Documents/action during the 2025 session of ECOSOC

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ESCAP inputs to the 2025 HLPF

Infographic to the 2025 Coordination Segment

Report on the Twelfth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development

81st session (21 – 25 April 2025), Bangkok. Theme: Regional cooperation for resilient and sustainable urban development in Asia and the Pacific.

Report of the Secretary-General on regional cooperation in the economic, social and related fields [E/2025/15 and E/2025/15/Add.1/Rev.1]   

Summary of the work of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific for the period 2024‒2025 [E/2025/18

Resolutions/decisions adopted by the Council at the 2025 Management Segment as recommended by the Commission on its 81st session [E/2025/15/Add.1/Rev.1, chap. I, sect. D]   16   29 July 2025

E/RES/2025/29: Dates, venue of and theme for the eighty-second session of the Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific

Further resolutions/decisions adopted by ESCAP on its 81st session [E/2025/15/Add.1/Rev.1, chap. II, and E/2025/39, E/2025/39/CORR.1]: 

Resolution 81/1: Advancing the sustainable development of middle-income countries in Asia and the Pacific 

Resolution 81/2: Regional cooperation for resilient and sustainable urban development in Asia and the Pacific

Resolution 81/3: Strengthening cooperation on the water and climate change nexus for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific 

Resolution 81/4: Astana Ministerial Declaration on Digital Inclusion and Transformation in Asia and the Pacific

Decision 81/1: Current and emerging policy issues for inclusive and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific 

Decision 81/2: Subregional perspectives on current and emerging policy issues for inclusive and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific 

Decision 81/3: Summary of the theme study on regional cooperation for resilient and sustainable urban development in Asia and the Pacific 

Decision 81/4: Summary of the Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report 2025: Harnessing a New Generation of Programmes of Action for Sustainable Development Ambitions 

Decision 81/5:Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia at its nineteenth session 

Decision 81/6: Twelfth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 

Decision 81/7: Eighth session of the Committee on Social Development

Decision 81/8: Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on the Beijing+30 Review 

Decision 81/9: Second Asia-Pacific Regional Review of Implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration 

Decision 81/10: Eighth session of the Committee on Environment and Development

Decision 81/11: Twentieth session of the Governing Council of the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization 

Decision 81/12: Ninth session of the Governing Council of the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management 

Decision 81/13: Eighth session of the Committee on Transport 

Decision 81/14: Twentieth session of the Governing Council of the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology 

Decision 81/15: Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Digital Inclusion and Transformation 

Decision 81/16: Nineteenth session of the Governing Council of the Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development 

Decision  81/17: Ninth session of the Committee on Statistics

Decision 81/18: Twentieth session of the Governing Council of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific 

Decision 81/19: Other documents on the review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific and issues pertinent to the subsidiary structure of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 

Decision 81/20: Proposed programme plan for 2026 

Decision 81/21: Overview of partnerships, extrabudgetary contributions and capacity development 

Decision 81/22: Evaluation of the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management 

Decision 81/23: Evaluation of the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization 

Decision 81/24: Evaluation of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific 

Decision 81/25: Midpoint review of the conference structure of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 

Decision 81/26: Clarifying the working methods of the committees subsidiary to the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 

Decision 81/27: Renaming the Special Body on Least Developed, Landlocked Developing and Small Island Developing States 

Decision 81/28: Report of the Advisory Committee of Permanent Representatives and Other Representatives Designated by Members of the Commission 

Decision 81/29: Dates and venue of and theme for the eighty-second session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (2026)  

Further resources:

ESCAP website

Regional Commissions New York Office (RCNYO)

The UN Regional Commissions -- Summaries of Work, Resolutions and Decisions