Basic Programme of Work of the Economic and Social Council for 2007

E/DEC/2006/209View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

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

What other versions does this mandate have?

24 versions · 1991–2014

This is an older version — the most recent is E/DEC/2013/206

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What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject

Documents

What’s in this document?

136 paragraphs

At its 3rd plenary meeting, on 10 February 2006, the Economic and Social Council took note of the list of questions for inclusion in the programme of work of the Council for 2007:5

Substantive session of 2007

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 2008 substantive session of the Council (General Assembly resolution 50/227, annex I)

A.High-level segment

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the theme [theme to be selected]

World Economic and Social Survey, 2007 (chap. I)

Relevant part of the report of the Committee for Development Policy on its ninth session

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

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 and the Council

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the triennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system (General Assembly resolutions 35/81, 53/192, 56/201 and 59/250, para. 103)

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 2006 and on its first regular session and annual session of 2007 (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 2006 and on its first regular session and annual session of 2007 (General Assembly resolutions 48/162, annex I, and 59/250, and Council resolution 1995/51)

5 See E/2006/1, sect. II.

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 2006 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)

Economic and technical cooperation among developing countries

Documentation

Report of the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation (General Assembly resolution 33/134)

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

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the theme [theme 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 the 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

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)

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Committee on World Food Security (Council decision 1999/212)

Coordination, programme and other questions

Reports of coordination bodies

Documentation

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

Annual overview report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2006

Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008–2009

Documentation

Relevant sections of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008–2009

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

Ad hoc advisory groups on African countries emerging from conflict

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

Documentation

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (Council resolution 2005/47)

Calendar of conferences and meetings in the economic, social and related fields

Documentation

Draft calendar of conferences and meetings in the economic, social and related fields for 2008 and 2009 (Council decision 52 (LVII))

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

Documentation

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

Regional cooperation

Documentation

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

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

Report of the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Executive Secretaries of the Economic Commission for Europe and the Economic Commission for Africa on the followup to the project for a Europe-Africa fixed link through the Strait of Gibraltar (Council resolution 2005/34)

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

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

Sustainable development

Documentation

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

Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its ninth session (Council resolutions 1079 (XXXIX), 1625 (LI) and 2000/34)

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Public-Private Alliance for Rural Development (Council resolution 2005/42)

Science and technology for development

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development on its tenth session (General Assembly resolution 46/235, annex)

United Nations Forum on Forests

Documentation

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

Population and development

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its fortieth session (General Assembly resolution 49/128 and Council decision 1995/209)

Public administration and development

Documentation

Report of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration on its sixth session (Council resolutions 2001/45 and 2003/60)

International cooperation in tax matters

Documentation

Report of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (Council resolution 2004/69)

Statistics

Documentation

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

Environment

Documentation

Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its twenty-fourth regular session (General Assembly resolution 2997 (XXVII))

Report of the Secretary-General on protection against products harmful to health and the environment (General Assembly resolution 39/229 and Council resolution 2004/55)

Human settlements

Documentation

Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (General Assembly resolution 56/206)

Cartography

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the ninth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names (Council resolutions 715 A (XXVII) and 1314 (XLIV))

Transport of dangerous goods

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (Council resolution 2005/53)

Social and human rights questions

Advancement of women

Documentation

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

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 resolution 1998 (LX))

Social development

Documentation

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

Crime prevention and criminal justice

Documentation

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

Narcotic drugs

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its fiftieth 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

Oral report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (General Assembly resolutions 58/153, 59/172 and 60/128)

Human rights

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Human Rights on its sixty-third 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 sixth session (Council resolution 2000/22)

Genetic privacy and non-discrimination

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General (Council resolution 2004/9)

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What other versions does this mandate have?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

Substantive session of 2007

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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