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1. UN Journal
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3. United Nations Documentation: Research Guide
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5. UN-I-QUE: UN Info Quest
6. United Nations Cartographic Section: Maps and Geographic Information Resources
7. UN Webcast
8. UN Library

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Civil society

1. UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS) (Geneva)
2. UN civil society website (New York)

Global conferences

1. International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, Doha, Qatar, 29 November-2 December 2008
2. World Summit, UN General Assembly, 2005
3. World Summit on Sustainable Development - South Africa 2002
4. International Conference on Financing for Development - Monterrey 2002
5. Second World Assembly on Ageing  - Madrid 2002
6. Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat + 5) - New York 2001
7. Millennium Summit, UN General Assembly, New York 2000
8. Beijing+5: Women: 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-First Century - UN General Assembly, New York 2000
9. Social Summit + 5 - Geneva 2000
10. International Conference on Population and Development + 5 - New York 1999
11. Special session of the General Assembly on SIDS - New York 1999
12. Earth Summit + 5 - New York 1997
13. World Summit for Social Development - Copenhagen 1995
14. Fourth World Conference on Women - Beijing 1995
15. International Conference on Population and Development - Cairo 1994
16. Global Conference on Small Island Developing States - Barbados 1994
17. United Nations Rio Conference on Environment and Development - Rio 1992

Department of Economic and Social Affairs

1. Financing for Development: Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus

ECOSOC - Economic and Social Council

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ECOSOC: Substantive Session, New York, June-July 2008

Main theme: sustainable development

The first full biennial Development Cooperation Forum provided strategic input to the Doha Review Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) and the Accra High-level Forum on Aid Effectiveness.

1. Ministerial Declaration: Promoting an integrated approach to rural development in developing countries for poverty eradication and sustainable development
2. High-level Segment (30 June-3 July)
3. Annual Ministerial Review (AMR)
4. DevelopmentCooperation Forum (DCF)
5. Dialogue with Executive Secretaries of the Regional Commissions (7 July)
6. Coordination Segment (7-9 July)

ECOSOC Functional Commissions

1. Statistical Commission
2. Commission for Social Development
3. Commission on Human Rights
4. Commission on the Status of Women
5. Commission on Narcotic Drugs
6. Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
7. Commission on Science and Technology for Development
8. Commission on Sustainable Development
9. United Nations Forum on Forests
10. Commission on Population and Development

Ad hoc open-ended working groups

1. Ad hoc open-ended intergovernmental group of experts on energy and sustainable development

ECOSOC Regional Commissions

1. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
2. Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
3. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
4. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
5. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

ECOSOC Standing Committees

1. Committee for Programme and Coordination
2. Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations
3. Committee on Negotiations with Intergovernmental Agencies
4. Commission on Human Settlements

ECOSOC Ad hoc bodies

1. Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Informatics

Expert bodies composed of governmental experts

1. Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
2. United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

Expert bodies composed of members serving in their personal capacity

1. Committee for Development Policy
2. Ad Hoc Group of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters
3. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
4. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
5. United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration

Other related bodies

1. International Narcotics Control Board
2. Board of Trustees of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women

International financial institutions

• World Bank
• International Monetary Fund
• African Development Bank
• Asian Development Bank
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Other

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (Accra, Ghana 2-4 September 2008)
• World Trade Organization:
  1. Doha Development Agenda
  2. Ministerial conferences
• Links to External Web sites (ILO website page)