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UN General Assembly - 2nd Committee (Economic and Financial)
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| 9 December, 2011 | | GA/EF/3332 | Acting Without Votes, Second Committee Approves 3 Draft Resolutions, Programme of Work as Session Concludes |
| 6 December, 2011 | | GA/EF/3331 | Second Committee Approves Six Draft Resolutions by Consensus as Group of 77 ‘Profoundly Regrets’ Passage of ‘Procedural’ Middle-Income Countries Text |
| 2 December, 2011 | | GA/EF/3330 | Second Committee Approves Text Stressing Need to Reduce Volatility in Food Prices as It Takes Action on Five Draft Resolutions |
| 1 December, 2011 | | GA/EF/3329 | Second Committee Approves Text Urging Elimination of Unilateral Coercive Economic Measures against Developing Countries |
| 22 November, 2011 | | GA/EF/3328 | Second Committee Approves Draft Resolution Urging Coral Reef Protection as Members Take Consensus Action to Pass 12 Texts, Including 7 on Sustainable Development |
| 17 November, 2011 | | GA/EF/3327 | Second Committee Approves Text Relating to Permanent Palestinian Sovereignty over Resources in Occupied Territories, Oil Slick on Lebanese Shores |
| 10 November, 2011 | | GA/EF/3326 | Most Countries Far Short of ODA Target Figure 10 Years after Monterrey Consensus amid Crisis-Fuelled Plans to Slash Future Aid Budgets, Second Committee Told |
| 3 November, 2011 | | GA/EF/3325 | Speakers in Second Committee Stress Need to Reinforce Progress on United Nations-Private Sector Partnerships |
| 2 November, 2011 | | GA/EF/3324 | Energy-Food Links to Continue Growing as Cost of Oil Spurs Higher Commodity Prices, Senior Expert Tells Second Committee Panel Discussion |
| 1 November, 2011 | | GA/EF/3323 | Speakers in Second Committee Make Case for Third United Nations Conference on Urban Development as They Consider Work of UN-Habitat |
| 31 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3322 | Usual Approach Will Lead to Irreversible Damage, Under-Secretary-General Warns as Second Committee Begins Considering Sustainable Development |
| 28 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3321 | Speakers Underline Vital Need to Conclude Doha Talks as Second Committee Concludes General Discussion on International Trade, Commodities |
| 27 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3320 | Governments Must Create Jobs in Face of Worldwide Protest Movements, Warns International Labour Organization Chief during Panel Discussion |
| 26 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3319 | Arbitrary Detention, Excessive Force, Israeli Settlement Activity Increasing Palestinian Hardship, Regional Commission Chief Tells Second Committee |
| 25 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3318 | Treat Farmers like Entrepreneurs to Boost Creation of Wealth, Jobs, Urges Delegate as Second Committee Concludes Debate on Agriculture Development, Food Security |
| 24 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3317 | Nobel Laureate’s Pessimistic Look at Global Prospects Warns of ‘Economic Suicide’ Risk in Briefing to Second Committee, Economic and Social Council |
| 21 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3316 | Further Delay in Implementing Action Programme for Least Developed Countries Risks Exacerbating Lives of World’s Poorest People, Second Committee Told |
| 20 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3315 | Appeals for Help for World’s Poorest, Least Developed, Landlocked Countries Are Heard in Assembly’s Economic Committee |
| 19 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3314 | Weighing Pros, Cons of Globalization, Second Committee Delegates Caution Growth in Global Trade, Interdependence, Could Exacerbate Inequalities |
| 17 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3313 | 1.5 Billion People Living in Absolute Poverty Makes Its Eradication Humankind’s Most Significant Challenge, Second Committee Told |
| 14 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3312 | Global Economic Recovery Still ‘Very Vulnerable’ to Shocks, Turbulence, Uncertainty, Say Panellists in Second Committee Briefing |
| 13 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3311 | Global Financial Crisis Should Not Affect Fulfilment of Official Assistance Commitments, Say Speakers in Second Committee |
| 12 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3310 | Delegates in Second Committee Call Attention to Developing World’s Potential, While Urging Balanced Financing of United Nations Development Activities |
| 11 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3309 | Need For New Political Commitment to Production, Job Growth Underlined as Panel in Second Committee Discusses Alternative Employment Creation Strategies |
| 10 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3308 | Global Economic Deterioration Dispelled ‘Cautious Optimism’ Over External Debt Sustainability, Senior Official Tells Second Committee |
| 5 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3307 | Delegates Stress Importance of Multilateral Action for Sustainable Development as Second Committee Concludes General Debate |
| 4 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3306 | Europe Hardest-Hit in ‘Great Recession’, Second Committee Told as It Holds Dialogue with Heads of United Nations Regional Commissions |
| 3 October, 2011 | | GA/EF/3305 | Under-Secretary-General Calls for More Equitable Development Models as Second Committee Begins General Debate |
| 16 September, 2011 | | GA/EF/3304 | Second Committee Completes Bureau for Sixty-Sixth General Assembly Session |
| 14 September, 2011 | | BIO/4320-GA/EF/3303 | Abulkalam Abdul Momen of Bangladesh Chair of Second Committee |
| 1 December, 2010 | | GA/EF/3302 | Second Committee Approves Draft Resolution Stressing Need to Boost Food Production, Productivity, Sustainability as It Concludes Work |
| 30 November, 2010 | | GA/EF/3301 | Second Committee Approves Text Recommending That General Assembly Stress Importance of Responsible Borrowing, Lending |
| 24 November, 2010 | | GA/EF/3300 | Second Committee Approves Text Encouraging Member States to Strive for Balanced, Ambitious Outcome as Cancún Conference on Climate Change Approaches |
| 22 November, 2010 | | GA/EF/3299 | Second Committee Approves Draft Resolution Stressing Need for New Impetus in Talks on Reforming International Financial System |
| 18 November, 2010 | | GA/EF/3298 | Second Committee Approves Text Demanding Israel End Depletion, Endangerment of Natural Resources in Arab Lands Under Its Occupation |
| 12 November, 2010 | | GA/EF/3297 | Second Committee Approves Draft Resolution Calling for Promotion of Ecotourism as Tool in Helping to Realize Millennium Development Goals |
| 4 November, 2010 | | GA/EF/3296 | Israeli Restrictions Deepen Palestinian Hardships, Second Committee Told as It Considers Arab Sovereignty over Natural Resources in Occupied Lands |
| 3 November, 2010 | | GA/EF/3295 | Cultural Context as Important as Poverty Levels in Assessing Importance of Equity for Economic Growth, Second Committee Told |
| 2 November, 2010 | | GA/EF/3294 | Global Action Needed to Tackle Urban Squalor as Number of Slum-Dwellers Continues Rising Worldwide, Second Committee Told |
| 1 November, 2010 | | GA/EF/3293 | Wealthy Nations Urged to Take Lead in Quest for Legally Binding Climate Accord as Second Committee Takes up Sustainable Development |
| 28 October, 2010 | | GA/EF/3292 | Stagnant Food Production, Rising Malnourishment Threaten Africa’s Ability to Feed Itself, Delegate Says as Second Committee Considers Agriculture, Food Security |
| 27 October, 2010 | | GA/EF/3291 | Migration Could Greatly Benefit Both Origin, Destination Countries, Agency’s Permanent Observer Tells Second Committee |
| 26 October, 2010 | | GA/EF/3290 | Speakers in Second Committee, Discussing Information and Communications Technology for Development, Stress Importance of Universal Access to Broadband Connectivity |
| 22 October, 2010 | | GA/EF/3289 | Job Creation ‘a Key Element’ for Effective, Comprehensive Poverty Reduction, Assistant Secretary-General Tells Second Committee Discussion |
| 21 October, 2010 | | GA/EF/3288 | Speakers in Second Committee Underline Need for Urgent Steps to Reverse Deepening Poverty Worldwide as Millennium Goals Deadline Looms |
| 20 October, 2010 | | GA/EF/3287 | Globalization Tarnished by Failure to Consider ‘Disastrous’ Effects on Poor Countries, as Second Committee Hears Calls for Equity, Fairness |
| 18 October, 2010 | | GA/EF/3286 | Delegates in Second Committee Stress Need to Adopt New, Targeted, Action-Oriented Successor Programme of Action for Least Developed Countries |
| 15 October, 2010 | | GA/EF/3285 | Global Policymakers Should Rethink Economic Classification of Countries to Reflect Their Actual Challenges, Keynote Speaker Tells Second Committee |
| 14 October, 2010 | | GA/EF/3284 | Delegates in Second Committee Call for More Follow-up Action to Ensure Full Implementation of Monterrey Consensus, Doha Declaration |
| 13 October, 2010 | | GA/EF/3283 | Fearing Decline or Reversal in Development Financing, Second Committee Delegates Call for Steady, More Balanced Cash Flows to Fund UN Operational Activities |
| 11 October, 2010 | | GA/EF/3282 | Call Sounded for Mechanism to Ensure Debt Sustainability, as Second Committee Begins Consideration of Macroeconomic Policy Questions |
| 8 October, 2010 | | GA/EF/3281 | Second Committee Considers Limits on Speaking Time, Deadlines for Submitting Drafts, as Members Propose Ideas to Improve Working Methods |
| 6 October, 2010 | | GA/EF/3280 | As Second Committee Concludes Its General Debate, Delegates Stress Need for New Systems to Relieve Debt, Prevent ‘Reckless’ Speculative Financial Practices |
| 5 October, 2010 | | GA/EF/3279 | Rich Nations Pressed to Shoulder ‘Historic Responsibility’ of Helping Poor Countries Bridge Development Gaps, as Second Committee Continues Debate |
| 4 October, 2010 | | GA/EF/3278 | Needs of Most Vulnerable Must Be Central to Fiscal Polices, Stimulus Plans, Under-Secretary-General Says as Second Committee Begins General Debate |
| 17 September, 2010 | | GA/EF/3277 | Second Committee Adopts Work Programme Covering Poverty Eradication, Development, Climate Change, among Other Key Issues to Be Considered During New Session |
| 14 September, 2010 | | BIO/4240-GA/EF/3276 | Ochir Enkhtsetseg of Mongolia Chair of Second Committee |
| 11 December, 2009 | | GA/EF/3275 | Second Committee Approves Text Expressing Deep Concern over Impact of Global Economic Crisis on International Trade |
| 9 December, 2009 | | GA/EF/3274 | Second Committee Approves Text Urging Elimination of Unilateral Economic, Political Coercion against Developing Countries |
| 4 December, 2009 | | GA/EF/3273 | Second Committee Forwards 11 Drafts to General Assembly, on New Global Economic Order, Agricultural Technology for Development, Climate Change, among Others |
| 1 December, 2009 | | GA/EF/3272 | General Assembly Will Accept Turkey’s Offer to Host Fourth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries in 2011, by Second Committee Text |
| 25 November, 2009 | | GA/EF/3271 | Second Committee Approves Texts on Sustainable Mountain Development, Landlocked Developing Countries, Cyber Security |
| 19 November, 2009 | | GA/EF/3270 | Second Committee, in Consensus Actions, Approves Texts on South-South Cooperation, Postponement of High-level Financing for Development Dialogue |
| 17 November, 2009 | | GA/EF/3269 | Second Committee Approves Text Reiterating General Assembly’s Deep Concern at Oil Slick Arising from Israel’s Destruction of Lebanese Storage Tanks |
| 12 November, 2009 | | GA/EF/3268 | Second Committee Approves Text Demanding That Israel Stop Exploiting, Depleting, Endangering Natural Resources in Occupied Arab Lands |
| 10 November, 2009 | | GA/EF/3267 | Ten Draft Resolutions on Sustainable Development among 14 Submitted for Consideration, Action by Second Committee |
| 6 November, 2009 | | GA/EF/3266 | Conflicts over Water Have Potential to Be Catalyst for Peace, Cooperation, Specialist Tells Second Committee Panel Discussion |
| 5 November, 2009 | | GA/EF/3265 | Participation by All Stakeholders Crucial to Meeting Millennium Goals, Second Committee Told during Discussion on Global Partnerships |
| 4 November, 2009 | | GA/EF/3264 | Second Committee Told That 35 Million New Homes Must Be Built Annually over Next Quarter Century To Accommodate Soaring Urban Populations |
| 3 November, 2009 | | GA/EF/3263 | Some 400 Million People Could Join Ranks of Slum Dwellers by 2020 Unless Urgent Action Is Taken to Reverse Trend, UN–Habitat Tells Second Committee |
| 2 November, 2009 | | GA/EF/3262 | Acceptance of Lesser Climate Deal Will Threaten Existence of Small Islands, Second Committee Told, As It Begins Sustainable Development Debate |
| 30 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3260 | New Governance Regime under Way, Experts Say as Second Committee Holds Panel Discussion on Revitalizing Global Financial System |
| GA/EF/3261 | Working Out Differences at Doha Talks Would Be in Best Interest of All Countries, Pakistan Says, as Second Committee Concludes Debate on Trade, Development |
| 29 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3259 | International Community Must Fight Protectionism to Ease Effects of Global Financial Crisis, General Assembly’s Economic Committee Is Told |
| 28 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3258 | Information, Communications Technologies Have Tremendous Potential to Promote Development, Bring Countries out of Poverty, Economic Committee Told |
| 27 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3256 | Economic Committee Holds Dialogue with Senior Officials from United Nations Regional Commissions on ‘Economic Impacts of Climate Change’ |
| GA/EF/3257 | Assembly’s Economic Committee Is Told of Harsh Conditions Persisting in Occupied Territories because of Israeli Actions |
| 26 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3255 | With Copenhagen Conference Pending, Assembly’s Economic Committee Is Told ‘No Conflict’ Between Prosperity and Ambitious Climate Policies |
| 23 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3254 | Economic Committee Is Told Strategy Urgently Needed to Meet Worsening Global Food Crisis; Aid, Trade Adjustments Among Proposals Offered |
| 22 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3253 | Despite Observance of Anti-Poverty Day, Huge Populations Still Afflicted by Hunger and Extreme Deprivation, Economic Committee Is Reminded |
| 21 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3252 | Economic Committee Is Told ‘Illicit Financial Flows’ Major Obstacle to Development, Reportedly Far Exceeding Official Assistance |
| 20 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3251 | Economic Committee Is Told Industrial Countries Must Step Up Aid to World’s Poorest, Suffering Most from Global Financial Crisis |
| 19 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3250 | With ‘Tough Decisions Ahead’ on Tackling Impacts of Climate Change, United Nations Official Urges Political Leadership, Investment in Disaster Risk Reduction |
| 16 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3249 | Economic Committee Is Told of Despair in Some Developing Countries as Poor People Grapple with Debt Problems, Legal Complications |
| 15 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3248 | Developing Countries, Hardest Hit by Global Financial Crisis, Urgently Need Pledged Assistance, Assembly’s Economic Committee Is Told |
| 14 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3247 | Speakers Say Funding for UN Development Activities Inadequate, Too Unpredictable, as Economic Committee Takes up Operational Activities for Development |
| 13 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3245 | Countries Must Step Up Efforts to Address Essential, but Unresolved Issues in Advance of Climate Change Conference, Experts Tell Second Committee |
| GA/EF/3246 | Economic Committee Is Told Special Needs of African Countries in Ongoing Global Financial Crisis Call for Range of Remedies |
| 12 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3243 | World Must Act Now to Achieve Anti-Poverty Goals by Honouring Fiscal Commitments, Standing by Pledges to Fund Implementation of Targets, Second Committee Told |
| GA/EF/3244 | Measures to Ease Plight of Developing Countries in Ongoing Global Financial Crisis Discussed in Assembly’s Economic Committee |
| 9 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3242 | Food Production Must Double by 2050 to Meet Demand from World’s Growing Population, Innovative Strategies Needed to Combat Hunger, Experts Tell Second Committee |
| 7 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3241 | Member States Urged to Step Up Efforts to Stop Global Warming, Seal Comprehensive Deal on Mitigation, Adaptation, as Second Committee Concludes General Debate |
| 6 October, 2009 | | GA/EF/3240 | Global Food Crisis ‘A Wake-Up Call’ For Revitalization Of Agricultural Production, Second Committee Told As It Continues General Debate |
| 5 October, 2009 | | DSG/SM/473-GA/EF/3239 | Deputy Secretary-General, in Remarks to Second Committee, Outlines United Nations Coordinated Responses to Address Climate Change, Food Insecurity, Other Crises |
| GA/EF/3238 | Deputy Secretary-General Spells Out Organization’s Joint Initiatives in Response to Multiple Crises, as Second Committee Begins Sixty-fourth Session |
| 17 September, 2009 | | GA/EF/3237 | Poverty Eradication, Climate Change, International Financial System among Key Agenda Items as Second Committee Approves Organization of Work |
| 15 September, 2009 | | BIO/4126-GA/EF/3236 | Park In-kook of Republic of Korea Elected Chair of Second Committee |
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