UN Economic and Social Council

Press Releases and Meetings Coverage

29 April 2008	ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL FILLS VACANCIES ON SUBSIDIARY BODIES, INCLUDING SIX NEW MEMBERS TO EXECUTIVE BOARD OF WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
14 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
25 February 2008	DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT ECOSOC SPECIAL EVENT, SAYS RAPID GROWTH OF CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY WONDERFUL EMBODIMENT OF JUSTICE, FAIRNESS, COMPASSION, EQUALITY

Latest News

14 May 2008	Secretary-General Ban calls for ‘reinvigoration’ of agriculture
13 May 2008	Water and sanitation vital to achieving other development goals, UN official says
5 May 2008	Indigenous peoples have crucial role in climate change debate – UN forum
2 May 2008	Climate change could imperil poverty goals, ECOSOC hears

Webcast

14 April 2008 Press Conference: Philippe Douste-Blazy, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Innovative Financing for Development briefed the press on the High-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods Institutions, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). | | Video
14 April 2008 Special high-level ECOSOC meeting with the Bretton Woods Institutions, the World Trade Organization and the UN Conference on Trade and Development. Opening remarks by the Secretary-General of United Nations and the President of ECOSOC
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3 March 2008 Press Conference : Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky of the International Narcotics Control Board presents the main findings of the Board's survey on the latest global drug control situation. | | Video
27 February 2008 Special Event: Commission on the Status of Women - Launch by the Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, of the Inter-agency Appeal on Female Genital Mutilation. | | Video ( English / Original Language )

Radio programmes on ECOSOC topics

29 April UN system responds to global food crisis – UN radio Audio
28 April UN expert says food crisis can cause starvation – UN radio Audio
28 April WFP and FAO raise funds to intervene in world food crisis – UN radio Audio
28 April ILO on workplace accidents – UN radio Audio

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