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Jorge Montano of Mexico Elected by Economic and Social Council to Fill Vacancy on International Narcotics Control Board - 8 October 2009
Innovative Projects, Products �Big or Small’ Can Help Achieve Health-Related Millennium Development Goals, Says Secretary-General at ECOSOC Exhibit - 6 July 2009
Stressing Health Is Basis for Peace, Secretary-General Says Investments in Health Are Investments in Society, Prevention Avoids Future Expense - 6 July 2009
As Session Concludes, Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Recommends 36 Groups for Consultative Status, Reclassification of Another, Notes 111 Reports - 27 May 2009
Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Rejects Special Status for Group, Closes File on Another, Approves 10 Applications while Deferring 15 Others - 26 May 2009
Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Considers 123 Quadrennial Reports, Taking Note of 110, Postponing 13 Others - 22 May 2009
Four Groups Recommended for Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council as Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Defers 22 Applications - 21 May 2009
Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Closes File on 2 Applications, Defers 11 Others, Recommends Consultative Status for 9 Groups - 20 May 2009
Group Has Status with Economic and Social Council Reclassified as Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Defers 24 Applications - 19 May 2009
Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Opens Resumed Session by Recommending Consultative Status for 9 Groups, Deferring 29 Applications - 18 May 2009
Economic and Social Council Fills Vacancies on 21 Subsidiary Bodies - 18 May 2009
IN FACE OF FINANCIAL CRISIS �VISIONARY REFORM’ OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE NEEDED, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO NEW YORK MEETING - 27 April 2009
REFORMING WORLD ECONOMIC SYSTEM MEANS LIFE OR DEATH AMID FULL-BLOWN GLOBAL RECESSION, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL MEETING - 27 April 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL DECIDES ON THEME FOR 2010 HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT, APPOINTS PERU TO AD HOC ADVISORY GROUP IN HAITI - 20 April 2009
TAKING ACTION ON THREE DECISIONS, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL PICKS THEME FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS SEGMENT OF 2009 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION - 26 March 2009
POTENTIAL OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE SHOULD BE FOSTERED, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL PRESIDENT TELLS PANEL ON ATTAINING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN PUBLIC HEALTH - 12 February 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS SECOND ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING FOR 2009 SESSION; DECIDES HIGH-LEVEL MEETING WITH BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS WILL BE HELD 27 APRIL - 10 February 2009
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE APPROVES 10 MORE CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - 2 February 2009
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE VOTES TO SUSPEND FOR ONE YEAR CONSULTATIVE STATUS OF ARAB COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - 28 January 2009
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - 27 January 2009
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE APPROVES NINE CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - 26 January 2009
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTEE APPROVES ONE CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - 23 January 2009
TEN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS APPROVED BY NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTEE FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - 22 January 2009
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTEE APPROVES TWO CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - 21 January 2009
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE APPROVES 12 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - 20 January 2009
OPENING 2009 SESSION, COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS APPROVES APPLICATIONS OF SEVEN ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS - 19 January 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL UNIQUELY PLACED TO FORGE GLOBAL TIES TO TACKLE PRESSING CRISES, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS - 15 January 2009
PRAISING MANY �IMPORTANT STEPS FORWARD’ BY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL IN 2008, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CURRENT GLOBAL CRISES MEAN CHALLENGING YEAR AHEAD - 15 January 2009