Report of the Statistical Commission on Its 40th Session and Provisional Agenda and Dates for the 41st Session of the Commission

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

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

What’s in this document?

39 operative paragraphs

At its 42nd plenary meeting, on 29 July 2009, the Economic and Social Council:

(a) Took note of the report of the Statistical Commission on its fortieth session;35

(b) Decided that the forty-first session of the Commission would be held in New York from 23 to 26 February 2010;

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: quality assurance frameworks.

Documentation

Report of the programme reviewer

Demographic and social statistics:

Population and housing censuses;

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General

Employment statistics;

Documentation

Report of the International Labour Organization

35 Ibid., Supplement No. 4 (E/2009/24).

Social statistics;

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General

Statistics on drugs and drug use and crime statistics;

Documentation

Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Washington Group on Disability Measurement;

Documentation

Report of the Washington Group on Disability Measurement

Migration statistics;

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General

Culture statistics;

Documentation

Report of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Gender statistics.

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General

Economic statistics:

National accounts;

Documentation

Report of the Intersecretariat Working Group on National Accounts

Agricultural statistics;

Documentation

Report of the Friends of the Chair on agricultural statistics

Report of the Wye Group on statistics on rural development and agriculture household income

Industrial statistics;

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General

International merchandise trade statistics;

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General

Statistics of international trade in services;

Documentation

Report of the Task Force on Statistics of International Trade in Services

Statistics of services;

Documentation

Report of the Intersecretariat Working Group on Services Statistics

Report of the Voorburg Group on Services Statistics

Tourism statistics;

Documentation

Report of the World Tourism Organization

Finance statistics;

Documentation

Report of the International Monetary Fund

International Comparison Programme;

Documentation

Report of the World Bank

Ottawa Group on Price Indexes;

Documentation

Report of the Ottawa Group on Price Indexes

Delhi Group on Informal Sector Statistics;

Documentation

Report of the Delhi Group on Informal Sector Statistics

Integrated economic statistics;

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General

Information and communications technologies statistics.

Documentation

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

Natural resources and environment statistics:

Environmental statistics;

Documentation

Report of the Intersecretariat Working Group on Environment Statistics

Environmental accounting;

Documentation

Report of the Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting

Report of the London Group on Environmental Accounting

Climate change statistics.

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General

Activities not classified by field:

World Statistics Day;

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General

Coordination and integration of statistical programmes;

Documentation

Report of the Committee on the Coordination of Statistical Activities

International economic and social classifications;

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General

Development indicators;

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General

Follow-up to Economic and Social Council policy decisions;

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General

Regional statistical development.

Documentation

Report of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Programme questions (United Nations Statistics Division).

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

Documentation

Note by the Secretariat containing the draft provisional agenda for the forty-second 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 forty-first session.

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What’s in this document?

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