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| 29 Oct 2002 | Economic and Social Council Launches Bid for International Support for Post-Conflict Recovery Efforts in Guinea-Bissau Fact-Finding Mission Will Determine Country's Humanitarian Needs |
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| 25 Oct 2002 | Economic and Social Council Adopts One Resolution and Two Decisions, Holds Elections in One-Day Resumed Session |
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| 11 Oct 2002 | UN celebrates 10 years of peace in Mozambique |
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| 04 Oct 2002 | Tenth Anniversary of Mozambique Peace Agreement Marked at High-Level Meeting of Economic and Social Council |
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| 04 Oct 2002 | Economic and Social Council to Consider Establishing Group to Examine Humanitarian, Economic Needs in Guinea-Bissau |
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| 03 Oct 2002 | General Assembly Elects Eighteen Countries to Fill Vacancies on Economic and Social Council |
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| 26 July 2002 | Economic and Social Council Concludes First Part of 2002 Session -- Torture Prevention, Indigenous People, Right to Food among Main Issues Addressed |
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| 25 July 2002 | Economic and Social Council Calls for End of Occupation of Palestinian Population Centres -- By Recorded Vote, Adopts Text on Repercussions of Israeli Occupation; Total of 50 Texts Adopted |
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| 24 July 2002 | Following Vote, Economic and Social Council Recommends General Assembly Adoption of Optional Protocol to Convention against Torture -- In Earlier Vote, Council Rejects United States Proposal to Continue Negotiations on Issue |
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| 23 July 2002 | Economic and Social Council Considers Issues Critical to Development -- Science, Technology, Global Tax Cooperation, Tourism --Draft Resolution on Gender Mainstreaming Introduced |
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| 22 July 2002 | Economic and Social Council Considers Economic, Social Repercussions of Israeli Occupation of PalestinianTerritory, Syrian Golan |
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| 19 July 2002 | Regional Challenges, Interregional Cooperation for Sustainable Development Focus of Discussion in Economic and Social Council -- Holds Dialogue with Heads of Economic Commissions for Europe, Asia and Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, Africa, Western Asia |
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| 18 July 2002 | Economic and Social Council Begins 2002 Session's General Segment, With Focus on Summit Follow-Up, Coordination -- Least Developed Countries, UN-Habitat, Gender Equality, Haiti Assistance, Tobacco Control among Issues Addressed |
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| 17 July 2002 | Human Rights High Commissioner Says Economic and Social Council Has Significant Role in Advancing Rights of Most Vulnerable -- Council Concludes Humanitarian Affairs Segment |
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| 16 July 2002 | Council Holds High-Level Dialogue on Access to Vulnerable Groups in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies, Natural Disasters |
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| 15 July 2002 | Economic and Social Council Will Consider Creation of Advisory Group for Any African Country Emerging from Conflict -- Adopts Resolution without a Vote; Also Opens Three-Day Humanitarian Segment of 2002 Session |
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| 12 July 2002 | Economic and Social Council Urged to Revise Role in Implementing Conference Outcomes -- Effective Coordination Underlined as Segment Concludes |
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| 11 July 2002 | Reform, Coordination Stressed in Economic and Social Council Debate -- Speakers Also Emphasize Council's Follow-Up Role |
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| 10 July 2002 | Council Hears Range of Views on Ways to Strengthen Coordination In Implementation of Internationally Agreed Development Goals |
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| 9 July 2002 | Economic and Social Council Concludes Session on International Development Cooperation -- Dialogue Marks Discussion of United Nations Operational Activities |
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| 8 July 2002 | Speakers in Economic and Social Council Focus on Need for Coordination, National Ownership of UN Activities for International Development Cooperation -- Decline in Core Resources Stressed by Many Delegations |
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| 5 July 2002 | Economic and Social Council Opens Operational Activities Segment with Focus on 'Capacity-Building' in Developing Countries -- High-Level Policy Exchange with Heads of UN Agencies Stresses Partnership, Improved Coordination of Development Efforts |
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| 3 July 2002 | Council Adopts Ministerial Declaration Calling Education, Health Crucial to Human Resources Development |
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| 2 July 2002 | Millennium Development Goals Not to be Reopened or Redefined, Economic and Social Council Told, As High-Level Debate Continues -- Lack of Resources at Country Level Key Barrier to Achieving Development Goals |
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| 1 July 2002 | Hunger, Health, Education Closely Linked and Must be Addressed Together, Economic and Social Council Told, as High-Level Session Continues -- Round Tables Held on Africa's Human Resources Development, Partnerships, Strengthening Institutions for Sustainable Development, Policy Coherence |
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| 1 July 2002 | Secretary-General Calls for Greater Equity, Sustainability in Development, as Economic and Social Council Begins High-Level Meeting -- Need for Health Care, Education, Poverty Eradication Highlighted by Us Treasury Secretary, IMF Managing Director |
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| 27 June 2002 | Economic and Social Council to Begin Annual Session on 1 July with High-Level Focus on Human Resources, Health, Education -- UN Development Activities, Coordination Issues, Humanitarian Affairs, Human Rights Also to be Considered by Meeting Ending on 26 July |
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| 11 June 2002 | Economic and Social Council to Hold Panel Discussion on Gender Mainstreaming, 11 June |
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1 May 2002
from UN Webcast | Briefing of the Economic and Social Council by Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Harvard University |
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| 30 Apr 2002 | Economic and Social Council Decides not to Grant Consultative Status to International Lesbian and Gay Association -- In Other Action, Council Adopts 2003 Work Programme, Grants Consultative Status to 56 NGOs |
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| 29 Apr 2002 | Economic and Social Council Selects Members of 20 Subsidiary Bodies -- United States among Those Elected to Commission on Human Rights |
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| 22 Apr 2002 | Monterrey Conference Gives Timely Life to Quest for Development Cooperation -- Says Secretary-General, as ECOSOC Meets with Bretton Woods Institutions |
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| 14 Feb 2002 | 'Education for All' Best Investment for Development, Economic and Social Council Told |
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| 13 Feb 2002 | Economic and Social Council Approves Agenda for July 2002 Substantive Session |
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| 11 Feb 2002 | Experts to Discuss 'Education And Development' At Economic and Social Council -- Round Table 14 February |
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| 1 Feb 2002 | WHO Director-General Brundtland to Lead ECOSOC Round Table on Health, 5 February |
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| 14 Jan 2002 | Contribution of Human Capital to Development Will Be Focus of Economic and Social Council in 2002 |
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| 14 Jan 2002 | New ECOSOC President Assumes Post Today |
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