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PREPAREDNESS PLANS, VACCINE DEVELOPMENT, FARMER COMPENSATION CALLED FOR, AS ECOSOC HOLDS SPECIAL EVENT ON �URGENT, GLOBAL’ THREAT FROM AVIAN FLU - 3 November 2005
�SPECIAL EVENT’ OF UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL IS TOLD HUNGER TRANSCENDS ALL MAIN CAUSES OF LOSS OF LIVES IN AFRICA - 27 October 2005
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL DECIDES ON THEME FOR 2006 HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT - 21 October 2005
HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF ECOSOC BUREAU TO FOCUS ON PUSHING UN DEVELOPMENT AGENDA FORWARD - 13 September 2005
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS 16 TEXTS ON WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES, AS IT CONCLUDES 2005 SESSION - 27 July 2005
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS 43 TEXTS RECOMMENDED BY 61ST SESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - 25 July 2005
ECOSOC CONTINUES GENERAL SEGMENT WITH ACTION ON TEXTS RELATED TO REFUGEES, INFORMATICS, STATISTICS, POPULATION, CRIME, DRUGS, INDIGENOUS ISSUES - 22 July 2005
ECOSOC TACKLES DRUG CONTROL, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN, HUMAN RIGHTS, AS IT CONTINUES GENERAL SEGMENT - 21 July 2005
ECOSOC SESSION CONTINUES WITH FOCUS ON ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS, WORK OF FUNCTIONAL COMMISSIONS - 20 July 2005
STRATEGIES FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, UNAIDS, REPORT OF UN SYSTEM CHIEF EXECUTIVES BOARD AMONG WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES TAKEN UP BY ECOSOC - 19 July 2005
REPORTS OF AD HOC ADVISORY GROUPS ON HAITI, BURUNDI, GUINEA-BISSAU DISCUSSED IN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - 18 July 2005
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CALLS FOR WIDE-RANGING STEPS TO STRENGTHEN COORDINATION OF EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE - 15 July 2005
FORMER US PRESIDENT CLINTON ADDRESSES UN MEMBER STATES ON TSUNAMI RECOVERY - 15 July 2005
TSUNAMI SPECIAL ENVOY BILL CLINTON TELLS ECOSOC MOST CHALLENGING DAYS LAY AHEAD IN RECOVERY, DISASTER PREVENTION, APPLYING LESSONS LEARNED - 14 July 2005
�TRANSITION FROM RELIEF TO DEVELOPMENT’, SPECIAL RELIEF ASSISTANCE FOCUS, AS ECOSOC OPENS HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS SEGMENT - 13 July 2005
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ENDS DEBATE ON OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT AFTER DISCUSSION ON TRIENNIAL REVIEW PROCESS, SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION - 12 July 2005
ECOSOC HOLDS PANEL ON ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING OPTIONS, DIALOGUE WITH FUND, PROGRAMME HEADS - 11 July 2005
REFORMING UN ACTIVITIES FOR MORE EFFECTIVE COUNTRY-LEVEL PRESENCE, FOCUS OF DAY-LONG DIALOGUE IN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - 8 July 2005
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL PANEL DISCUSSIONS FOCUS ON UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA, WORK OF FUNCTIONAL COMMISSIONS - 7 July 2005
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL DECIDES ON THEME FOR 2006 COORDINATION SEGMENT, DISCUSSES NEED TO ENSURE UN SYSTEM �FIT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY’ - 6 July 2005
REGIONAL ASSESSMENTS OF PROGRESS MEETING ANTI-POVERTY GOALS REVEAL AT BEST �MIXED PICTURE’, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD - 5 July 2005
MORE AID, GREATER MARKET ACCESS KEY TO ATTAINING MILLENNIUM GOALS, DELEGATES STRESS, AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES HIGH-LEVEL TALKS - 1 July 2005
SPEAKERS IN HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CITE INSUFFICIENT PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM GOALS - 30 June 2005
2005 WORLD SUMMIT MUST TAKE BOLD STEPS TOWARD MAKING POVERTY HISTORY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - 29 June 2005
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OPENS WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL’S CALL FOR TRANSLATING ECONOMIC GROWTH INTO DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL - 29 June 2005
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO MEET IN NEW YORK, 29 JUNE-27 JULY, WITH FOCUS ON ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS - 23 June 2005
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL REQUESTS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIR TO HOLD CONSULTATIONS ON �IN LARGER FREEDOM’ RECOMMENDATIONS - 9 June 2005
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TAKES SEVERAL DECISIONS CONCERNING JULY SUBSTANTIVE SESSION - 28 April 2005
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL FILLS VACANCIES ON SUBSIDIARY BODIES, INCLUDING COMMISSIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - 27 April 2005
EXPECTATIONS OF MOMENTOUS DECISIONS HIGH, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT OPENING OF HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL MEETING - 18 April 2005
SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS, �IF NOT NOW, WHEN?’, AS HE UNDERSCORES NEED TO TACKLE POVERTY, TERRORISM, DEADLY WEAPONS, KILLER DISEASES IN HIGH-LEVEL MEETING - 18 April 2005
UN WILL HOST FINANCE MINISTERS, DEVELOPMENT DECISION MAKERS, AT HEADQUARTERS, 18 APRIL - 15 April 2005
UN CHIEF EXECUTIVES MEET IN MONT PÈLERIN, SWITZERLAND - 11 April 2005
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING IN PREPARATION FOR JUNE/JULY SUBSTANTIVE SESSION - 31 March 2005
ECOSOC DECIDES TO CONSIDER REPORTS ON BURUNDI, GUINEA-BISSAU DURING 2005 SESSION IN JULY - 1 March 2005
RECOVERY IN WORLD ECONOMIC GROWTH IN 2004 TEMPERED BY CONTINUING GLOBAL TRADE IMBALANCES, OIL PRICE UNCERTAINTIES, ECOSOC TOLD - 4 February 2005
NEW PRESIDENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CALLS FAILURE TO REALIZE VISION OF UNITED NATIONS CHARTER GREATEST CHALLENGE TO HUMANITY - 19 January 2005