Roundtable discussion: “Charting progress: Follow up to the 2022 review of ECOSOC functional commissions and expert bodies"

During the upcoming ECOSOC Management Segment in June 2024, the Economic and Social Council will convene a discussion to integrate key messages from ECOSOC subsidiary bodies and the UN system on the Council’s main theme, develop action-oriented recommendations for follow-up and feed into the high-level political forum on sustainable development (as mandated by GA resolution 75/290 A). 

The discussion will take place in the form of a roundtable in the morning of Thursday, 6 June 2024, and it will aim to:

1. follow-up to the recommendations arising from the 2022 review of ECOSOC functional commissions and expert bodies, with a view to developing action-oriented recommendations that could amplify impact in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
2. contribute to the 2024 HLPF as well as inform forthcoming reviews of resolution 75/290.
3. provide a valuable contribution to the implementation of the outcomes of the upcoming Summit of the Future through coordinated action by the ECOSOC system. 
4. offer an opportunity for the ECOSOC to monitor progress and provide additional guidance.

• Concept note
• Programme
• Summary 
• Webcast 
• Statements
  • H.E. Mr. Ivo Šrámek, Permanent Representative of Czechia to the United Nations at Vienna and Chair of the 33rd session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) [ppt]
  • H.E. Mr. Muhammadou M.O. Kah, Permanent Representative of the Republic of The Gambia to the United Nations at Geneva and Chair of the 28th session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD)
  • Ms. Ingrid Vanen Berghe, Administrator General, National Geographic Institute Belgium and Co-Chair of the 13th session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) 
  • Ms. Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Chancellor of Nelson Mandela University and Chair of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) at its 23rd session
  • Ms. Stéphanie Toschi, Councellor at the Permanent Mission of Luxembourg to the United Nations and Vice-Chair of the 62nd session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD)
  • Ms. Ursula Wynhoven, Director and Representative to the United Nations, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), New York
  • Ms. Catarina Carvalho, Chief of Intergovernmental Support Division, UN Women
     

Background resources

• Synthesis of voluntary submissions by functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council and other intergovernmental bodies and forums- Note by the Secretary-General
• ECOSOC decision 2022/334, on the review of ECOSOC functional commissions and expert bodies 
• Final summary of recommendations by the Vice-President (Bulgaria) of the 2022 review of ECOSOC functional commissions and expert bodies
• Letters by the Vice-President (Bulgaria) to Member States dated 27 May 2022 and 1 June 2022
• 2024 ECOSOC Coordination Segment, including the informal note and its key messages 
• Inputs of ECOSOC subsidiary bodies to the 2024 HLPF