Introduction of the 2008 CDP report at the General segment of ECOSOC

On 23 July 2009 Professor Willene Johnson, on behalf of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings of the CDPs report on its 10th session at the General segment of the substantive 2008 ECOSOC session.

The 2008 General segment of ECOSOC was held from 18 to 25 July 2008, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development”. It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, academia and the private sector, and the UN system.

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