2010 COORDINATION SEGMENT

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The 2010 coordination segment focused on two main substantive areas:

  • Follow up to the 2009 Ministerial Declaration on “implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to global public health”

  • Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development

In addition, the annual overview report of the UN system Chief Executive Board for Coordination (CEB) was presented to the Council.

In its consideration of these issues, the segment provided an opportunity to:

  • Assess the UN system role and activities in a broad range of policy areas relevant to development;
  • Identify areas where the UN system should promote more comprehensive and effective approaches;
  • Recommend ways in which support by the UN system in the areas of global public health and financing for development can be strengthened against the backdrop of current challenges;

The Secretary-General's report on “the role of the United Nations system in implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to global public health” will provide the background analysis for the debate on that issue.  
 

The segment also reviewed progress made by the Council in promoting the integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the major UN Conferences and Summits.  An updated report of the Secretary-General was presented under this item.

Under the financing for development agenda item, the Council will consider the 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, held in April 2010, as well as a report of the Secretary-General entitled “Recovering from the Crisis: a Global Jobs Pact”.

The work of the Coordination Segment was complemented by the following panels:

Programme


STATEMENTS

6 July 2010

Morning session

Opening Statement by H.E. Mr. Morten Wetland, Vice-President of ECOSOC

Introduction of the reports of the Secretary-General by Mr. Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, DESA

Address by Mr. Antonio Marzano, President of the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (AICESIS)

Interactive Plenary: “Towards a United Nations comprehensive policy response to global health challenges”

Chairperson/Moderator: H.E. Mr. Morten Wetland, Vice-President of ECOSOC

Presenters: 

Afternoon session

Interactive Plenary: “Coordinating efforts for achieving the health-related MDGs”

Chairperson: H.E. Mr. Morten Wetland, Vice-President of ECOSOC

Moderator: Dr. Tore Godal, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Norway

Panelists:

Discussant:

  • H.E. Mr. Leonard J. Edwards, Personal Representative of the Prime Minister of Canada for the G-8 and G-20 Summits

General debate

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7 July 2010

Morning session

Presentation of the CEB annual overview report by Mr. Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General For Policy Coordination And Inter-Agency Affairs, DESA

Introduction of the report on the Global Jobs Pact by Mr. Assane Diop, Executive Director and Assistant Director General, Social Protection, ILO

Panel discussion on “Operationalizing the United Nations  system’s short- and long-term responses to the economic and financial crisis”: Progress towards implementing the Social Protection Initiative and the Global Jobs Pact” 

Chairperson/Moderator: H.E. Mr. Morten Wetland, Vice-President of ECOSOC

Presenters:

General debate

Afternoon session

Financing for development

Interactive Plenary: “South-South Cooperation and Financing for Development: Investment, Trade and Technology Transfer”

Chairpersons:

  • H.E. Mr. Morten Wetland, Vice-President of ECOSOC
  • H.E. Mr. Maged A. Abdelaziz, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations

Presenters:

  • Mr. Heiner Flassbeck, Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
  • Mr. Ajay Singh, Reddy Laboratories, India

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8 July 2010

Morning session

Interactive Plenary: “Global Economic Governance”

Chairperson/Moderator: H.E. Mr. Morten Wetland, Vice-President of ECOSOC

Presenters:

  • Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
  • H.E. Mr. Vanu Gopala Menon, Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations
  • Mr. Michael Green, Economic Commentator on Global Finance, International Development and Philanthropy

Afternoon session

General Debate

Adoption of the outcome and conclusion of the coordination segment Closing of the Segment

  • Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
  • H.E. Mr. Morten Wetland, Vice-President of ECOSOC

INFORMAL SUMMARIES

DOCUMENTATION

4. The role of the United Nations system in implementing the ministerial declaration of the high -level segment of the 2009 substantive session of the Council

  • Report of the Secretary-General on the role of the United Nations system in implementing the ministerial declaration of the 2009 substantive session of the Economic and Social Council (E/2010/85)
  • Updated report of the Secretary-General on the role of the Economic and Social 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 (A/65/84-E/2010/90)
  • Theme of the Coordination Segment: Implementing the internationally agreed development goals and commitments in regard to global public health - Conference Room Paper (E/2010/CRP.3)

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 items 4 and 8) (A/65/84-E/2010/90)

6.a. Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development

  • Report of the Secretary-General: Recovering from the crisis: a Global Jobs Pact (E/2010/64)
  • Summary by the President of the Council of the special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (A/65/81-E/2010/83)

7.a. Reports of coordination bodies

  • Annual overview report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2009/10 (E/2010/69)

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 Economic and Social 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 items 4 and 6) (A/65/84-E/2010/90)

The Council also heard an address by Mr. Antonio Marzano, President of the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and similar Institutions (AICESIS).

For information on the coordination segment, please contact Mr. Marc-André Dorel, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, ECOSOC and Interorganizational Cooperation Branch, Office of ECOSOC Support and Coordination (212) 963-7204, @email or write to ecosocinfo@un.org.