News Highlights for 2004

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ECOSOC Newsletter Volume 3 - No.3

ECOSOC Newsletter Volume 3 - No.2

7 May 2004 ECOSOC informal panel discussion on reform: presentations by the panellists

UN Wire interview with President of ECOSOC H.E. Ms. Marjatta Rasi

ECOSOC Newsletter Volume 3 - No.1

Public-Private Alliance for Rural Development

11 Nov 2004 Economic and Social Council Reactivates Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti as It Takes Action on Three Texts, Concludes 2004 Session

05 Nov 2004 Economic and Social Council Endorses Graduation of Cape Verde, Maldives from Group of Least Developed Countries

27 Oct 2004 Final Report on Ten-Year Sierra Leone Conflict Published; Seeks to Set Out Historical Record, Offer Guidance for Future

16 Sept 2004 Economic and Social Council Acts on Several Items Deferred from July Session

27 July 2004 ECOSOC to Provide Advice, Support for Haiti’s Long-Term Reconstruction, Development

26 July 2004 Economic and Social Council Adopts Texts on NGO Participation, Israeli Occupation, Palestinian Women, As It Suspends 2004 Session

23 July 2004 Economic and Social Council Adopts More Than 50 Texts - On Broad Range of Human Rights Issues

21 July 2004 Economic and Social Council Acts on Texts Recommended By Subsidiary Bodies on Status of Women, Social Development, Crime Prevention, Narcotic Drugs

20 July 2004 Proposals to Strengthen Voice of Developing Countries and Ensure Smooth Transition to Development Debated in Economic and Social Council - Recommendations of Subsidiary Bodies Considered, along with Proposal For ‘Bottom-Up Country-Driven’ Strategies for Least Developed Countries

19 July 2004 Impact of Israeli Occupation, UN Assistance to Non-Self-Governing Territories among Issues Addressed in Economic and Social Council Afternoon Panel Discusses Strengthened Cooperation between Functional Commissions, Council

16 July 2004 Economic and Social CouncilActs on Four Texts, As It Considers Regional Cooperation, Information Technologies, Tobacco - Members Hold Panel Discussion With Heads of United Nations Regional Commissions

15 July 2004 Development Cooperation, Progress on Millennium Goals Top Agenda, As Economic and Social Council Takes Stock of Major Conference Outcomes- Plight of Least Developed Countries, Sustainable Development among Key Topics of Discussion in Day-long Session

14 July 2004 Help Build Local, National Anti-Disaster Capacities, Emergency Relief Coordinator Urges Humanitarian Community - Need to Enable Crisis-Affected Countries Highlighted As Economic and Social Council Concludes Humanitarian Segment

13 July 2004 Economic and Social Council Debate Stresses Importance of Strengthening Disaster Preparedness, Need to Boost Coordination in Field- Council Vice-President Paints Bleak Picture Of Growing Death Toll Arising from Natural Disasters

12 July 2004 Under-Secretary-General Stresses Need to Ensure Transition from Conflict, Disaster Recovery to Peace, Sustainable Development - Addressing Economic and Social Council, He Calls For Ethical, Political Revolution among Member States, Armed Groups

09 July 2004 Development Strategies Should Respond To National Objectives, Priorities, Economic and Social Council Told - In Day-Long Discussion of UN Development Activities, Participants Focus on Ways to Harmonize Procedures, Achieve Greater Policy Coherence, Ensure Adequate Funding

08 July 2004 UN Reforms Should Include Alignment of Development Activities behind ‘Broadly Owned’ National Strategies, Economic and Social Council Told - Dialogue with UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP Executives Focuses on Key Development Policy Issues; Panel Addresses Country Assessments, UN Development Assistance Frameworks

07 July 2004 Calls On Functional Commissions to Take Additional Steps - To Integrate Gender Perspectives into Their Work -- Coordination Segment Suspended Pending Negotiations on Rural Development Draft; Operational Activities Segment Begins with Panel Discussion

06 July 2004 Following are summaries of statements to this morning’s Economic and Social Council. A Complete Summary of the Council’s Meeting Will Appear after the Conclusion of the Afternoon Session as Press Release ECOSOC/6123

02 July 2004 Complementary Approaches –- Gender Mainstreaming, Promoting Women’s Mpowerment -- Needed to Achieve Gender Equality, ECOSOC Told - Reviews System-Wide Effort To Mainstream Gender Perspective into UN Policies, Programmes

01 July 2004 Rural, Agricultural Development Central to Meeting Global Anti-Poverty Goals, Economic and Social Council Told - Council Begins Coordination Segment of Current Session

30 June 2004 Amid Unprecedented Prosperity, World’s Poor More Vulnerable than Ever, Economic and Social Council Told, As High-Level Debate Continues - Speakers from Poorest Countries Press for More Concrete International Support, including Access to Global Markets, Debt Relief

29 June 2004 Brussels Action Plan for Poorest Countries Presents Key for Unlocking ‘Prison of Poverty’, Economic and Social Council Told - Increased Aid, Investment, Debt Relief, Preferential Trade Among Issues Raised by Some 50 Speakers in High-Level General Debate

28 June 2004 World’s 50 Poorest Countries Main Battleground Where Global Anti-Poverty Goals Will Be Won or Lost

28 June 2004 Action Can Mean Difference between Life and Death in World’s Poorest Countries, says Deputy Secretary-General to ECOSOC

28 June 2004 For World’s Poorest, UN Action Can Mean Difference between Life and Death, Economic and Social Council Told, As Headquarters Session Opens - High-Level Segment Aims at Mobilizing Resources for Implementing 2001 Brussels Programme of Action for 50 Least Developed Countries

24 June 2004 Economic and Social Council to hold annual session in New York, 28 June – 23 July  High-Level Segment to Focus on Resource Mobilization for Poverty Eradication, Including Promoting Investment in Least Developed Countries

23 June 2004 Economic and Social Council Fills Vacancies on Subsidiary Bodies

15 June 2004 Economic and Social Council Decides to Appoint Rapporteur on Human Rights in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Action Also Taken on Eight Other Rights Recommendations

03 June 2004 Economic and Social Council to Decide At 2004 Session on Graduation of Cape Verde, Maldives from List of Poorest Countries

04 May 2004 Economic and Social Council Fills Seats on International Narcotics Control Board

04 May 2004 United States Voices Objections As African Group Proposes Sudan for Election to Commission on Human Rights

03 May 2004 Economic and Social Council Adopts Resolutions Welcoming Recommendations Of Advisory Groups on Guinea-Bissau, Burundi

26 April 2004
(Background)
Economic and Social Council Holds High-Level Meeting with IMF, World Bank, World Trade Organization, UNCTAD

23 April 2004 Economic and Social Council Concludes Preparations for Monday’s High-Level Meeting  with Bretton Woods Institutions and World Trade Organization

18 March 2004 Global Efforts On Behalf of World’s 50 Poorest Countries Focus, as Economic and Social Council Concludes Preparatory Meeting for June Session

17 March 2004 Economic and Social Council Examines Resource Mobilization To Implement 2001 Brussels Action Plan Aimed At World’s Poorest Countries

27 February 2004 Economic and Social Council Reschedules Social Forum, Fills Vacancies on Executive Boards of Women’s Institute, World Food Programme

17 February 2004 Economic and Social Council Reviews Efforts to Stem Poverty in 50 Poorest Nations Day-Long Meeting Preparation for Council’s High-Level Segment 28 – 30 June

13 February 2004 Economic and Social Council Takes Decisions on 2004 - 2005 -- Work Programme, 2004 Substantive Session

6 February 2004 Economic and Social Council Decides, on Exceptional Basis, on NGO Participation in Commission on Sustainable Development

5 February 2004 World Economic Growth for 2004 Expected to be 3.5 Per Cent, Economic and Social Council Told

4 February 2004 Economic and Social Council Approves Agenda for Substantive Session to be Held From 28 June To 23 July

21 January 2004 Economic and Social Council Elects Marjatta Rasi of Finland as President For 2004 -- Ms. Rasi Stresses Importance of Conference Follow-Up to Meeting Millennium Declaration Commitments