30 November 2012 - DESA News: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/newsletter/desanews/2012/12/index.html\nInternational Year of Cooperatives: http://social.un.org/coopsyear/\n\nSome 150 representatives gathered for this two-day event themed \Promoting Cooperatives Beyond 2012″. A range of sessions