Tue, 23/06/2009 - 18:15
A plea to the High Level Conference on Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development.
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Forging a New Global Consensus for Restored Growth, Sustainable Development and Decent Jobs
posted by pchowla | Mon, 22/06/2009 - 11:21
ITUC Statement to the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development.
Towards a people-centered economy: Alternative responses to the crisis
Tue, 23/06/2009 - 19:30 - 21:30
This Conference will be an historic opportunity to present alternative solutions to this systemic crisis which are founded on the principles of human rights and environmental sustainability and which truly take into account the needs of workers, small farmers and the poor.
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The role of the United Nations in the international financial and economic crisis
Fri, 19/06/2009 - 11:00 - 12:30
Want to know what's really going on behind the scenes as major countries debate how to solve the financial crisis? Want to hear from one of the world's leading economists and thinkers on economic and social affairs? What to know what happened at the UN summit on the financial crisis? This event is looking for answers to these questions just in time for the upcoming UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development.
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People’s Voices on the Crisis
Sat, 20/06/2009 - 13:00 - 18:00
On June 20, 2009, hundreds of activists and representatives of civil society organizations from around the globe and from New York City will come together to testify on the impact of the economic and financial crisis on their lives, and prepare for the UN Conference on the world economic and financial crisis and its impact on development, to take place at United Nations Headquarters on 24-26 June.
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General Assembly agrees on terms for UN conference on the financial and economic crisis in June
posted by fincrisis | Wed, 08/04/2009 - 15:22A global conference "at the highest level" will assess the crisis that has devastated the world economy, from 1 to 3 June this year, General Assembly President Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann announced today.
General Assembly agrees on terms of UN summit on financial crisis
posted by fincrisis | Wed, 08/04/2009 - 14:23
The United Nations will convene a global summit in June to assess the impact of the world economic crisis on development, it was announced today, after the General Assembly agreed on the arrangements for the conference.
End Poverty 2015 - UN Millennium Campaign vows to support citizens’ monitoring of commitments made by G-20 leaders
posted by fincrisis | Fri, 03/04/2009 - 15:20The UN Millennium Campaign welcomes the recommitment from G-20 leaders to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the needs of the world’s poorest. The Campaign also welcomes the massive resources pledged by G-20 leaders to developing countries – in both recommitments to previous aid commitments and new pledges.
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UN, not G20, must lead in solving crisis
posted by pchowla | Mon, 16/03/2009 - 12:39The United Nations, and not the G20, should lead in trying to come up with a new financial architecture that would rise out of the current economic crisis, Prof. Walden Bello of the Freedom from Debt Coalition said Friday.
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Washington diverges from New York?
posted by fincrisis | Wed, 11/03/2009 - 17:34The 15 November G20 meeting took place in Washington, spurning the offer from the UN general secretary to hold the conference at UN headquarters in New York.
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