Follow-Up to the Implementation of General Assembly Resolution 61/16 on the Strengthening of the Economic and Social Council

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Bretton Woods Institutions Budget Contributions Regional Commissions

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73 paragraphs

At its 48th plenary meeting, on 15 December 2006, the Economic and Social Council decided:

(a) To defer consideration of the focus of its 2007 thematic discussion and the theme for its 2007 annual ministerial review to the first meeting of its organizational session for 2007;

(b) To devote consideration of the theme “The role of the United Nations system in promoting full and productive employment and decent work for all” at the coordination segment of its substantive session of 2007;

(c) To approve the contributions of relevant subsidiary bodies of the Economic and Social Council, including functional and regional commissions, and the organizations of the United Nations system to the annual ministerial-level substantive review and the Development Cooperation Forum as follows:

(i) Decided, in accordance with paragraph 8, on annual ministerial-level substantive reviews, of General Assembly resolution 61/16 of 20 November 2006:

To urge its functional commissions and other relevant subsidiary bodies and follow-up mechanisms, as appropriate, to contribute, in accordance with their mandates and taking into account their specificity, to the assessment;

To invite the organizations of the United Nations system, including the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organization, to contribute within their respective mandates to the consideration by the Council;

(ii) Also decided, in accordance with paragraph 9 of General Assembly resolution 61/16,

to urge the regional commissions, in collaboration with other regional and subregional organizations and processes, as appropriate, to contribute, within their mandates, to the review of progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields and to provide input to the discussions of the Economic and Social Council in accordance with its rules of procedure;

(iii) Further decided that this decision should apply to the first annual ministerial-level substantive review and the Development Cooperation Forum to be held in 2007, without prejudice to the future modalities of interaction between the Economic and Social Council and its subsidiary bodies beyond the substantive session of 2007 of the Council.

COMMISSION ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMME COORDINATING BOARD OF THE JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME

COMMITTEE FOR PROGRAMME AND COORDINATION

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

REPUBLIC OF) and POLAND.

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

JAMAICA, MEXICO, NAMIBIA, NEPAL, SPAIN and UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN

CAMBODIA, GABON, NAMIBIA, NIGER, PAKISTAN, PARAGUAY, SPAIN and TURKEY.

COMMISSION ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

GUATEMALA, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF), JAMAICA, NIGERIA, REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA, SAUDI ARABIA, SIERRA LEONE, SOUTH AFRICA, TURKEY, UKRAINE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

RICA, CROATIA, FRANCE, GAMBIA, GUATEMALA, GUINEA, HAITI, INDIA, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF), JAPAN, NETHERLANDS, POLAND, SOUTH AFRICA and SWEDEN.

COMMISSION ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT 1 January 2007: BELARUS, CHINA, CUBA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EL SALVADOR, ERITREA, FRANCE, GERMANY, INDIA, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF), LATVIA, LESOTHO, MALAYSIA, TUNISIA

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS on 1 January 2007: ANGOLA, BURUNDI, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CUBA, DOMINICA, EGYPT, GUINEA, INDIA, ISRAEL, PAKISTAN, PERU, QATAR, ROMANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SUDAN, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP OF EXPERTS ON INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING 1 January 2007: BENIN, BURUNDI, CYPRUS, NIGERIA, POLAND, SLOVAKIA and TUNISIA.

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND on 1 January 2007: BAHAMAS, CAMEROON, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CROATIA, ETHIOPIA, INDIA, IRELAND, MALAYSIA, MALI, MAURITANIA, MYANMAR, PORTUGAL, SWEDEN and UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE PROGRAMME OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME/UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND on 1 January 2007: ANGOLA, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, BHUTAN, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHINA, GERMANY, GREECE, INDIA, MALAWI, SENEGAL, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO,7 SOMALIA, SPAIN and SWEDEN.

EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME 1 January 2007: CAPE VERDE, INDIA, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF), NEW ZEALAND, RUSSIAN FEDERATION and SWEDEN.

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD

EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

COMMITTEE FOR THE UNITED NATIONS POPULATION AWARD 1 January 2007: BANGLADESH, HAITI, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF), PERU and SWEDEN.

PROGRAMME COORDINATING BOARD OF THE JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME

1 January 2007: BELGIUM, EL SALVADOR, JAPAN, MYANMAR, SENEGAL, SLOVAKIA and ZAMBIA.

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME

1 January 2007: BURUNDI, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, INDONESIA, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF), JAPAN, MAURITANIA, NIGER, PAKISTAN, POLAND, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SENEGAL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and ZIMBABWE.

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION

BRAZIL, GUINEA-BISSAU, INDONESIA, POLAND and SRI LANKA.

COMMITTEE FOR PROGRAMME AND COORDINATION

FEDERATION and ZIMBABWE.

COMMITTEE FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY

COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN TAX MATTERS

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME

COMMITTEE FOR PROGRAMME AND COORDINATION

PROVISIONAL AGENDA AND DOCUMENTATION FOR THE 2007 SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE FIFTEENTH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

PROVISIONAL AGENDA AND DOCUMENTATION FOR THE THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION OF THE STATISTICAL COMMISSION

PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE FORTIETH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

PROVISIONAL AGENDA AND DOCUMENTATION FOR THE FIFTY-FIRST SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN

PROVISIONAL AGENDA AND DOCUMENTATION FOR THE FORTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

PROVISIONAL AGENDA AND DOCUMENTATION FOR THE SIXTEENTH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE FIFTIETH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS

PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS FORUM ON FORESTS

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

COMMITTEE FOR PROGRAMME AND COORDINATION

COMMITTEE FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

COMMISSION ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT

EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

COMMITTEE FOR THE UNITED NATIONS POPULATION AWARD

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME/ UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION

COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN TAX MATTERS

PROVISIONAL AGENDA AND DOCUMENTATION FOR THE SIXTH SESSION OF THE PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

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