ECOSOC kick-starts 2012 Substantive Session on 2 July

ECOSOC President Miloš Koterec will chair the opening session of the High-level Segment of the Council, which will focus, among other topics on promoting productive capacity and decent work; reviewing trends and promoting coherence and effectiveness in development cooperation, and discussing the state of the world economy and its implications for the achievement of the United Nations development agenda.
More information including live coverage is available from the ECOSOC Website.