Second Committee

22 October 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2730

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TOLD DEVELOPED COUNTRIES FALL SHORT ON COMMITMENTS FOR FINANCIAL RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTALLY-SOUND TECHNOLOGIES

19961022 Call for Rio Conference Agreements To Be Reviewed At Special Assembly Session, but Speakers Warn against Renegotiation

22 October 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2725/

SECOND COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF TRAINING AND RESEARCH, MEDIUM-TERM PLAN AND OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT CORRECTION

19961022

In Press Release GA/EF/2725 of 17 October, the penultimate sentence in the second full paragraph on page 10 should read:

"It had relied on a Trust Fund to which contributions had been made by the United Kingdom and France, among others."

22 October 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2729

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD GOALS OF CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE SHOULD BE MORE FLEXIBLE

19961022 Concern Expressed That Developed Countries With Highest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fail to Meet Commitments

21 October 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2728

REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS MUST BE SPEEDED, ASSEMBLY'S ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE TOLD

19961021

If No Action Taken, Global Temperature Rise Said to Be Inevitable; In Climate Debate, Small Island Nations Also Express Other Concerns

18 October 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2726

SECOND COMMITTEE IS TOLD DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DO NOT NEED 'SERMONS'; ECONOMIC AID SHOULD FLOW WITHOUT INTRUSION INTO DOMESTIC AFFAIRS

19961018 Delegates Say Financial Help Is Not Enough; Technology Transfer, Training, Human Resources Development, Trading Reforms Also Needed

18 October 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2727

RESOURCES FOR UN DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE PREDICTABLE, CONTINUED AND ASSURED, ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19961018

Funding for United Nations operational activities for development should be on a predictable, continued and assured basis, several speakers told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this afternoon as it continued consideration of those activities.

17 October 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2724

17 October 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2725

16 October 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2723

WIDER ACCESS TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES IMPORTANT IN IMPROVING ECONOMIES OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, SECOND COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19961016 Debate Continues on Global Situation; World Bank, IMF Representatives Report on Programmes, Initiatives, Projects to Strengthen Poorer Nations

15 October 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2722

DECISION-MAKING PROCESS OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SHOULD BE UPDATED, SECOND COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19961015 Mexico Highlights Value of Quick Response to Emergency Situations; Others Stress Need to Bolster Developing Economies