Report of the Statistical Commission on Its 39th Session and Provisional Agenda and Dates for the 40th Session of the Commision

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject

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What’s in this document?

40 operative paragraphs

At its 41st plenary meeting, on 23 July 2008, the Economic and Social Council:

(a) Took note of the report of the Statistical Commission on its thirty-ninth session;49

(b) Decided that the fortieth session of the Commission would be held in New York from 24 to 27 February 2009;

Election of officers.

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters.

Documentation

Provisional agenda and annotations

Note by the Secretariat on the organization of the work of the session

Note by the Secretariat on the state of preparation of documentation for the session

Programme review: climate change and official statistics.

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Report of the programme reviewer

Demographic and social statistics:

Population and housing censuses;

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Report of the Secretary-General

Human settlements statistics;

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Report of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Paris Group on Labour and Compensation;

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Report of the Paris Group on Labour and Compensation

Health statistics;

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Report of the Intersecretariat Working Group on Health Statistics

49 Ibid., Supplement No. 4 (E/2008/24).

Social statistics;

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Report of the Secretary-General

Education statistics;

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Report of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Statistics on drugs and drug use;

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Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Washington Group on Disability Measurement;

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Report of the Washington Group on Disability Measurement

Migration statistics;

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Report of the Secretary-General

Employment statistics;

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Report of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities

Gender statistics;

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Report of the Secretary-General on the Global Gender Statistics Programme

Report of the Friends of the Chair on the review of indicators on violence against women

Culture statistics.

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Report of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Economic statistics:

National accounts;

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Report of the Intersecretariat Working Group on National Accounts

Agricultural statistics;

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Report of the Secretary-General

Business registers;

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Report of the Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers

Energy statistics;

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Report of the Secretary-General

Report of the Oslo Group on Energy Statistics

Statistics of services;

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Report of the Intersecretariat Working Group on Services Statistics

Report of the Voorburg Group on Services Statistics

Information and communication technologies statistics;

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Report of the Partnership on Measuring Information and Communication Technologies for Development

International Comparison Programme;

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Report of the World Bank

Price statistics.

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Report of the Intersecretariat Working Group on Price Statistics

Natural resources and environment statistics:

Environmental accounting.

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Report of the Secretary-General

Activities not classified by field:

Coordination and integration of statistical programmes;

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Report of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities

Management issues in national statistical offices;

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Report of the Secretary-General

Implementation of the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics;

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Report of the Secretary-General

Common open standards for the exchange and sharing of data and metadata;

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Report of the Task Force to Establish Standards on Data and Metadata Exchange

Coordination of ongoing methodological work;

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Report of the Secretary-General

Statistical capacity-building;

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Report of the Secretary-General

Report of the Steering Committee of the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the Twenty-first Century

Development indicators;

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Report of the Secretary-General

Follow-up to Economic and Social Council policy decisions;

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Report of the Secretary-General

Working methods of the Statistical Commission;

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Report of the Secretary-General

Regional statistical development.

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Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Programme questions (United Nations Statistics Division).

Provisional agenda and dates for the forty-first session of the Commission.

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Note by the Secretariat containing the draft provisional agenda for the forty-first session of the Commission

Note by the Secretariat on the draft multi-year programme of work of the Commission

Report of the Commission on its fortieth session.

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

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