Provisional Agenda for the Substantive Session of 2009 of the Economic and Social Council

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A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, published in 2009.

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At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 10 February 2009, the Economic and Social Council, having considered the proposed basic programme of work of the Council for 2009 and 2010,1 approved the following proposed provisional agenda and documentation for its substantive session of 2009.

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters

Documentation

Annotated provisional agenda for the substantive session of 2009

Status of documentation for the substantive session of 2009

1 See E/2009/1.

High-level segment

High-level policy dialogue with international financial and trade institutions

Documentation

World Economic and Social Survey 2009: overview (General Assembly resolutions 118 (II) and 52/180 and Council resolution 1983/50)

World economic situation and prospects, as of mid-2009

Thematic discussion: “Current global and national trends and their impact on social development, including public health”

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the theme (General Assembly resolution 61/16,

para. 2 (c), and Council decision 2008/257)

Relevant part of the report of the Committee for Development Policy on its eleventh session (Council resolutions 1079 (XXXIX) and 1998/46)

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

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 (General Assembly resolution 61/16,

para. 10, and Council decision 2007/272)

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 of the Secretary-General on comprehensive statistical analysis of the financing of operational activities for development of the United Nations system for 2007 (General Assembly resolutions 35/81, 59/250, 62/208 and 63/232)2

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

Report of the Secretary-General on results achieved and measures and processes implemented in follow-up to General Assembly resolution 62/208 on the triennial comprehensive policy review (General Assembly resolutions 62/208, para. 142, and 63/232, and Council resolution 2008/2)

Report of the Secretary-General on the functioning of the resident coordinator system,

including costs and benefits (General Assembly resolution 62/208, para. 93, and Council resolution 2008/2)

2 Submitted to the General Assembly through the Council.

Report of the Secretary-General on the human resources challenges within the United Nations development system at the country level and recommendations for improvements (General Assembly resolution 62/208, para. 125, and Council resolution 2008/2)

Report of the Secretary-General on actions taken by the executive boards and governing bodies of the United Nations funds, programmes and specialized agencies in the area of simplification and harmonization of the United Nations development system (General Assembly resolution 62/208, para. 112, and Council resolution 2008/2)

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

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 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 for 2008 (General Assembly resolutions 50/8 and 62/208 and Council resolution 1995/51)

South-South cooperation for development

Documentation

Report of the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation on its sixteenth session (General Assembly resolution 33/134) 2

Coordination segment

The role of the United Nations system in implementing the ministerial declaration of the high-level segment of the substantive session of 2008 of the Council

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General (Council resolution 2008/29)

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 relevant General Assembly resolutions,3 including resolution 61/16 (Council resolution 2008/29) (see also items 6, 8, 13 and 14)

Humanitarian affairs segment

Special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the theme (to be decided) (General Assembly resolution 52/12 B and Council decision 1999/208)

Report of the Secretary-General on the progress made in the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (Council resolution 2008/36) 2

General segment

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

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 relevant General Assembly resolutions,3 including resolution 61/16 (Council resolution 2008/29) (see also items 4, 8, 13 and 14)

Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development

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Summary by the President of the Economic and Social Council of the special highlevel meeting of the Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (27 April 2009) (General Assembly resolution 58/230)2

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 63/227 and Council resolution 2008/37) 2

Coordination, programme and other questions

Reports of coordination bodies

Documentation

Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its forty-ninth session (Council resolution 2008 (LX))

Annual overview report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2008/09 (Council decision 2001/321)

Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2010–2011

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

3 General Assembly resolutions 50/227, 52/12 B, 57/270 B and 60/265.

International cooperation in the field of informatics

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the action taken in follow-up to 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 2008/6)

Long-term programme of support for Haiti

Documentation

Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti (Council resolution 2008/10)

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

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system (General Assembly resolution 63/159 and Council resolution 2008/34)

African countries emerging from conflict

Documentation

No request for advance documentation

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

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 63/140 and Council resolution 2100 (LXIII))2

Report of the President of the 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 2008/15)

Report of the Secretary-General on support to Non-Self-Governing Territories by the specialized agencies and international institutions associated with the United Nations (Council resolution 2008/15)

Regional cooperation

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

The economic situation in the Economic Commission for Europe region: Europe, North America and the Commonwealth of Independent States in 2008–2009

Overview of the economic and social conditions in Africa, 2009

Summary of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2009

Latin America and the Caribbean: economic situation and outlook, 2009–2010

Summary of the survey of economic and social developments in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia region, 2008–2009

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 permanent 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 East Jerusalem, and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General2 (Council resolution 2008/31)

Non-governmental organizations

Documentation

Report of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations on its 2009 regular session (Council resolutions 3 (II) and 1996/31 and decisions 1995/304 and 2008/228)

Report of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations on its resumed 2009 session (Council resolutions 3 (II) and 1996/31 and decisions 1995/304 and 2008/228)

Economic and environmental questions

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Sustainable development

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development on its seventeenth session (Council decisions 1993/207 and 2008/237)

Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its eleventh session (Council resolutions 1079 (XXXIX) and 1998/46)

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 resolutions 46/235, annex, and 56/182)

Statistics

Documentation

Report of the Statistical Commission on its fortieth session (Council resolutions 8 (I),

8 (II) and 1566 (L) and Council decision 2008/238)

Human settlements

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda (Council decision 2008/239)2

Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) on its twenty-second session (General Assembly resolution 56/206)2

Environment

Documentation

Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its twenty-fifth session (General Assembly resolutions 2997 (XXVII), 53/242 and 63/220)2

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 2008/240)

Public administration and development

Documentation

Report of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration on its eighth session (Council decision 2008/254)

International cooperation in tax matters

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Report of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters on its fourth session (Council resolution 2008/16)

United Nations Forum on Forests

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Report of the United Nations Forum on Forests on its eighth session (Council decision 2007/274)

Assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions

Documentation

No request for advance documentation

Cartography

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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))

Report of the ninth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for the Americas (Council resolutions 715 A (XXVII) and 1314 (XLIV))

Report of the eighteenth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific (Council resolutions 715 A (XXVII) and 1314 (XLIV))

Women and development

Documentation

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

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

Documentation

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) and Council decision 2008/236)

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)2

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 and decision 2008/244)

Crime prevention and criminal justice

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its eighteenth session (Council resolution 1992/1 and decision 2008/245)

Narcotic drugs

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its fifty-second session (Council resolution 9 (I) and decision 2008/247)

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 58/153)

Comprehensive implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

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No request for advance documentation

Human rights

Documentation

Report of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on its fortieth and forty-first sessions (Council resolutions 1988 (LX) and 1985/17)

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (General Assembly resolution 48/141)2

Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children (General Assembly resolution 62/141, sect. III)2

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

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Report of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on its eighth session (Council resolution 2000/22 and decisions 2008/250 and 2008/251)

United Nations research and training institutes

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

Report of the Rector of the United Nations University (General Assembly resolution 61/216)

Report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (General Assembly resolution 62/210)

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