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23 February 09
Press conference on the occasion of the UN Economic and Social Council's (ECOSOC) special meeting to discuss and explore collaborative opportunities in advancing progress in maternal and girls' health, and neglected tropical diseases.
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11 February 09
Participation of Ambassador Sylvie Lucas at the noon briefing of the spokesperson of the Secretary-General, 11 February 2009.
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20 May 08
Video Message from H.E. Mr. Bingu wa Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi - Special Meeting of ECOSOC on the Global Food Crisis.
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20 May 08
Video Message from H.E. Mr. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister, United Kingdom - Special Meeting of ECOSOC on the Global Food Crisis.
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6 May 08
Kathleen Abdalla and Aslam Chaudhry from the Division for Sustainable Development as well as John Pender from the International Food Policy Research Institute on issues relating to agriculture, drought and desertification.
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1 May 08
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; Simeon Adewale Adekanye and Lars Anders Baer, members of the Forum, to brief on the outcomes of the Forum's seventh session.
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21 April 08
President Evo Morales of Bolivia to brief on the opening of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, as well as on the current situation in Bolivia.
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21 April 08
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; Myrna Cunningham, Director of the Center for Indigenous Peoples' Autonomy and Development (Nicaragua); Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity; and Fiu Elisara, Executive Director of O le Siosiomaga Society Inc. (Samoa), to brief on the opening of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
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14 April 08
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).
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8 April 08
Mayor Helen Zille of Cape Town; Hania Zlotnik, Director of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs' Population Division; Eduardo Moreno, Chief of the Global Urban Observatory of the Monitoring System Branch of UN-HABITAT; David Satterthwaite from the International Institute for Environment and Development; and Mark Montgomery from the Policy Research Division of the Population Council to discuss the work of 41st Session of the Commission on Population and Development.
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1 April 08
Launch of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa 2008 report "Africa and the Monterrey Consensus: Tracking Performance and Progress" - introduced by Richard Kozul-Wright and Pingfan Hong, Senior Economists for the Department for Economic and Social Affairs.
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3 March 08
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.
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6 September 07
Les Malezer, Chairperson of the Global Indigenous Caucus; Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; and Joseph Ole Simel, Coordinator of the African Regional Indigenous Caucus, respond to the amendments proposed by Member-States to the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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2 July 07
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, responds to the press at the opening of the High-level Segment
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24 May 07
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; and Wilton Littlechild, Member of the Permanent Forum, to brief on the outcome and recommendations of the Forum's current session.
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14 May 07
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Ida Nicolaisen and Hassan Id Balkassm, members of the Permanent Forum, brief on the opening of the forum.
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9 May 07
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, one of the Secretary-General's new Special Envoys on Climate Change and former Prime Minister of Norway, and Mr. Erik Solheim, Minister of International Development of Norway, to brief on the opening of the High-Level Segment of the 15th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development.
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30 April 07
H.E. Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar and Chairman of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development's 15th session, briefs journalists on the opening of the session.
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25 April 07
Daily Noon Press Briefing with the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - Guest at noon: H.E. Mr. John McNee, Permanent Representative of Canada to the UN and head of ECOSOC's Ad Hoc Advisory Group of Haiti, briefs journalists on the group's evaluation of the current situation in Haiti and their assessment of the post-conflict reconstruction challenges the country faces.
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11 April 07
Dr. Somnath Chatterji, Team Leader of Multi-Country Studies at the World Health Organization and Dr. Nyovani Madise, Senior Researcher at the African Population and Health Research Center brief correspondents on the occasion of the 40th Session of the Commission on Population and Development.
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2 April 07
Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Guest at noon: Mr. Eloho Otobo, from UN Economic Commission for Africa briefs journalists on their "Economic Report on Africa 2007", to be launched in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the following day.
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9 March 07
H.E. Ms. Carmen Maria Gallardo Hernandez ( El Salvador ), Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of Women briefs correspondents on the conclusion of the Commission's 51st session.
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7 March 07
Dr. Philip Emafo, President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) and Mr. Koli Kouame, INCB's secretary brief journalists on INCB's latest report.
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18 January 07
Daily Noon Press Briefing with the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - Guest at noon: H.E. Ambassador Dalius Cekuolis of Lithuania, President of the Economic and Social Council outlines the Council's goals for 2007.
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13 December 06
Ambassador Ali Hachani of Tunisia , President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), discusses ECOSOC reform.
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11 December 06
Mr. Hans Hoogeveen, Chair of the UN Forum on Forests, Mr. Hamidon Ali, Vice-Chair of the UN Forum on Forests, and Mr. Pekka Patosaari, Director of the UN Forum on Forests Secretariat, brief on the work of the group drafting a new international agreement to manage the world's forests.
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25 May 06
Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and Mr. Wilton Littlechild, Member of the Forum and youth representative, brief on the outcomes and agreed recommendations of the ongoing Forum's Fifth Session.
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15 May 06
Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs; H.E. Mr. David Choquehuanca Cespedes, Foreign Minister of Bolivia; and Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, brief on the fifth session of the Permanent Forum.
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4 April 06
Brief on "International Migration and Development", the theme of the 39th session of the Commission on Population and Development. Prof. J. Edward Taylor, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis, responds to questions.
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7 March 06
Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women; Ms. Carmen Maria Gallardo (El Salvador), Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW); Mrs. Adekunbi Abibat Sonaike (Nigeria), Vice-Chairperson of CSW; and Ms. Anne Katherine Slungard (Norway), Chair of the Statoil Board of Elections and former Mayor of the City of Trondheim, brief on "International Women's Day - Women in Decision Making: from Politics to the Private Sector".
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28 February 06
Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky, member of the International Narcotics Control Board, briefs on the Board's annual report.
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8 February 06
Ms. Nancy Barry, President of Women's World Banking (New York); Mr. Roberto Bissio, Executive Director of Third World Institute (Uruguay); and Professor Sanjay Reddy of Barnard College, Columbia University, brief on poverty eradication, marking the opening of the session of the Commission on Social Development (8-17 February)
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