2007 GENERAL SEGMENT | Economic and Social Council

The ECOSOC General Segment took place on 19 - 26 July 2007. It was the venue for the management and oversight function of ECOSOC. ECOSOC adopted decisions on a range of recommendations contained in part I of the report of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (E/2007/32), and decided to grant consultative status to 89 non-governmental organizations. The Council decided after the voting, to grant consultative status to “Coalition gaie et lesbienne du Québec“and “Swedish federation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trangender rights“. ECOSOC adopted by consensus a decision to withdraw the consultative status of Liberal International for one year.

The Council took action on draft resolutions submitted to it by its functional commissions (Statistical Commission; Commission on Population and Development; Commission for Social Development; Commission on the Status of Women; Commission on Narcotic Drugs; Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice; Commission on Science and Technology for Development; Commission on Sustainable Development; United Nations Forum on Forests).

ECOSOC decided to extend the mandates of the Ad Hoc Advisory Groups (, ) until its substantive session in July 2008.

It considered and adopted texts on the reports of other UN entities working in the development field, among them UNAIDS and UN-Habitat. Considering regional cooperation issues, the Council adopted two resolutions, on the review of the intergovernmental machinery of the Economic Commission for Africa and on the admission of the Republic of Korea as a Member State of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

ECOSOC adopted a resolution on the economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan, in which it called for the lifting of the severe restrictions imposed on the Palestinian people to alleviate the desperate humanitarian situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

The Council took up issues on international cooperation in the field of informatics and science and technology for development, and adopted decisions on the flow of information for the follow-up to the World Summit on the Information Society.

ECOSOC considered the issue of mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system.

It considered and adopted a text on the review and coordination of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010.

PROGRAMME

DOCUMENTATION

ITEM 6 - Implementation of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits

Updated report of the Secretary-General on the role of the Council in the integrated and coordinated implementation of the outcomes of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits, in the light of General Assembly resolutions 50/227 , 52/12 B , 57/270 B and 60/265 (E/2007/76)
Note by the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations transmitting the report of the Committee on World Food Security of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the progress in the implementation of the World Food Summit Plan of Action (E/2007/74)

ITEM 6 (a) - Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development

Summary by the President of the Council of the special high-level meeting of the Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (A/62/76-E/2007/55) (A/62/76/Corr.1–E/2007/55/Corr.1)
Letter dated 4 April 2007 from the Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (A/62/71-E/2007/46)

ITEM 6 (b) - Review and coordination of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010

Report of the Secretary-General on the Implementation of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits: review and coordination of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 –– Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 (A/62/79–E/2007/63)

ITEM 7 - Coordination, programme and other questions:

ITEM 7 (a) - Reports of coordination bodies

Annual overview report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2006/07 (E/2007/69)
Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its forty-seventh session (A/62/16)

ITEM 7 (b) - Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009

Relevant sections of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009 (see relevant fascicles of A/62/6, A/62/6(Sect.9), A/62/6(Sect.10), A/62/6(Sect.12), A/62/6(Sect.21), A/62/6(Sect.23), A/62/6(Sect.26))

ITEM 7 (c) - International cooperation in the field of informatics

Report of the Secretary-General on international cooperation in the field of informatics (E/2007/59)

ITEM 7 (d) - Long-term programme of support for Haiti

Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti (E/2007/78)

ITEM 7 (e) - Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system

Report of the Secretary-General on mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes of the United Nations system (E/2007/64)

ITEM 7 (f) - Information and Communication Technologies Task Force

Updated report of the Secretary-General on the role of the Council in the integrated and coordinated implementation of the outcomes of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits, in the light of General Assembly resolutions 50/227 , 52/12 B , 57/270 B and 60/265 (E/2007/76)
First annual report of the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (E/2007/CRP.4)

ITEM 7 (g) - Ad hoc advisory groups on African countries emerging from conflict

Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Guinea-Bissau (E/2007/57)

ITEM 7 (h) - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) (E/2007/56)

ITEM 7 (i) - Calendar of conferences and meetings in the economic, social and related fields

Draft calendar of conferences and meetings in the economic, social and related fields for 2008 and 2009 (E/2007/L.10)
Letter from the Chairman of the Committee on Conferences to the President of the Council

ITEM 8 - Implementation of General Assembly resolutions 50/227 , 52/12 B , 57/270 B and 60/265

Updated report of the Secretary-General on the role of the Council in the integrated and coordinated implementation of the outcomes of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits, in the light of General Assembly resolutions 50/227 , 52/12 B , 57/270 B, 60/265 and Council decision 2006/251 (E/2007/76)

ITEM 9 - Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations

Report of the Secretary-General on assistance to the Palestinian people (A/62/82-E/2007/66)
Report of the President of the Council on consultations with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (E/2007/47)
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations (A/62/65)

ITEM 10 - Regional cooperation

Report of the Secretary-General on regional cooperation in the economic, social and related fields (E/2007/15) (E/2007/15/Add.1 and E/2007/15/Add.2)
Economic developments in the Economic Commission for Europe region (E/2007/16)
Overview of the survey of economic and social conditions in Africa 2007 (E/2007/17)
Summary of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2007 (E/2007/18)
Latin America and the Caribbean: economic situation and outlook, 2006-2007 (E/2007/19)
Summary of the survey of economic and social developments in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia region, 2006-2007 (E/2007/20)
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Executive Secretaries of the Economic Commission for Africa and the Economic Commission for Europe on project for a Europe-Africa fixed link through the Strait of Gibraltar: report on studies and activities carried out during the period 2005‑2006 (E/2007/21)

ITEM 11 - Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem , and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan

Note by the Secretary-General on the economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan (A/62/75-E/2007/13)

ITEM 12 - Non-governmental organizations

Report of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations on the first part of its 2007 regular session (E/2007/32 (Part I) and Corr.1)

ITEM 13 - Economic and environmental questions:

Updated report of the Secretary-General on the role of the Council in the integrated and coordinated implementation of the outcomes of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits, in the light of General Assembly resolutions 50/227 , 52/12 B , 57/270 B, 60/265 and Council decision 2006/251 (E/2007/76)

ITEM 13 (a) - Sustainable development

Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development on its fifteenth session (E/2007/29-E/CN.17/2007/15)-(E/2007/29 (SUPP)-E/CN.17/2007/15)
Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its eighth and ninth sessions ( ITEM 13 (b) - Science and technology for development
- Report of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development on its tenth session (E/2007/31 (SUPP) - E/CN.16/2007/4 (SUPP))
ITEM 13 (c) – Statistics
- Report of the Statistical Commission on its thirty-eighth session (E/2007/24)
ITEM 13 (d) – Human settlements
- Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (A/62/8(SUPP))
- Report of the Secretary-General on the coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda (E/2007/58)
- Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (A/62/8 and Corr.1)
ITEM 13 (e) – Environment
- Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its twenty-fourth regular session (E/2007/62)
ITEM 13 (f) – Population and development
- Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its fortieth session (E/2007/25)
ITEM 13 (g) – Public administration and development
- Report of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration on its sixth session (E/2007/44(SUPP) - E/C.16/2007/6(SUPP))
ITEM 13 (h) – International cooperation in tax matters
- Report of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters on its second session (E/2006/45)
ITEM 13 (i) – United Nations Forum on Forests
- Report of the United Nations Forum on Forests on its seventh session (E/2007/42)
ITEM 13 (j) – Assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions
No request for advance documentation
ITEM 13 (k) – Cartography
- Report of the Secretary-General on the Seventeenth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific ( ITEM 13 (l) – Women and development
  - Relevant sections of the report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-first session ( ITEM 13 (m) – Transport of dangerous goods
    - Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals ITEM 14 – Social and human rights questions:
      - Updated report of the Secretary-General on the role of the Council in the integrated and coordinated implementation of the outcomes of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits, in the light of General Assembly resolutions 50/227 , 52/12 B , 57/270 B, 60/265 and Council decision 2006/251 (E/2007/76)
      ITEM 14 (a) – Advancement of women
      - Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-first session (E/2007/27)
      - Report of the Secretary-General on mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes of the United Nations system (E/2007/64)
      - Note by the Secretary-General on results of the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (E/2007/75)
      - Report of the Executive Board of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women on its fourth session (E/2007/79)
      ITEM 14 (b) – Social development
      - Report of the Commission for Social Development on its forty-fifth session (E/2007/26)
      - Report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond (A/62/61-E/2007/7)
      ITEM 14 (c) – Crime prevention and criminal justice
      - Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its sixteenth session (E/2007/30 - E/CN.15/2007/17)
      ITEM 14 (d) – Social and human rights questions: narcotic drugs
      - Report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its fiftieth session (E/2007/28 and Corr.1)
      - Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2006 (E/INCB/2006/1)
      - Identical letters dated 30 May 2007 from the President of the International Narcotics Control Board to the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Economic and Social Council (A/62/90–E/2007/72)
      ITEM 14 (e) – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
      - Letter dated 8 January 2007 from the Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (E/2007/11)
      ITEM 14 (f) – Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action - No request for advance documentation
      ITEM 14 (g) – Human Rights
      - Report of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on its thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh sessions (E/2007/22)
      - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
      ITEM 14 (h) – Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
      - Report of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on its sixth session (E/2007/43 - E/C.19/2007/12) (E/2007/43 (SUPP) - E/C.19/2007/12 (SUPP))
      ITEM 14 (i) – Genetic privacy and non‑discrimination
      - Report of the Secretary-General on genetic privacy and non-discrimination (E/2007/65) (E/2007/65/Add.1)
      ITEM 15 – United Nations research and training institutes
      - Report of the Director of the United Nations System Staff College on its work, activities and accomplishments (E/2007/60)

OUTCOME

The draft resolutions and decisions adopted from agenda item 6 to item 15 can be downloaded from the unedited advanced version of the 2007 resolutions and decisions. The official version of this document will be released shortly.