Basic Programme of Work of the Economic and Social Council for 2009

E/DEC/2008/205View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, published in 2008.

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?

140 paragraphs

At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 5 February 2008, the Economic and Social Council took note of the following questions for inclusion in the programme of work of the Council for 2009 and list of documents for each agenda item:2

Substantive session of 2009

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters

Documentation

No request for advance documentation

A.High-level segment

High-level policy dialogue with international financial and trade institutions

Documentation

World Economic and Social Survey 2009

Thematic discussion

[To be decided]

Annual ministerial review: “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to global public health”

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the theme (Council decision 2007/272)

World Economic and Social Survey 2009

Relevant part of the report of the Committee for Development Policy on its eleventh 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

Follow-up to policy recommendations of the General Assembly and the Council

Documentation

Report on trends and perspectives in funding for development cooperation (General Assembly resolution 59/250, para. 23)

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 2008 and on its first regular session and annual session of 2009 (General Assembly resolutions 48/162, annex I, and 62/208 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 62/208 and Council resolution 1995/51)

Reports of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund on its second regular session of 2008 and on its first regular session and annual session of 2009 (General Assembly resolutions 48/162, annex I, and 62/208 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 62/208 and Council resolution 1995/51)

Report of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme on its 2008 sessions (General Assembly resolutions 48/162, annex I, and 62/208 and Council resolution 1995/51)

Annual report of the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (General Assembly resolutions 50/8 and 62/208 and Council resolution 1995/51)

South-South cooperation for development

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 of the 2008 Ministerial Declaration “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to sustainable development” (Council decision 2007/272)

D.Humanitarian affairs segment

Special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance

[Theme/themes to be selected]

E.General segment

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

Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development

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 61/1 and Council decision 2001/320)3

Coordination, programme and other questions

Reports of coordination bodies

Documentation

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

Annual overview report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2008

Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2010–2011

Documentation

Relevant sections of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2010–2011 (General Assembly resolution 58/269 and Council resolution 1988/77)

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

Ad hoc advisory groups on African countries emerging from conflict

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Documentation

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) (Council resolution 2007/32)

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 2010 and 2011 (Council decision 52 (LVII))

Implementation of General Assembly resolutions 50/227, 52/12 B, 57/270 B and 60/265

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))3

Regional cooperation

[Theme/themes to be selected]

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))

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Executive Secretaries of the Economic Commission for Africa and the Economic Commission for Europe on the project for a Europe-Africa fixed link through the Strait of Gibraltar (Council resolution 2007/16)

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-General3

Non-governmental organizations

Documentation

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

Documentation

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

Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its eleventh session (Council resolution 1079 (XXXIX))

Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the work of the United Nations Public-Private Alliance for Rural Development (Council resolution 2007/36)

Science and technology for development

Documentation

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

Statistics

Documentation

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

Human settlements

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda3

Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (General Assembly resolution 56/206)3

Environment

Documentation

Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its twenty-fifth session (General Assembly resolutions 2997 (XXVII) and 53/242)3

Population and development

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its forty-second 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 eighth 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 on its fourth session (Council resolution 2004/69)

United Nations Forum on Forests

Documentation

Report of the United Nations Forum on Forests on its eighth session (Council resolution 2000/35 and Council decision 2007/273)

Assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions

Cartography

Documentation

Report of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names on the work of its twenty-fifth session (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 2007/6)

Social and human rights questions

Advancement of women

Documentation

Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-third 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)3

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-seventh 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 eighteenth session (Council resolution 1992/1)

Narcotic drugs

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its fifty-second 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 resolution 58/153)

Human rights

Documentation

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)3

Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children (General Assembly resolution 62/141)3

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Documentation

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

United Nations research and training institutes

Documentation

Report of the United Nations System Staff College in Turin, Italy (General Assembly resolution 60/214)

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (General Assembly resolution 62/210)

Report of the Council of the United Nations University (General Assembly resolution 61/216, para. 15)

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 2009

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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