Further revised working arrangements for the 2020 session of the Economic and Social Council and sessions of its subsidiary bodies — E/RES/2020/4 | UN Mandate Registry
Further Revised Working Arrangements for the 2020 Session of the Economic and Social Council and Sessions of Its Subsidiary Bodies
Decides to further adjust the working arrangements for the 2020 session of the Economic and Social Council, for meetings scheduled to be held in June and July, as follows:
a
The following meetings of the Council will be held as informal meetings through the use of a virtual platform:
i
Informal meeting of the forum on financing for development follow-up on the theme “Financing a sustainable recovery from COVID-19” (Tuesday, 2 June 2020);
ii
Management segment meeting(s) (Wednesday, 3 June 2020);
iii
Council event to discuss the transition from relief to development (Monday, 8 June 2020);
iv
Humanitarian affairs segment (Tuesday, 9 June, to Thursday, 11 June 2020);
b
The dedicated management meeting to fill remaining vacancies in subsidiary bodies of the Council and related bodies for which secret balloting is required will be held as soon as feasible when conditions allow for the convening of an in-person meeting of the Council at United Nations Headquarters;
c
The following meetings and forums of the Council will be held on the dates decided in its resolution 2020/1, in an adjusted format, as applicable, with final modalities to be decided by the Bureau of the Council, following consultations with Member States, taking into account the possibility of meeting at United Nations Headquarters in July and the availability of conference services, as follows:
i
A further meeting of the operational activities for development segment will be held, with the timing and modalities to be decided by the Bureau of the Council;
ii
Integration segment (Monday, 6 July 2020);
iii
High-level political forum on sustainable development, convened under the auspices of the Council (Tuesday, 7 July, to Monday, 13 July 2020);
iv
High-level segment of the Council, including the three-day ministerial segment of the high-level political forum on sustainable development, convened under the auspices of the Council (Tuesday, 14 July, to Friday, 17 July 2020);
v
Remaining meetings of the management segment (Tuesday, 21 July, and Wednesday, 22 July 2020);
vi
Organizational session regarding the programme of work of the Council from July 2020 to July 2021 (Thursday, 23 July 2020);
d
The youth forum will be deferred to the 2021 session of the Council;1
1Subject to the decision of the Council on the working arrangements for its 2021 session.
2
Also decides, following consultations with the Chairs of the bodies concerned, to adjust the working arrangements for subsidiary bodies of the Council meeting in New York, as follows:
a
Should conditions allow for the convening of in-person meetings at United Nations Headquarters, and taking into account the availability of conference services, short procedural meetings of the Commission on the Status of Women and the Commission on Population and Development will be held on a date to be decided, before 21 July 2020, in order to adopt procedural and other decisions; should the convening of in-person meetings not be possible, these bodies may consider holding informal meetings using a virtual platform and should consider proposals for adoption through a silence procedure pursuant to Council decision 2020/206;
b
The United Nations Forum on Forests will not hold a meeting of its fifteenth session during the 2020 session of the Council and will consider proposals through a silence procedure pursuant to Council decision 2020/206;
c
Following consultations with the Chairs of the bodies concerned, the meetings of these subsidiary bodies of the Council will be held as follows:
i
The Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters will hold informal meetings in June and July 2020 using a virtual platform and will take decisions remotely through a procedure to be agreed by the Committee;
ii
Should conditions allow for the convening of in-person meetings at United Nations Headquarters, and taking into account the availability of conference services, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations will, on an exceptional basis, hold its 2020 resumed session in August 2020, during the 2021 session of the Council;
3
Decides to keep the present working arrangements under review.
