Review of the intergovernmental structure of the Economic Commission for Africa pursuant to Commission resolutions 943 (XLIX) and 957 (LI) — E/RES/2019/31 | UN Mandate Registry
Review of the Intergovernmental Structure of the Economic Commission for Africa Pursuant to Commission Resolutions 943 (Xlix) and 957 (Li)
Endorses the adjustments to the intergovernmental structure of the Economic Commission for Africa, as set out in Commission resolution 966 (LII), annexed to the present resolution.
Resolution 966 (LII) Review of the intergovernmental structure of the Economic Commission for Africa pursuant to its resolutions 943 (XLIX) and 957 (LI)
The Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development,
Recalling its resolution 908 (XLVI) of 26 March 2013, in which the Commission mandated the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa to realign the programmes and priorities of the Commission to the new strategic orientation, with a view to supporting the transformative development agenda of the African Union,
Recalling also its resolution 943 (XLIX) of 5 April 2016, in which it requested the Executive Secretary of the Commission to undertake an independent, comprehensive and thorough review of the intergovernmental structure of the Commission, including its intergovernmental committees of experts,
Recalling further its resolution 957 (LI) of 15 May 2018, in which it decided to grant additional time to the Commission to conduct further review and analysis of the intergovernmental structure of the Commission, and requested the Executive Secretary to report to the Conference of Ministers at its next session on restructuring the conference structure and subsidiary bodies of the Commission, including the intergovernmental committees of experts,
Taking note of General Assembly resolution 72/279 of 31 May 2018, in which the Assembly reaffirmed the role and functions of the United Nations development system at the regional level, including the regional economic commissions and the regional teams of the United Nations development system, emphasized the need to address gaps and overlaps at the regional level, and endorsed a phased approach to revamping the United Nations development system at the regional level,
Noting the new strategic directions of the Economic Commission for Africa for an empowered and transformed Africa and the structural reform of the secretariat of the Commission to deliver ideas and actions for an empowered, inclusive and transformed Africa in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development1 and Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want, through its three core functions, namely, its function as a think tank, its convening function and its operational function,2
Takes note of the review of the intergovernmental structure, its findings and recommendations;
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Endorses the following adjustments to the intergovernmental structure of the Economic Commission for Africa:
a
To organize the sectoral subsidiary organs as follows:
i
Committee on Economic Governance;
ii
Committee on Statistics and Data;
iii
Committee on Private Sector Development, Regional Integration, Trade, Infrastructure, Industry and Technology;
iv
Committee on Climate Change, Blue Economy, Agriculture and Natural Resource Management;
v
Committee on Social Development, Poverty and Gender;
b
To change the name of the subregional intergovernmental committees of experts to “intergovernmental committees of senior officials and experts”, with a view to ensuring effective policy uptake and greater participation of senior government officials in the committees.
