Second Committee

7 November 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2789

NEED TO ADDRESS FRESHWATER RESOURCES MATTERS STRESSED BY SPEAKERS IN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

19971107 Consideration of Climate Change, Biodiversity Convention, Barbados Conference on Small Island Developing States Concludes

6 November 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2786

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS MUST BE CONSOLIDATED AND ACTED UPON, NOT CONTINUALLY REDEFINED, MEXICO TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

19971106 Committee Continues Discussion of UNCED Implementation, Outcome of General Assembly Special Session Review of Agenda 21

6 November 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2787

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE, BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION, BARBADOS PROGRAMME OF ACTION

19971106 Several Speakers Stress Need to Implement Commitments of Global Conference on Sustainable Development of Small Islands Developing States

5 November 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2785

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF OUTCOME OF ASSEMBLY'S SPECIAL SESSION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF AGENDA 21

19971105 Need for Balanced, Comprehensive Approach In Environmental Negotiations Stressed by Speakers

4 November 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2784

ASSEMBLY WOULD CONVENE SPECIAL SESSION TO REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION OF ICPD OUTCOME, BY DRAFT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN SECOND COMMITTEE

19971104 Another Draft Calls on Member States, UN System to Address Root Causes of Migration; Committee Holds Panel Discussion on Emerging Markets

3 November 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2783

IN ALMOST EVERY SOCIETY WOMEN GATHER, PREPARE AND SERVE FOOD, BUT EAT LAST WFP REPRESENTATIVE TELLS ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

19971103

In almost every society in the world, women gathered, prepared and served the food, but, most of the time, they ate last, a representative of the World Food Programme (WFP) told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this morning as it considered women in development and human resources development.

31 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2781

31 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2782

DRAFTS INTRODUCED IN SECOND COMMITTEE ON CONVENING OF LDC CONFERENCE IN 2000, DEVELOPMENT DIALOGUE THROUGH PARTNERSHIP, COOPERATION BETWEEN UN AND SADC

19971031 Committee Concludes Consideration of Food And Sustainable Agricultural Development, Outcome of Habitat II

30 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2780

30 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2779

REVIEW OF ICPD PROGRAMME OF ACTION AND CONVENING OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT ADDRESSED BY SPEAKERS IN SECOND COMMITTEE

19971030 No Agreement on How to Conduct Review And on Whether to Convene International Migration Conference