At the General Segment, held from 16 to 22 July 2010 in New York, the Council reviewed the reports of its subsidiary bodies and of other United Nations entities working in the economic and social fields. The subsidiary bodies included the Council’s functional commissions, regional commissions, expert and ad hoc bodies.
A series of events held during the General Segment. A joint meeting of ECOSOC and the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) will take place on the theme of “Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Conflict”. The objective of the meeting was to offer a joint analysis to Member States on how countries in or emerging from conflict could be supported to achieve the MDGs.
A briefing on cybersecurity (Statements) and a panel on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) were also be organized during the Segment.
Programme
Matrix of actions
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)
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) (A/65/84-E/2010/90)
(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 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/65/81-E/2010/83)
(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 the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 (A/65/80-E/2010/77)
7. Coordination, programme and other questions
(a) Reports of coordination bodies
- Annual overview report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2009/2010 (E/2010/69)
- Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its fiftieth session (A/65/16, Supp. No. 16)
(b) Proposed strategic framework for the period 2012-2013
- Relevant sections of the proposed strategic framework for the period 2012-2013 (relevant fascicles of A/65/6)
(c) International cooperation in the field of informatics
- Report of the Secretary-General: International cooperation in the field of informatics (E/2010/48)
(d) Long-term programme of support for Haiti
- Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti (E/2010/102)
(e) Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system
- Report of the Secretary-General on coordination, programme and other questions –– Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system (E/2010/57)
(f) African countries emerging from conflict
No request for advance documentation
(g) Tobacco or health
- Report of the Secretary -General on the Ad Hoc Inter-Agency Task Force on Tobacco Control (E/2010/55)
8. Implementation of General Assembly resolutions 50/227, 52/12 B, 57/270 B and 60/265, including 61/16
- 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 (see also under items 4 and 6) (A/65/84-E/2010/90)
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/65/77-E/2010/56)
- 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/2010/54)
- Report of the Secretary-General on support to Non-Self Governing Territories by the specialized agencies and international institutions associated with the United Nations (A/65/61)
10. Regional cooperation
- Report of the Secretary-General on regional cooperation in the economic, social and related fields (E/2010/15 and Add.1)
- The economic situation in the Economic Commission for Europe region: Europe, North America and the Commonwealth of Independent States (E/2010/16)
- Overview of the economic and social conditions in Africa (E/2010/17)
- Summary of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific (E/2010/18)
- Latin America and the Caribbean: economic situation and outlook (E/2010/19)
- Summary of the survey of economic and social developments in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia region (E/2010/20)
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/65/72 - E/2010/13)
12. Non-governmental organizations
- Report of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations on its 2010 regular session, New York, 25 January-3 February 2010 (E/2010/32, Supp. No. 12 (Part I))
- Report of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations on its resumed 2010 session, New York, 26 May-4 June 2010 (E/2010/32, Supp. No. 12 (Part II))
13. Economic and environmental questions
(a) Sustainable development
- Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development on its eighteenth session (E/2010/29, Supp. No. 9)
- Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its twelfth session (E/2010/33-SUPP)
- Note by Secretary-General: Reform of the Committee on World Food Security and progress made towards implementation (E/2010/51)
(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 thirteenth session, Geneva, 17-21 May 2010 (E/2010/31, Supp. No. 11)
- Report of the Secretary -General on progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society at the regional and international levels (A/65/64-E/2010/12)
- Report of the Secretary -General on enhanced cooperation on public policy issues pertaining to the Internet (E/2009/92)
- Report of the Secretary -General on the continuation of the Internet Governance Forum (A/65/78-E/2010/68)
(c) Statistics
- Report of the Statistical Commission on its forty-first session (E/2010/24)
(d) Human settlements
- Report of the Secretary-General on the coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda (E/2010/72)
(e) Environment
- Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme/Global Ministerial Environment Forum on its eleventh special session (Bali, Indonesia, 24-26 February 2010) (A/65/25, Supp. No. 25)
- Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the United Nations Environment Programme on protection against products harmful to health and the environment (E/2010/79)
- Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the World Health Organization on the pharmaceuticals volume of the Consolidated List: protection against products harmful to health and the environment (E/2010/84)
(f) Population and development
- Commission on Population and Development –– Report on the forty-third session (3 April 2009 and 12-16 April 2010) (E/2010/25–E/CN.9/2010/9)
(g) Public administration and development
- Report of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration on its ninth session, New York,
19-23 April 2010 (E/2010/44, Supp. No. 24)
(h) International cooperation in tax matters
- Report of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters on its fifth session, Geneva, 19-23 October 2009 (E/2009/45, Supp. No. 25)
(i) Assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions
No request for advance documentation
(j) Cartography
- Report of the Ninth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for the Americas (E/CONF.99/3)
- Report of the Eighteenth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific (E/CONF.100/9)
(k) Women and development
- Relevant sections of the report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-fourth session, New York, 1-12 March 2010 (E/2010/27, Supp. No. 7)
14. Social and human rights questions
(a) Advancement of women
- Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-fourth session, New York, 1-12 March 2010 (E/2010/27, Supp. No. 7)
- Report of the Executive Board of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women on its seventh session
- Note by the Secretariat transmitting the outcomes of the forty -fourth session (20 July -7 August 2009) and forty –fifth session (Geneva, 18 January-5 February 2010) of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (E/2010/74)
(b) Social development
(c) Social and human rights questions: crime prevention and criminal justice
- Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its reconvened eighteenth session, Vienna, 3-4 December 2009 (E/2009/30, Supp. No. 10, Add.1)
- Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its nineteenth session, Vienna, 17-21 May 2010 (E/2010/30, Supp. No. 10)
- Report of the Secretary-General: Capital punishment and implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty (E/2010/10)
(d) Narcotic drugs
- Report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its reconvened fifty-second session, Vienna, 1-2 December 2009 (E/2009/28, Supp. No. 8, Add.1)
- Report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its fifty-third session, Vienna, 8-19 March 2010 (E/2010/28)
- Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2009 (E/INCB/2009/1)
(e) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Oral report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(f) Comprehensive implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
No advance documentation has been requested
(g) Human rights
- Report of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on its forty-fourth session, Geneva, 3-16 May 2010 (E/2010/22, Supp. No. 2)
- Report of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, fifty-third and fifty-fourth sessions, Geneva (A/65/41, Supp. No. 41)
- Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (E/2010/89)
(h) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
- Report of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on its ninth session, New York, 19-30 April 2010 (E/2010/43, Supp. No. 23)
(i) Genetic privacy and non - discrimination
- Note by the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on genetic privacy and non-discrimination (E/2010/82)
For more information, please contact Mr. Marc-André Dorel, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, ECOSOC and Interorganizational Cooperation Branch and Lotta Tahtinen, Program Officer, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination at @email.