In 2000, the revival in international economic activity and trade, which began in the second half of 1999, continued. Exports and imports of all groups of countries increased at significantly faster rates and became more ...

In 2000, the United Nations, through the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs(OCHA), continued to coordinate humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors to alleviate human ...

In 2000, the income of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the central United Nations funding body for technical assistance to developing countries, totalled $2,554 million, as compared to $2,608 million in ...

Economic growth in 2000 was unexpectedly and unusually high and widespread. World output,which jumped to 4 per cent from 2.8 per cent in1999, the strongest increase in more than a decade,was associated with double-digit ...

In 2002, the United Nations, through the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), continued to mobilize and coordinate humanitarian assistance to respond to the world's most pressing emergencies. During ...

In 2002, the United Nations and the international community continued efforts to protect the environment through legally binding instruments and the activities of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The seventh ...

The five United Nations regional commissions continued in 2002 to provide technical cooperation, including advisory services, to their member States, promote programmes and projects, and provide training to enhance national ...

In 2002, the world economy began a sluggish recovery from the sharp global slowdown of the previous year, but the sustainability of the upturn was uncertain. Global growth, at 1.4 per cent, showed just marginal improvement ...

In 2002, the United Nations system continued to provide development assistance to developing countries and countries with economies in transition, primarily through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the ...

During 2002, the population activities of the United Nations continued to be guided by the Programme of Action adopted at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the key actions for the ...