At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 30 January 2014, the Economic and Social Council, recalling General Assembly resolution 68/1 of 20 September 2013 on the review of the implementation of Assembly resolution 61/16 on the strengthening of the Council:
(a) Decided on the following working arrangements for its substantive session of 2014:
(i) The operational activities segment would be held from 24 to 26 February;
(ii) The special high-level meeting of the Council with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund,
the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development would be held
on 14 and 15 April;
(iii) The coordination and management meetings would be held from 23 to 25 April, on 12 and 13 June,
from 14 to 16 July and on 17 and 18 November;
(iv) The integration segment would be held from 27 to 29 May;
(v) The humanitarian affairs segment and the special event to discuss the transition from relief to
development would be held from 23 to 25 June;
(vi) The high-level segment, including the three-day ministerial meeting of the high-level political forum on
sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Council, as provided for in Assembly resolutions
67/290 of 9 July 2013 and 68/1 of 20 September 2013, would be held from 7 to 11 July;
(vii) The high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Council
would be held from 30 June to 9 July, with evening meetings on 30 June and 1 July, and the three-day
ministerial meeting of the forum would be held from 7 to 9 July;
(b) Also decided that the organizational session regarding the programme of work of the Council from July
2014 to July 2015 would be held on 21 and 22 July;
(c) Further decided that the partnership forum would be held on 9 and 10 April;
(d) Decided that the youth forum would be held on 2 and 3 June;
(e) Also decided that, in accordance with its resolution 2013/24 of 24 July 2013, the one-day meeting of the
Council to consider international cooperation in tax matters, including, as appropriate, its contribution to mobilizing
domestic financial resources for development and the institutional arrangements to promote such cooperation,
would be held on 5 June;
(f) Took note of the provisional agenda for 2014,2 on the understanding that the Council would review it for
