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PRESS RELEASES BY CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
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UN General Assembly - 2nd Committee (Economic and Financial)
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| 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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