Integration Segment

WHAT?

The 2020 Integration Segment of ECOSOC, chaired by His Excellency Mher Margaryan, Vice-President of ECOSOC (Armenia), discussed the combined UN system’s analysis and policy proposals on the 2020 theme of ECOSOC and HLPF on “Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development”. The theme was addressed through the lens of overcoming the human crisis and recovering better from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

WHEN?

In line with the redefined mandate of the Integration Segment (A/RES/72/305), the 2020 Integration Segment was held immediately before the high-level political forum (HLPF) on 6 July 2020. In light of the limitations imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic on in-person meetings and international travel, and as per guidance of the UN Medical Director, the Integration Segment was convened entirely virtually.

HOW?

The 2020 ECOSOC Integration Segment brought together the key messages from the subsidiary bodies of the Council and the UN system on the 2020 theme of ECOSOC and HLPF. The Segment highlighted integrated policy solutions for COVID-19 response and building back better.  The outcome of the Segment is a summary by the Vice-President of ECOSOC, highlighting the main policy recommendations and providing policy guidance on the ECOSOC and HLPF theme through the lens of COVID-19. The ECOSOC Vice-President (Armenia) shared key messages emanating from the Segment at the High-level Political Forum on 7 July (statement).

• Summary
• Programme
• Concept note
• Archived Video
• UN News Coverage

Documentation

• Annual overview report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB)

Statements and Interventions

• H.E. Mr. Mher Margaryan, ECOSOC Vice-President and Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations (Opening; Closing)
• H.E. Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (Keynote address by recorded video message)
• Presentation of the annual overview report of the Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) by Ms. Simona Petrova, Secretary of CEB
• Mr. Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN-DESA  (Closing remarks) 
• Mr. Guy Ryder, Director-General, ILO (Panelist)
• Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator, UNDP (Panelist)
• H.E. Ms. Khojesta Fana Ebrahimkhel, Vice-Chair of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) and Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations and other International and Regional Organizations in Vienna (Panelist)
• Professor José Antonio Ocampo, Chairperson, UN Committee for Development Policy (Panelist)
• H.E. Mr. Kairat Umarov, Chair of the Group of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations  (Lead discussant)
• H.E. Ms. Kira Christianne Danganan Azucena, Chair of the Like-Minded Group of Countries Supporters of Middle-Income Countries, and Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations (Lead discussant)
• H.E. Ms. Lois Michele Young, Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and Permanent Representative of Belize to the United Nations (Lead discussant)
• H.E. Mr. Perks Master Clemency Ligoya, Chair of the Group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Malawi to the United Nations (Lead discussant)
• Intervention on behalf of Group of 77 and China by Ambassador Neil Pierre of the Permanent Mission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the United Nations
• Colombia (Intervention)
• Mr. Daniel Perell, Baha'i International Community (Civil Society)
• Ms. Monica Jahangir-Chowdhury, Representative to the United Nations, International Movement ATD Fourth World (Civil Society)

Resources

• Note by the Secretariat on the Synthesis of voluntary submissions by functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council and other intergovernmental bodies and forums  (Advance unedited version)
• Highlights from ECOSOC subsidiary bodies
• Thematic SDG Reviews
• UN System SDG Implementation Database 
• Inputs by ECOSOC Functional Commissions 
   
  • Statistical Commission
  • 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
  • United Nations Forum on Forests
• Inputs by ECOSOC Expert Bodies 
   
  • Committee for Development Policy
  • Committee of Experts on Public Administration
  •  Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • UN Group of Experts on Geographical Names  
• Inputs by ECOSOC Regional Commissions 
   
  • Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
  • Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
  • Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
  • Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
  • Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
• Others 
   
  • Committee on World Food Security
  • Food and Agriculture Organization
  • International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR)
  • International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  • UN-Habitat
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  • United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
  • WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
  • World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  • World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
  • World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum
  • World Tourism Organization
  • World Trade Organization (WTO)