At its 12th plenary meeting, on 21 July 2021, the Economic and Social Council, noting that the Economic Commission for Europe, at its sixty-ninth session, held on 20 and 21 April 2021, had endorsed the updated United Nations Framework Classification for Resources of 2019,59 recommended that the updated Framework Classification be disseminated widely, invited States Members of the United Nations, international organizations and the regional commissions to consider the possibility of taking appropriate measures to ensure the application of the updated Framework Classification in countries worldwide, and proposed to the Council that it recommend the application of the updated Framework Classification worldwide, noting also that this proposal does not have financial implications, and recalling its decisions 1997/226 of 18 July 1997 and 2004/233 of 16 July 2004, invited States Members of the United Nations, international organizations and the regional commissions to consider the possibility of taking appropriate measures to ensure the application of the updated Framework Classification worldwide.
