Joint meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Chairs of Functional Commissions and Expert Bodies

The President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), H.E. Munir Akram (Pakistan), will convene a meeting of ECOSOC with the Chairs of the Functional Commissions and Expert Bodies on Monday, 1 February 2021, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The meeting will take the form of an informal dialogue and will be open to all Member and Observer States of the United Nations.

The objective of the meeting is to guide and coordinate the work of the ECOSOC system, ensuring that its work is coherent, avoids overlap and adequately covers the 2030 Agenda. It should also explore how the subsidiary bodies can best contribute to the theme of the 2021 session of the Council and the 2021 High-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF). It will also be the occasion to review how subsidiary bodies have been implementing General Assembly resolution 72/305, on the strengthening of ECOSOC, and discuss possible proposals for reinvigorating the Council and its relationship with its subsidiary bodies.

Documentation

• Informal summary by the Secretariat
• Concept Note
• Background Note 
• Table of Sessions and Themes 
• GA Resolution 72/305

Participants

Functional Commissions

• Chair of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) [59th session: 8 - 17 February 2021] 
• Vice-Chair of the Statistical Commission [52nd session, 1 - 3 and 5 March 2021] statement
• Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) [65th session: 15 - 26 March 2021]
• Chair of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) [64th session: 12 - 16 April 2021; reconvened 64th session: 9 - 10 December 2021] statement, ppt
• Chair of Commission on Population and Development (CPD) [54th session: 19 - 23 April 2021] statement
• Chair of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) [16th session: 26 - 30 April 2021] statement
• Chair of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) [24th session, 17 - 21 May 2021] statement
• Chair of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) [30th session: 17 - 21 May 2021; reconvened 30th session: 9 - 10 December 2021] statement, ppt

Expert Bodies

• Chair of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) [69th session: 15 February - 5 March 2021] statement
• Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) [23rd session: 22 - 26 February 2021] statement
• Chair of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) [20th session: 12 - 16 April 2021] statement
• Chair of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII) [20th session: 19 - 30 April 2021] statement
• Co-Chair of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters [22nd session: 26 - 28 and 30 April 2021] statement
• Co-Chair of the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) [11th session: 4 - 6 August 2021] statement
• Chair of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) [2nd session: 3 - 7 May 2021] statement
• Chair of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting [38th session: Autumn 2021 TBD] statement, ppt

Civil society

• President of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) statement