Provisional Agenda for the 2006 Substantive Session of the Economic and Social Council

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A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, published in 2007.

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At its 3rd plenary meeting, on 10 February 2006, the Economic and Social Council, having considered document E/2006/1,3 approved the following provisional agenda and documentation for its substantive session of 2006:

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters

Documentation

Note by the Secretary-General on the proposed theme for the high-level segment of the 2007 substantive session of the Council (General Assembly resolution 50/227, annex I)

High-level segment

Creating an environment at the national and international levels conducive to generating full and productive employment and decent work for all, and its impact on sustainable development

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General (Council decision 2005/313)

1 See General Assembly resolution 60/1.

2 E/2006/11.

3 Proposed basic programme of work of the Economic and Social Council for 2006 and 2007.

World Economic and Social Survey, 2006 (chap. I)

Relevant part of the report of the Committee for Development Policy on its eighth session (Council decision 2005/306)

Relevant part of the report of the Secretary-General on regional cooperation (Council decision 2004/323)

Operational activities of the United Nations for international development cooperation segment

Operational activities of the United Nations for international development cooperation

Follow-up to policy recommendations of the General Assembly and the Council4 (a)

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on comprehensive statistical data on operational activities for development of the United Nations system (General Assembly resolutions 35/81,

59/250, para. 22, and Council resolution 2005/7)

Report of the Secretary-General on the comprehensive review of trends and perspectives in funding for development cooperation (General Assembly resolution 59/250, para. 23)

Report of the Secretary-General on the progress of implementation of General Assembly resolution 59/250 on the triennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system (General Assembly resolution 59/250, para. 102,

and Council resolution 2005/7)

Consolidated list of issues related to the coordination of operational activities (Council resolution 1998/27, para. 4)

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

Documentation

Reports of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund on its second regular session of 2005 and on its first regular session and annual session of 2006 (General Assembly resolutions 48/162, annex I, and 59/250, and Council resolution 1995/51)

Annual report 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 59/250, and Council resolution 1995/51)

Reports of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund on its second regular session of 2005 and on its first regular session and annual session of 2006 (General Assembly resolutions 48/162, annex I, and 59/250, 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 59/250, and Council resolution 1995/51)

Report of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme on its 2005 sessions (General Assembly resolutions 48/162, annex I, and 59/250, and Council resolution 1995/51)

Annual report of the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (General Assembly resolutions 50/8 and 59/250, and Council resolution 1995/51)

4 The Council will also have before it, under item 3 (a), the report of the Secretary-General on comprehensive statistical data on operational activities for development for 2003 (A/60/74-E/2005/57) and the report of the Secretary-General on funding options and modalities for financing operational activities for development of the United Nations system (A/60/83-E/2005/72) (General Assembly resolution 59/250, paras. 22 and 24, and decision 60/547).

Coordination segment

Sustained economic growth for social development, including the eradication of poverty and hunger

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General (Council decision 2005/221)

Humanitarian affairs segment

Special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the progress made in strengthening the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (General Assembly resolution 60/124 and Council resolution 2005/4)

Report of the Secretary-General on humanitarian assistance and rehabilitation for El Salvador and Guatemala (General Assembly resolution 60/220)

Report of the Secretary-General on strengthening relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction and prevention in the aftermath of the South Asian earthquake disaster — Pakistan (General Assembly resolution 60/13)

Report of the Secretary-General on strengthening emergency relief, rehabilitation,

reconstruction and prevention in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster (General Assembly resolution 60/15)

General segment

Implementation of and follow-up to major international United Nations conferences and summits

Documentation

Updated report of the Secretary-General on the role of the Economic and Social Council in the integrated and coordinated implementation of the outcomes of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits in the light of General Assembly resolutions 50/227, 52/12 B and 57/270 B (Council resolution 2005/48) (also under item 8)

Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development

Documentation

Summary by the President of the Economic and Social Council of the special high-level meeting of the Council with the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organization (General Assembly resolution 58/230 and Council resolution 2004/64)

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

Documentation

Annual progress report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001–2010 (General Assembly resolution 60/228 and Council resolution 2005/44)

Coordination, programme and other questions

Reports of coordination bodies

Documentation

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

Annual overview report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2005

Proposed strategic framework for the biennium 2008–2009

Documentation

Relevant sections of the proposed strategic framework for the biennium 2008–2009 (General Assembly resolution 58/269 and Council resolution 1988/77)

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

International cooperation in the field of informatics

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the action taken to follow up on the need to harmonize and improve United Nations informatics systems for optimal utilization and accessibility by all States, including the findings of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Informatics and an assessment of its work and mandate (Council resolution 2005/12)

Long-term programme of support for Haiti

Documentation

Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti (Council resolution 2005/46)

Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, including progress in the area of gender mainstreaming (General Assembly resolution 60/140 and Council resolution 2005/31) (also under item 14 (a))

Information and Communication Technologies Task Force

Documentation

Annual report of the Secretary-General on the Information and Communication Technologies Task Force (Council decision 2001/210)

Ad hoc advisory groups on African countries emerging from conflict

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on further assessment of lessons learned from the experience of the ad hoc advisory groups, including progress made in the implementation of their mandate (Council resolution 2004/59)

Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Guinea-Bissau (Council resolution 2005/32)

Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Burundi (Council resolution 2005/33)

Tobacco or health

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Ad Hoc Inter-Agency Task Force on Tobacco Control (Council resolution 2004/62)

Implementation of General Assembly resolutions 50/227, 52/12 B and 57/270 B

Documentation

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

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on assistance to the Palestinian people (General Assembly resolution 60/126 and Council resolution 2100 (LXIII))

Report of the President of the Economic and Social Council on consultations held with the Chairman of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Council resolution 2005/49)

Report of the Secretary-General on the 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 (Council resolution 2005/49)

Regional cooperation

Documentation

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

Economic trends as well as risks and opportunities for the economies in the Economic Commission for Europe region

Summary of the survey of economic and social conditions in Africa, 2005

Summary of the survey of economic and social conditions in Asia and the Pacific, 2006

Summary of the economic survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2005

Summary of economic and social developments in the region of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, 2006–2007

Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Council resolution 2005/51

Non-governmental organizations

Documentation

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

Economic and environmental questions

Documentation

Consolidated report of the Secretary-General on the work of the functional commissions of the Council in 2006 (agreed conclusions 2002/1 of the Council and Council decision 2005/305) (also under item 14)

Sustainable development

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development on its fourteenth session (Council decisions 1993/207 and 2005/229)

Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its eighth session (Council resolutions 1079 (XXXIX) and 1998/46). At its resumed substantive session of 2005, the Council deferred consideration of the report of the Committee for Development Policy on its seventh session to a later date, with a view to concluding its deliberations before the commencement of the eighth session of the Committee (Council decision 2005/306)

Science and technology for development

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development on its ninth session (General Assembly resolution 46/235, annex, and Council decision 2005/309)

Statistics

Documentation

Report of the Statistical Commission on its thirty-seventh session (Council resolutions 8 (I),

8 (II) and 1566 (L) and decision 2005/244)

Human settlements

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda (Council decision 2005/298)

Environment

Documentation

Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its ninth special session (General Assembly resolutions 2997 (XXVII) and 53/242)

Population and development

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its thirty-ninth session (General Assembly resolution 49/128 and Council decision 2005/245)

Public administration and development

Documentation

Report of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration on its fifth session (Council resolution 2005/55)

International cooperation in tax matters

Documentation

Report of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters on its second session, to be held in Geneva from 4 to 8 December 2006 (Council resolution 2004/69) (the report will be considered at a later date owing to the late dates of the second session of the Committee)

United Nations Forum on Forests

Documentation

Report of the United Nations Forum on Forests on its sixth session (Council resolutions 2000/35 and 2005/29)

Assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions

Documentation

No request for advance documentation

Cartography

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the twenty-third session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names, Vienna, 28 March to 4 April 2006 (Council resolutions 715 A (XXVII) and 1314 (XLIV) and decision 2004/303)

Report of the Secretary-General on the seventeenth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, 18 to 22 September 2006 (Council resolutions 715 A (XXVII) and 1314 (XLIV) and Council decision 2004/304) (the report will be considered at a later date owing to the late dates of the Conference)

Women and development

Documentation

Relevant sections of the report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fiftieth session (General Assembly resolution 42/178 and Council resolution 1987/24)

Social and human rights questions

Documentation

Advancement of women

Documentation

Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fiftieth session (Council resolutions 11 (II) and 1147 (XLI) and decision 2005/299)

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)

Report of the Executive Board of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (Council resolutions 1998 (LX) and 2003/57)

Social development

Documentation

Report of the Commission for Social Development on its forty-fourth session (Council resolution 10 (II) and decision 2005/235)

Letter dated 30 June 2005 from the Director-General of the International Labour Organization addressed to the Secretary-General

Crime prevention and criminal justice

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its fifteenth session (Council resolution 1992/1 and decision 2005/249)

Narcotic drugs

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its forty-ninth session (Council resolution 9 (I) and decision 2005/250)

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

Documentation

Oral report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (General Assembly resolution 60/128)

Letter dated 8 March 2006 from the Deputy Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

Documentation

No request for advance documentation

Human rights

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Human Rights on its sixty-second 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)

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

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

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

annex)

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Documentation

Report of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on its fifth session (Council decision 2005/254)

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