At its 9th plenary meeting, on 16 February 2022, the Economic and Social Council, on the proposal of the Vice- President (Bulgaria), recalling its decisions 2020/205 of 3 April 2020, 2021/213 of 24 February 2021, 2021/224 of 8 June 2021, 2022/308 of 1 November 2021 and 2022/312 of 16 February 2022, and taking note of the letter dated 19 January 2022 from the Vice-Chair of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council and the letter dated 26 January 2022 from the Chair of the Statistical Commission addressed to the President of the Council: