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11 December 2009

Second Committee Approves Text Expressing Deep Concern over Impact of Global Economic Crisis on International Trade
 

9 December 2009

Second Committee Approves Text Urging Elimination of Unilateral Economic, Political Coercion against Developing Countries
 

4 December 2009

Second Committee Forwards 11 Drafts to General Assembly, on New Global Economic Order, Agricultural Technology for Development, Climate Change, among Others
 

1 December 2009

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

Second Committee Approves Texts on Sustainable Mountain Development, Landlocked Developing Countries, Cyber Security
 

19 November 2009

Second Committee, in Consensus Actions, Approves Texts on South-South Cooperation, Postponement of High-level Financing for Development Dialogue
 

17 November 2009

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

Second Committee Approves Text Demanding That Israel Stop Exploiting, Depleting, Endangering Natural Resources in Occupied Arab Lands
 

10 November 2009

Ten Draft Resolutions on Sustainable Development among 14 Submitted for Consideration, Action by Second Committee
 

6 November 2009

Conflicts over Water Have Potential to Be Catalyst for Peace, Cooperation, Specialist Tells Second Committee Panel Discussion
 

5 November 2009

Participation by All Stakeholders Crucial to Meeting Millennium Goals, Second Committee Told during Discussion on Global Partnerships
 

4 November 2009

Second Committee Told That 35 Million New Homes Must Be Built Annually over Next Quarter Century To Accommodate Soaring Urban Populations
 

3 November 2009

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

Acceptance of Lesser Climate Deal Will Threaten Existence of Small Islands, Second Committee Told, As It Begins Sustainable Development Debate
 

30 October 2009


Working Out Differences at Doha Talks Would Be in Best Interest of All Countries, Pakistan Says, as Second Committee Concludes Debate on Trade, Development 

New Governance Regime under Way, Experts Say as Second Committee Holds Panel Discussion on Revitalizing Global Financial System
 

29 October 2009

International Community Must Fight Protectionism to Ease Effects of Global Financial Crisis, General Assembly’s Economic Committee Is Told
 

28 October 2009

Information, Communications Technologies Have Tremendous Potential to Promote Development, Bring Countries out of Poverty, Economic Committee Told
 

27 October 2009

Assembly’s Economic Committee Is Told of Harsh Conditions Persisting in Occupied Territories because of Israeli Actions

Economic Committee Holds Dialogue with Senior Officials from United Nations Regional Commissions on ‘Economic Impacts of Climate Change’
 

26 October 2009

With Copenhagen Conference Pending, Assembly’s Economic Committee Is Told ‘No Conflict’ Between Prosperity and Ambitious Climate Policies
 

23 October 2009

Economic Committee Is Told Strategy Urgently Needed to Meet Worsening Global Food Crisis; Aid, Trade Adjustments Among Proposals Offered
 

22 October 2009

Despite Observance of Anti-Poverty Day, Huge Populations Still Afflicted by Hunger and Extreme Deprivation, Economic Committee Is Reminded
 

21 October 2009

Economic Committee Is Told ‘Illicit Financial Flows’ Major Obstacle to Development, Reportedly Far Exceeding Official Assistance
 

20 October 2009

Economic Committee Is Told Industrial Countries Must Step Up Aid to World’s Poorest, Suffering Most from Global Financial Crisis
 

19 October 2009

With ‘Tough Decisions Ahead’ on Tackling Impacts of Climate Change, United Nations Official Urges Political Leadership, Investment in Disaster Risk Reduction
 

16 October 2009

Economic Committee is Told of Despair in Some Developing Countries as Poor People Grapple with Debt Problems, Legal Complications
 

15 October 2009

Developing Countries, Hardest Hit by Global Financial Crisis, Urgently Need Pledged Assistance, Assembly’s Economic Committee Is Told
 

14 October 2009

Speakers Say Funding for UN Development Activities Inadequate, Too Unpredictable, as Economic Committee Takes up Operational Activities for Development
 

13 October 2009


Economic Committee Is Told Special Needs of African Countries in Ongoing Global Financial Crisis Call for Range of Remedies 

Countries Must Step Up Efforts to Address Essential, but Unresolved Issues in Advance of Climate Change Conference, Experts Tell Second Committee
 

12 October 2009

Measures to Ease Plight of Developing Countries in Ongoing Global Financial Crisis Discussed in Assembly’s Economic Committee 

World Must Act Now to Achieve Anti-Poverty Goals by Honouring Fiscal Commitments, Standing by Pledges to Fund Implementation of Targets, Second Committee Told
 

9 October 2009

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

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

Global Food Crisis ‘A Wake-Up Call’ For Revitalization Of Agricultural Production, Second Committee Told As It Continues General Debate
 

5 October 2009

Deputy Secretary-General Spells Out Organization’s Joint Initiatives in Response to Multiple Crises, as Second Committee Begins Sixty-fourth Session
 

17 September 2009

Poverty Eradication, Climate Change, International Financial System among Key Agenda Items as Second Committee Approves Organization of Work