Basic Programme of Work of the Economic and Social Council for 2004

E/DEC/2003/203View PDF

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A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, published in 2004.

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24 versions · 1991–2014

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At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 28 January 2003, the Economic and Social Council, having considered its proposed basic programme of work for 2003 and 2004,2 took note of the following list of questions for inclusion in its programme of work for 2004 and the list of documents for each agenda item:

Substantive session of 2004

A.High-level segment

[Theme/themes to be selected]

World Economic and Social Survey, 2004

B.Operational activities of the United Nations for international development cooperation segment

Operational activities of the United Nations for international development cooperation

[Theme/themes to be selected]

Follow-up to policy recommendations of the General Assembly

Report of the Secretary-General on the triennial policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system (General Assembly resolutions 35/81, 53/192 and 56/201)

Reports of the Executive Boards of the United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Food Programme

Reports of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund on its first regular session and annual session

(General Assembly resolutions 48/162, annex I, and 56/201, and Council resolution 1995/51)

Annual reports of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (General Assembly resolutions 48/162, annex I, and 56/201, and Council resolution 1995/51)

Reports of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund on its first regular session and annual session (General Assembly resolutions 48/162, annex I,

and 56/201, and Council resolution 1995/51)

Annual report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (General Assembly resolutions 48/162, annex I, and 56/201, and Council resolution 1995/51)

Report of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme on its 2002 sessions (General Assembly resolutions 48/162, annex I, and 56/201, and Council resolution 1995/51)

Annual report of the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (General Assembly resolutions 50/8 and 56/201, and Council resolution 1995/51)

C.Coordination segment

Coordination of the policies and activities of the specialized agencies and other bodies of the United Nations system related to the following themes

[Theme/themes to be selected]

D.Humanitarian affairs segment

Special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance

E.General segment

Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits

Review and coordination of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001–2010

Coordination, programme and other questions

Reports of coordination bodies

Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its forty-fourth session

Annual overview report of the United Nations System

Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2003 Medium-term plan for the period 2002–2005

Relevant chapters of the proposed revisions to the medium-term plan for the biennium 2004–2005

Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its forty-fourth session

Tobacco or health

Report of the Secretary-General on the Ad Hoc Inter- Agency Task Force on Tobacco Control (Council decision 2002/242)

Implementation of General Assembly resolutions 50/227 and 52/12 B

Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations

Report of the Secretary-General on assistance to the Palestinian people (Council resolution 2100 (LXIII))3

Regional cooperation

Report of the Secretary-General on regional cooperation (Council decision 1979/1)

Summaries of the surveys of economic conditions in the five regions prepared by the regional commissions (Council resolution 1724 (LIII))

Non-governmental organizations

Report of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (Council resolutions 3 (II) and 1996/31 and Council decision 1995/304)

Economic and environmental questions

Sustainable development

Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development on its twelfth session (Council decision 1993/207)

Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its sixth session (Council resolutions 1079 (XXXIX),

1625 (LI) and 2000/34)

Science and technology for development

Report of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development on its seventh session (General Assembly resolution 46/235, annex, para. 7 (a) (v))

United Nations Forum on Forests

Report of the United Nations Forum on Forests on its fourth session (Council resolution 2000/35)

Population and development

Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its thirty-sixth session (General Assembly resolution 49/128, para. 25, and Council decision 1995/209)

Statistics

Report of the Statistical Commission on its thirty-fifth session (Council resolutions 1768 (LIV) and 1999/8)

Environment

Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (General Assembly resolution 2997 (XXVII))3

Report of the Secretary-General on products harmful to health and the environment (General Assembly resolution 39/229 and Council resolution 2001/33)3

Human settlements

Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements (UN-Habitat) Programme on its nineteenth session (General Assembly resolutions 32/162 and 56/206)3

Social and human rights questions

Advancement of women

Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (article 21 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women)3

Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its forty-eighth session (Council resolutions 11 (II) and 1147 (XLI))

Report of the Board of Trustees of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (Council resolution 1998 (LX))

Social development

Report of the Commission for Social Development on its forty-second session (Council resolutions 10 (II) and 1996/7)

Crime prevention and criminal justice

Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its thirteenth session (Council resolution 1992/1)

Narcotic drugs

Report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its fortyseventh session (Council resolution 9 (I))

Report of the International Narcotics Control Board

(article 15 of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs,

1961; article 18 of the Convention on Psychotropic

Substances, 1971; and article 23 of the 1988 United

Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic

Drugs and Psychotropic Substances)

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees3

Human rights

Report of the Commission on Human Rights on its sixtieth session (Council resolutions 5 (I) and 9 (II))

Report of the Human Rights Committee (article 45 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights)3

Report of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Council resolutions 1988 (LX) and 1985/17)

Report of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (General Assembly resolution 44/25, annex)3

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (General Assembly resolution 48/141)3

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Report of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on its third session (Council resolution 2000/22)

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What other versions does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

Substantive session of 2004

A.High-level segment

B.Operational activities of the United Nations for international development cooperation segment

C.Coordination segment

D.Humanitarian affairs segment

E.General segment

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