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Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ELECTS SEVEN MEMBERS TO PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION - 19 December  2008
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL RESUMES 2008 SESSION TO FILL VACANCIES IN BUREAU, SUBSIDIARY BODIES, WHILE WRAPPING UP OTHER OUTSTANDING ISSUES ON AGENDA - 12 September  2008
• EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AMONG ISSUES, AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS 12 TEXTS, CONCLUDES ANNUAL SESSION - 25 July  2008
• STRENGTHENING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT FOR NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS 23 TEXTS - 24 July  2008
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF AD HOC ADVISORY GROUP ON HAITI THROUGH 2009 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION - 23 July  2008
• SPEAKERS URGE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO ENHANCE INTERACTION WITH POST-CONFLICT COUNTRIES, EXPAND COOPERATION WITH PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION, IN PANEL DISCUSSION - 22 July  2008
• DANGER IN CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS: COUNTRIES MOVING AT �BUSINESS AS USUAL’ PACE, BUT EXTRAORDINARILY RAPID ACTION NEEDED, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD - 21 July  2008
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF TRIENNIAL COMPREHENSIVE POLICY REVIEW, CONCLUDING OPERATIONAL SEGMENT OF CURRENT SESSION - 18 July  2008
• CURRENT GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS WILL REQUIRE INCREASING AMOUNTS OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR SOME TIME TO COME, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD - 17 July  2008
• TO SUCCEED, DISASTER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES MUST TARGET, REDUCE INEQUALITIES, VULNERABILITIES FACED BY POOR, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD - 16 July  2008
• DEMAND FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE WILL CONTINUE TO RISE WORLDWIDE, WITH EXISTING CRISES EXACERBATED BY CLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERS, FOOD INSECURITY, ECOSOC TOLD - 15 July  2008
• IMPACT OF RECENT ECONOMIC SHOCKS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOCUS, AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONTINUES OPERATIONAL SEGMENT - 11 July  2008
• DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN STATEMENT TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, STRESSES NEED TO RAISE CORE UN RESOURCES, BO0ST SYSTEM’S COHERENCE, EFFECTIVENESS - 10 July  2008
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS THREE-DAY SEGMENT OF CURRENT SESSION AIMED AT EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AT COUNTRY LEVEL - 10 July  2008
• UNITED NATIONS EFFORTS MUST ENSURE RURAL SECTORS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BECOME ENGINES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECOSOC TOLD, AS COORDINATION SEGMENT CONCLUDES - 9 July  2008
• INCREASED INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CAN BE �TRIGGER’ FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, POVERTY REDUCTION, ECOSOC TOLD - 8 July  2008
• ASSESSING WAYS TO STRENGTHEN UNITED NATIONS EFFORTS TO ERADICATE POVERTY, HUNGER FOCUS, AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OPENS COORDINATION SEGMENT - 7 July  2008
• REGIONAL COMMISSIONS �PILLAR FOR SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION’, CONDUIT FOR IDEA EXCHANGE, ECOSOC TOLD, AS IT HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES - 7 July  2008
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CALLS FOR URGENT ACTIONS TO PUT GLOBAL ECONOMY ON �FIRM SUSTAINABLE FOUNDATION’, CONCLUDING HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT - 3 July  2008
• BELGIUM, CHILE, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA MAKE PRESENTATIONS AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS ANNUAL MINISTERIAL REVIEW - 2 July  2008
• DELEGATES CALL FOR STEPS TO CORRECT IMBALANCES, INEQUITIES AT ROOT OF WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS, AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE - 2 July  2008
• CALLS FOR CONCRETE ACTION TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS AFFLICTING INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM MARK OPENING OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL’S 2008 GENERAL DEBATE - 1 July  2008
• IMPROVING IMPACT, COHERENCE, EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AID FOCUS, AS DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FORUM CONCLUDES FIRST BIENNIAL MEETING - 1 July  2008
• AT CRITICAL JUNCTURE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDA, ECOSOC CAN SPEARHEAD CONCERTED EFFORT TO FIND PRAGMATIC SOLUTIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS - 30 June  2008
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS FIRST BIENNIAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FORUM; KEYNOTE: �A NEW VISION FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY’ - 30 June  2008
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OPENS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF SUBSTANTIVE SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS ON THEME �ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT’ - 30 June  2008
• SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE, SAYS VOICE OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FORUM WILL HAVE SPECIAL LEGITIMACY, ANCHORED IN RICH SET OF VIEWS OF RANGE OF ACTORS - 30 June  2008
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OPENS 2008 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 30 JUNE, WITH HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT, FIRST DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FORUM - 27 June  2008
• COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CONCLUDES 2008 RESUMED SESSION, RECOMMENDING ANOTHER CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS - 25 June  2008
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, AS INTERIM MEASURE, EXTENDS TERMS OF OFFICE OF PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION MEMBERS - 20 June  2008
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONTINUES PREPARATIONS FOR ITS SUBSTANTIVE SESSION, ELECTING ANOTHER VICE-PRESIDENT FOR ITS HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS SEGMENT - 12 June  2008
• COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS STATUS FOR 12 GROUPS, APPROVING GAY-RIGHTS FEDERATION IN �BREAKTHROUGH’ DECISION - 6 June  2008
• NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS EIGHT GROUPS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS; SEEKS MORE TIME TO ACT ON WORLD UNION FOR PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM - 5 June  2008
• GROUP GRANTED CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL AS COMMITTEE POSTPONES ACTION ON PROPOSAL TO SUSPEND ANOTHER - 4 June  2008
• NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THREE CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - 3 June  2008
• NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE GRANTS 8 CIVIL-SOCIETY GROUPS CONSULTATIVE STATUS, DEFERS ACTION ON 32, AS 2 GROUPS WITHDRAW APPLICATIONS - 2 June  2008
• COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS DEFERS ACTION ON APPLICATIONS OF 12 GROUPS SEEKING AFFILIATION WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - 30 May  2008
• NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 32 CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - 29 May  2008
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL PRESIDENT CALLS FOR ACTION TO TURN �THREATENING SITUATION INTO RENAISSANCE’ AS SPECIAL SESSION ON FOOD CRISIS CONCLUDES - 22 May  2008
• FOCUS ON NEED TO RE-EXAMINE STRUCTURAL ISSUES AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONTINUES SPECIAL SESSION ON GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS - 21 May  2008
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IN SPECIAL MEETING ON GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS, CALLS FOR INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION TO ENSURE ADEQUATE FUTURE SUPPLIES - 20 May  2008
• PROGRESS TOWARDS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AT RISK OF BEING WIPED OUT, WARNS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO SPECIAL MEETING ON GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS - 20 May  2008
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL FILLS VACANCIES ON SUBSIDIARY BODIES, INCLUDING SIX NEW MEMBERS TO EXECUTIVE BOARD OF WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - 29 April  2008
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL FOCUSES ON CURRENT GLOBAL CHALLENGES IN ANNUAL MEETING WITH BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION - 14 April  2008
• EMERGENCY AND LONG-TERM STEPS NEEDED TO ADDRESS ESCALATING WORLD FOOD CRISIS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO SPECIAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL MEETING - 14 April  2008
• DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT ECOSOC SPECIAL EVENT, SAYS RAPID GROWTH OF CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY WONDERFUL EMBODIMENT OF JUSTICE, FAIRNESS, COMPASSION, EQUALITY - 25 February  2008
• WORLD BUSINESS LEADERS, UN OFFICIALS DISCUSS CONTRIBUTION CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY CAN MAKE TO GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS, AT ECOSOC SPECIAL EVENT - 25 February  2008
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ISSUES OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, POVERTY ERADICATION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DURING 2008 THEMATIC DISCUSSION - 8 February  2008
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL DECIDES TO CONVENE HIGH-LEVEL MEETING WITH BRETTON WOODS, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE 14 APRIL - 5 February  2008
• COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS SIX CIVIL-SOCIETY GROUPS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS AS IT CONCLUDES TWO-WEEK SESSION - 30 January  2008
• COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS TWO INTERNATIONAL BODIES FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS, REVIEWS 53 QUADRENNIAL REPORTS - 29 January  2008
• COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS APPROVES ONE APPLICATION FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS, DEFERS DECISIONS ON TWO OTHERS - 28 January  2008
• COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ENDS FIRST WEEK BY APPROVING TWO APPLICATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS, CLOSING ONE, DEFERRING 17 DECISIONS - 25 January  2008
• TWO APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN AS COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS POSTPONES DECISIONS ON 14, RECOMMENDS CONSULTATIVE STATUS FOR 9 GROUPS - 24 January  2008
• COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS 7 APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS, DEFERS 22, SEES 1 WITHDRAWN - 23 January  2008
• COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS APPROVES 17 APPLICATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS, DEFERS ACTION ON 16 OTHERS - 22 January  2008
• COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, OPENING 2008 SESSION, WINS PRAISE AS �ENTRY GATE’ FOR UNITED NATIONS-CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNERSHIP - 21 January  2008
• DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FORUM VITAL TO ENHANCING COHERENCE OF COLLECTIVE EFFORTS, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS HIGH-LEVEL SYMPOSIUM - 21 January  2008
• SECRETARY-GENERAL SPELLS OUT DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR 2008, AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL SESSIONS, ELECTS NEW BUREAU - 14 January  2008
• SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL’S CRITICAL ROLE IN ADVANCING GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDA, AS ORGAN PICKS BUREAU - 14 January  2008