Documentation Considered by the Economic and Social Council in Connection with the High-Level Segment of Its 2018 Session

E/DEC/2018/248View PDF

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A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda items 5 High-level segment and 5a Ministerial Meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, published in 2018.

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Sustainable Development

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At its 49th plenary meeting, held in parallel with the general debate of the high-level segment, on 19 July 2018, the Economic and Social Council took note of the following documents:

(a) Report of the Secretary-General on trends and progress in international development cooperation;44

43 E/INCB/2017/1.

44 E/2018/55.

(b) Report of the Secretary-General entitled “From global to local: supporting sustainable and resilient societies in urban and rural communities”;45

(d) Report of the Secretary-General on harnessing new technologies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals;47

(e) Note by the Secretary-General on discussions held during the twenty-first session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development on the theme of the 2018 session of the Economic and Social Council, “From global to local: supporting sustainable and resilient societies in urban and rural communities”;48

(f) Overview of the World Economic and Social Survey 2018: frontier technologies for sustainable development;49

(g) World economic situation and prospects as of mid-2018.50

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