Growth Discussed

22 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2771

SPEAKERS IN SECOND COMMITTEE CONDEMN ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS IN PALESTINIAN AND OTHER ARAB TERRITORIES

19971022 Israel's Representative Says Establishment of Settlements Not Intended to Displace Palestinian Inhabitants, and in Practice Had Not Done So

20 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2769

SECOND COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF FINANCING OF DEVELOPMENT

19971020

All donors to the United Nations operational activities for development needed to be assured that their contributions were making an impact and were targeted at priority needs, the representative of Australia told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this afternoon as it concluded its consideration of the financing of such activities.

20 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2768