ECOSOC 2003 High-Level Segment
30 June - 2 July 2003

Document

• Report of the Secretary-General on the theme of the high-level segment

•  Issues paper for 24 March 2003 ECOSOC informal dialogue sessions
   
• Issues papers for 30 April ECOSOC one-day preparatory meeting:

1. Primary education and girls education in rural areas
    
2. Economics and rights: interconnections in the context of HIV/AIDS and feminized poverty
    
3. Population and reproductive health in the rural context as critical determinants in the achievement of MDG Targets
    
4. Increasing productivity of rural work
    
5. Role of agriculture and rural development in the eradication of hunger and poverty
    
6. Rural development and rural energy development
    
7. Commodities, markets and rural development

• Issues papers for 30 June ECOSOC Ministerial Roundtables:
   
  1. Natural resources and rural development in developing countries
      
  2. Integrated approach to implementation of MDGs in the area of rural development (Click to view the UNDP document) (Click to view the WFP document)
      
  3. Global partnerships for rural development
      
  4. Rural/urban interface and slums

• Issues papers for 1 July ECOSOC Ministerial breakfasts:
   
  1. Land use practices and their impact on rural development
      
  2. A Green Revolution for Africa: what does it mean?
      
  3. Addressing the needs of LDCs: is rural development the answer?
      
  4. Forest areas and rural development
      
  5. Agro industries in rural areas
      
  6. Population issues, MDGs and rural development

•  Issues papers for 2 July ECOSOC Ministerial breakfasts:

1.  Market access for rural development
    
2.  Role of culture and customs in rural development
    
3.  Inequities and inequalities in rural health care 
    
4.  Poverty and environment 
    
5.  HIV/AIDS impact on rural development
    
6.  Poverty, crime and development. Can alternative  development bridge the gap?