2009 GENERAL SEGMENT

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Date: - Location: Geneva

At the General Segment, to be held from 23 to 30 July 2009 in Geneva, the Council will review the reports of its subsidiary bodies and of other United Nations entities working in the economic and social fields.  The subsidiary bodies include the Council’s functional commissions, regional commissions, expert and ad hoc bodies.

The Council will also review, inter alia, progress made in the implementation of the Brussels Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries as well as the coordinated implementation of the Habitat agenda.  The question of mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the UN system will also be discussed.

The Council will discuss the work of coordination bodies, such as the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination.   It will consider the report of its Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti and will be informed by the Peacebuilding Commission about the economic and social aspects of peacebuilding in African countries emerging from conflict.

Programme 

 

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Matrix of actions 

 

Documentation

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 relevant General Assembly resolutions, including resolution 61/16 (see also under item 4 and item 8)
  • Letter dated 21 October 2008 from the Permanent Representatives of Norway and the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (A/63/538-E/2009/4)

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

  • Summary by the President of the Economic and Social 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/64/76-E/2009/60)

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

  • Annual progress report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 (A/64/80-E/2009/79)

7. Coordination, programme and other questions

  • Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on the Junior Professional Officer/Associate Expert/Associate Professional Officer Programmes in United Nations system organizations (JIU/REP/2008/2) (A/64/82-E/2009/82 and Add.1)

(a) Reports of coordination bodies

  • Annual overview report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2008/2009 (E/2009/67)
  • Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its forty-ninth session (A/64/16)

(b) Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2010-2011

  • Relevant sections of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2010-2011 (see relevant fascicles of A/64/6)

(c) International cooperation in the field of informatics

  • Report of the Secretary-General on the action taken in respect of the need to harmonize and improve United Nations informatics systems for optimal utilization and accessibility by all States, including the findings of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Informatics and an assessment of its work and mandate (E/2009/21)

(d) Long-term programme of support for Haiti

  • Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti (E/2009/105)

(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 in the United Nations system (E/2009/71)

(f) Ad hoc advisory groups on African countries emerging from conflict

Documentation

No request for advance documentation

(g) 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/2009/70)

(h) 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 2010 and 2011 (E/2009/L.10)

8. Implementation of General Assembly resolutions 50/227, 52/12 B, 57/270 B and 60/265, including 61/16

  • Report of the Secretary-General on the role of the United Nations system in implementing the ministerial declaration of the substantive session of 2008 of the Economic and Social Council (E/2009/56)
  • 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, including resolution 61/16 (A/64/87-E/2009/89)

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/64/78 - E/2009/66)
  • Report of the President of the Council on consultations held with the Chairman of 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/2009/69)
  • 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 international institutions associated with the United Nations (A/64/62)

10. Regional cooperation

  • Report of the Secretary-General on regional cooperation in the economic, social and related fields (E/2009/15 and addenda)
  • The economic situation in the Economic Commission for Europe region: Europe, North America and the Commonwealth of Independent States in 2008-2009 (E/2009/16)
  • Overview of the economic and social conditions in Africa, 2009 (E/2009/17)
  • Summary of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, 2009 (E/2009/18)
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: economic situation and outlook, 2009-2010 (E/2009/19)
  • Summary of the survey of economic and social developments in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia region, 2008-2009 (E/2009/20)
  • 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 the project for a Europe-Africa permanent link through the Strait of Gibraltar (E/2009/63)

11. 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

  • Report of 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 East Jerusalem, and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan. (A/64/77 - E/2009/13)

12. Non-governmental organizations

  • Report of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations on its 2009 regular session (E/2009/32 (Part I))
  • Report of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations on its resumed 2009 session (E/2009/32 (Part II))

13. Economic and environmental questions

(a) Sustainable development

  • Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development on its seventeenth session (E/2009/29)
  • Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its eleventh session (E/2009/33)
  • Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the work of the United Nations Public-Private Alliance for Rural Development (E/2009/72)

(b) Science and technology for development

  • Report of the Secretary-General on enhanced cooperation on public policy issues pertaining to the internet (E/2009/92)
  • Report of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development on its twelfth session (E/2009/31)

(c) Statistics

  • Report of the Statistical Commission on its fortieth session (E/2009/24)

(d) Human settlements

  • Report of the Secretary-General on the coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda (E/2009/80)
  • Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) on its twenty-second session (A/64/8/Supp)

(e) Environment

  • Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its twenty-fifth session (A/63/25)
  • Report of the Joint Inspection Unit on the management review of environmental governance within the United Nations system (JIU/REP/2008/3) (A/64/83 - E/2009/83)

(f) Population and development

(g) Public administration and development

  • Report of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration on its eighth session (E/2009/44)

(h) International cooperation in tax matters

  • Report of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters on its fourth session (E/2008/45, Supplement No. 25)

(i) United Nations Forum on Forests

  • Report of the United Nations Forum on Forests on its eighth session (E/2009/42)

(j) Assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions

Documentation

No request for advance documentation

(k) Cartography

  • Report of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names on the work of its twenty-fifth session (E/2009/58)
  • Report of the Ninth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for the Americas
  • Report of the Eighteenth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific

(l) Women and development

  • Relevant sections of the report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-third session (E/2009/27)

(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 (E/2009/55)

14. Social and human rights questions

(a) Advancement of women

  • Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-third session (E/2009/27)
  • Report of the Executive Board of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (E/2009/62)
  • Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report on the future operation of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (A/64/79-E/2009/74)

(b) Social development

  • Report of the Commission for Social Development on its forty-seventh session (E/2009/26, Supplement No. 6)
  • Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth: progress and constraints with respect to the well-being of youth and their role in civil society (A/64/61-E/2009/3)

(c) Crime prevention and criminal justice

  • Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its eighteenth session (E/2009/30)

(d) Narcotic drugs

  • Report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its fifty-second session (E/2009/28)
  • Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2008 (E/INCB/2008/1)
  • Report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on the outcome of the high-level segment of the fifty-second session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on progress achieved in meeting the goals and targets set out in the Political Declaration adopted by the General Assembly at its twentieth special session (A/64/92-E/2009/98)
  • Note by the Secretary-General on the proposal of amendments by Bolivia to article 49, paragraphs 1 (c) and 2 (e), of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 (New York, 8 August 1975) (E/2009/78)

(e) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

  • Letter dated 10 March 2009 from the Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (E/2009/47)
  • Oral report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

(f) Comprehensive implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

Documentation

No advance documentation has been requested

(g) Human rights

  • Report of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on its fortieth and forty-first sessions (E/2009/22, Supplement No. 2)
  • Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on implementation of economic, social and cultural rights (E/2009/90)
  • Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children

(h) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

  • Report of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on its eighth session (E/2009/43)

15. United Nations research and training institutes

  • Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 62/210 on the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (E/2009/57)
  • Report of the United Nations System Staff College in Turin, Italy (E/2009/77)
  • Report of the Council of the United Nations University (E/2009/84)

For more information, please contact Mr. Marc-Andre Dorel, Economic Affairs Officer, ECOSOC and Interorganizational Cooperation Branch, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination at ecosocinfo@un.org