At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 30 September 2016, the Economic and Social Council decided that the special responsibilities of the Bureau of the Council for the 2017 session would be as follows: the high-level segment and the high-level political forum on sustainable development for 2017, under the auspices of the Council, the multistakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, the Council forum on financing for development follow-up, as well as the organizational session regarding the programme of work of the Council from July 2017 to July 2018, would be the responsibility of the President, Frederick Musiiwa Makamure SHAVA (Zimbabwe); the operational activities for development segment would be the responsibility of the Vice- President, Cristián BARROS MELET (Chile); the integration segment would be the responsibility of the Vice-President, Nabeel MUNIR (Pakistan); the humanitarian affairs segment would be the responsibility of the Vice-President, Heiko THOMS (Germany);3 and the coordination and management meetings, including the elections to fill the vacancies in the subsidiary bodies of the Council, would be the responsibility of the Vice-President, Marie CHATARDOVÁ (Czechia).
