Provisional Agenda and Documentation for the Substantive Session of 2010 of the Economic and Social Council

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A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, published in 2011.

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2011	E/DEC/2011/203	Provisional agenda and documentation for the substantive session of 2011 of the Economic and Social Council	5,324	37%Compare
2011	E/DEC/2010/203	Provisional agenda and documentation for the substantive session of 2010 of the Economic and Social Council	2,978	43%Compare
2008	E/DEC/2007/209	Provisional agenda and documentation for the substantive session of 2007 of the Economic and Social Council	2,831	–

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At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 9 February 2010, the Economic and Social Council, having considered the proposed basic programme of work of the Council for 2010 and 2011,1 approved the following proposed provisional agenda and documentation for its substantive session of 2010:

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters

Documentation

Annotated provisional agenda for the substantive session of 2010

Proposed programme of work for the substantive session of 2010

Status of documentation for the substantive session of 2010

High-level segment

High-level policy dialogue with international financial and trade institutions

Documentation

World Economic and Social Survey, 2010 (General Assembly resolutions 118 (II) and 52/180 and Council resolution 1983/50)

World Economic Situation and Prospects, 2010 (General Assembly resolution 118 (II)

and Council resolution 1990/52)

1 See E/2010/1.

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(b)

Development Cooperation Forum

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on trends and progress in international development cooperation (General Assembly resolution 61/16)

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

Annual ministerial review:

Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to gender equality and empowerment of women

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the theme (General Assembly resolution 61/16 and Council decision 2008/258)

Thematic discussion:

Current global and national trends and challenges and their impact on gender equality and empowerment of women

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the theme (General Assembly resolution 61/16 and Council decision 2009/210)

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

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

Operational activities segment

Operational activities of the United Nations for international development cooperation

Documentation

Report of the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation on its sixteenth session (General Assembly resolution 33/134 and Council decision 2009/216)2

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 2008 (General Assemblyresolutions 35/81, 59/250, 62/208, 63/232 and 63/311)2

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

including costs and benefits (General Assembly resolution 62/208 and Council resolutions 2008/2 and 2009/1)

Report of the Secretary-General on results achieved and measures and processes implemented in follow-up to General Assembly resolution 62/208 (General Assembly resolutions 62/208 and 63/232 and Council resolution 2009/1)

2 Submitted to the General Assembly through the Council.

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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 and Council resolutions 2008/2 and 2009/1)

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 2009 and its first regular and annual sessions of 2010 (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 2009 and its first regular and annual sessions of 2010 (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 2009 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 2009 (General Assembly resolutions 50/8 and 62/208 and Council resolution 1995/51)

Coordination segment

The role of the United Nations system in implementing the ministerial declaration of the high-level segment of the substantive session of 2009 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 and follow-up to the outcomes of major United Nations conferences and summits, in the light of relevant General Assembly resolutions,3 including resolution 61/16 (Council resolution 2009/29) (see also items 6, 8 and 13)

Report of the Secretary-General on the status of the implementation of and follow-up to General Assembly resolution 64/187 on information and communications technologies for development (General Assembly resolution 64/187)

Report of the Secretary-General on recovering from the crisis: a Global Jobs Pact (Council resolution 2009/5) (see also item 6 (a))

Report of the Chair of the Committee on World Food Security on the implementation of the reform of and on progress made towards achieving the vision of the Committee (General Assembly resolution 64/224)

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

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Humanitarian affairs segment

Special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (General Assembly resolution 52/12 B,

Council decision 1999/208 and Council resolution 2009/3)

General segment

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

Documentation

Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on recovering from the crisis: a Global Jobs Pact (Council resolution 2009/5) (see also item 4)

Summary by the President of the Economic and Social Council of the special high-level meeting of the Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (General Assembly resolutions 58/230 and 62/187)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 62/203 and Council resolution 2009/31)2

Coordination, programme and other questions

Reports of coordination bodies

Documentation

Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its fiftieth session (General Assembly resolution 31/93 and Council resolution 2008 (LX))

Annual overview report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2009/10 (Council decision 2001/321)

Proposed strategic framework for the period 2012–2013

Documentation

Relevant sections of the proposed strategic framework for the period 2012–2013 (General Assembly resolution 58/269 and Council resolution 1988/77)

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(c)

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 2009/9)

Long-term programme of support for Haiti

Documentation

Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti (Council resolution 2009/4)

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

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General (General Assembly resolution 62/137 and Council resolution 2009/12)

African countries emerging from conflict

Documentation

No request for advance documentation

Tobacco or health

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the Ad Hoc Inter-Agency Task Force on Tobacco Control (Council decision 2008/232)

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 64/125 and Council resolution 2100 (LXIII))2

Report of the President of the Council on consultations held with the Chair 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 2009/33)

Report of the Secretary-General on support to Non-Self-Governing Territories by the specialized agencies and international institutions associated with the United Nations (General Assembly resolution 64/99)

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Regional cooperation:

[Theme(s) to be selected]

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General (General Assembly resolution 1823 (XVII), Council resolution 1817 (LV) and Council decision 1979/1)

The economic situation in the Economic Commission for Europe region: Europe, North America and the Commonwealth of Independent States (General Assembly resolution 1823 (XVII), Council resolution 1817 (LV) and Council decision 1979/1)

Overview of the economic and social conditions in Africa (General Assembly resolution 1823 (XVII), Council resolution 1817 (LV) and Council decision 1979/1)

Summary of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific (General Assembly resolution 1823 (XVII), Council resolution 1817 (LV) and Council decision 1979/1)

Latin America and the Caribbean: economic situation and outlook (General Assembly resolution 1823 (XVII), Council resolution 1817 (LV) and Council decision 1979/1)

Summary of the survey of economic and social developments in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia region (General Assembly resolution 1823 (XVII), Council resolution 1817 (LV) and Council decision 1979/1)

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-General (Council resolution 2009/34)2

Non-governmental organizations

Documentation

Report of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations on its regular session of 2010 (Council resolutions 3 (II) and 1996/31 and Council decisions 1995/304 and 2009/229)

Report of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations on its resumed session of 2010 (Council resolutions 3 (II) and 1996/31 and Council decisions 1995/304 and 2009/229)

Economic and environmental questions

Documentation

Sustainable development

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development on its eighteenth session (Council decisions 1993/207 and 2009/235)

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Report of the Secretary-General on the review of United Nations support for small island developing States (Council resolution 2009/17)

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

Science and technology for development

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development on its thirteenth session (General Assembly resolutions 46/235, annex, and 56/182 and Council decision 2009/219)

Report of the Secretary-General containing an executive summary on the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society by each United Nations agency and programme (submitted through the Commission on Science and Technology for Development pursuant to Council resolution 2009/7)

Report of the Secretary-General on enhanced cooperation on public policy issues pertaining to the Internet (Council decision 2009/220)

Statistics

Documentation

Report of the Statistical Commission on its forty-first session (Council resolutions 8 (I), 8 (II) and 1566 (L) and Council decision 2009/237)

Human settlements

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda (Council decision 2009/238)2

Environment

Documentation

Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum on its eleventh special session (General Assembly resolutions 2997 (XXVII), 53/242 and 64/204)2

Report of the United Nations Environment Programme on the chemicals volume of the Consolidated List of Products Whose Consumption and/or Sale Have Been Banned, Withdrawn, Severely Restricted or Not Approved by Governments (Council resolution 2008/13)

Report of the World Health Organization on the pharmaceuticals volume of the Consolidated List: protection against products harmful to health and the environment (Council resolution 2008/13)

Population and development

Documentation

Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its forty-third session (General Assemblyresolution 49/128 and Council decision 2009/239)

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Public administration and development

Documentation

Report of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration on its ninth session (Council resolutions 2001/45, 2003/60 and 2009/18)

International cooperation in tax matters

Documentation

Report of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters on its fifth session (Council resolution 2004/69 and Council decision 2009/265)

Assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions

Documentation

No request for advance documentation

Cartography

Documentation

Report of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names on the work of its twenty-sixth session (Council resolutions 715A(XXVII) and 1314 (XLIV) and Council decision 2009/269)

Women and development

Documentation

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

Social and human rights questions

Advancement of women

Documentation

Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-fourth session (Council resolutions 11 (II) and 1147 (XLI) and Council decision 2009/232)

Report of the Executive Board of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women on its seventh session (General Assembly resolution 59/260 and Council resolutions 1998 (LX) and 2003/57)

Note by the Secretariat transmitting the outcomes of the forty-fourth and forty-fifth sessions 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

Social development

Documentation

Report of the Commission for Social Development on its forty-eighth session (Council resolutions 10 (II) and 1996/7 and Council decision 2009/244)

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Documentation

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

Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its nineteenth session (Council resolution 1992/1 and Council decision 2009/246)

Report of the Secretary-General on capital punishment and implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty (Council resolution 1745 (LIV))

Narcotic drugs

Documentation

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

Report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its fifty-third session (Council resolution 9 (I) and Council decision 2009/248)

Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2009 (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

Documentation

No request for advance documentation

Human rights

Documentation

Report of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on its forty-second, forty-third and forty-fourth sessions (Council resolutions 1988 (LX), 1985/17 and 1995/39)

Report of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on its fifty-third and fifty-fourth sessions (General Assembly resolution 44/25, annex)2

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

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Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Documentation

Report of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on its ninth session (Council resolution 2000/22 and Council decisions 2009/254 and 2009/255)

Genetic privacy and non-discrimination

Documentation

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on relevant developments in the field of genetic privacy and non-discrimination and on a possible inter-agency coordination mechanism (Council decision 2008/233)

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