The 2023 ECOSOC operational activities for development segment was held from 23 to 25 May 2023.

2023 ECOSOC Operational Activities for Development Segment Vice President's Summary 

• Vice President's Summary/Key Messages from the discussions

Segment Programme

• Programme of the 2023 Economic and Social Council Operational Activities Segment
• Survey on the 2023 ECOSOC operational activities for development segment

Pre-Segment Briefings

• 6 April 2023: Briefing on OAS and on the outline of the Secretary-General’s and UNSDG Chair’s reports, led by the Vice-President of ECOSOC (Trusteeship Council Chamber)
• 9 May 2023: Briefing by the Deputy-Secretary General of the Secretary-General’s report on the QCPR (ECOSOC Chamber)

Side Events

• Call for Expression of Interest is now open. The deadline to complete the side events request form is 28 April 2023.

Substantive Documentation

• 2023 Secretary General’s Report on the implementation of the QCPR (forthcoming)
  • Advance unedited version
  • Informal summary and key messages
  • Official document-ODS version
  • Addendum 1: Funding analysis
  • Annex 1: QCPR Monitoring Framework
  • Annex 2: Funding Compact indicators
  • Statistical annex on 2021 funding data
• 2023 Report of the Chair of the UNSDG on the Development Coordination Office
  • Advance unedited version
  • Official document-ODS version
  • Informal summary and key messages
  • Annex 1: Overview of resources of the RC system special purpose trust fund
  • Annex 2: Resident Coordinator System Results Framework
  • Measuring the UN contribution towards the SDGs 
• Background material
  • DESA Survey Questionnaires
    • Survey of Governments EN | FR | ES
    • Survey of Resident Coordinators
    • Survey of UN Country Teams
    • Survey of Headquarters of UN development system entities

Statements

1- Opening and Dialogue with the Secretary-General

• Opening remarks, H.E. Mr. Albert Ranganai Chimbindi, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the United Nations, Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council 
• Remarks by H.E. Mr. Brian Christopher Manley Wallace, Vice-President of the United Nations General Assembly 
• Remarks by Mr. Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs 
• Remarks by H.E. Mr. Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of the Republic of Zimbabwe
• Remarks by H.E. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
• African Group; AOSIS; CANZ; European Union; G77 and China; LDCs;  LLDCs; MICs
• Algeria; Argentina; Cambodia; Cameroon; Chile; China; Colombia; Costa Rica; Denmark; Egypt; France; India; Indonesia; Japan; Iraq; Mexico; Morocco; Netherlands; Norway; Philippines; Qatar; Republic of Korea; Russian Federation; Senegal; Sweden; Switzerland; Tajikistan; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; United States of America

2 - Report of the UNSDG Chair on DCO

• Opening statement by H.E. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the UNSDG
• Africa Group; AOSIS; G77; LDCs; LLDCs
• Armenia; Barbados; El Salvador; Senegal; Sweden; Tajikistan; UK; USA

3 - Financing the SDGs: Working with financial institutions and beyond

• LDCs
• Brazil, Colombia, Denmark

4 - Dialogue with host Governments, Resident Coordinators and United nations country teams

• Australia; Canada; Germany; Japan; Lao; Latvia; Netherlands; Norway; State of Palestine; Switzerland; Thailand; USA

5 - Boosting tailored United Nations responses to diverse country contexts

• Statement by Ms. Rabab Fatima, High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS)
• Presentation by Mr. Ozonnia Ojielo, Resident Coordinator in Rwanda
• CARICOM; LDCs
• Lao; Netherlands, Portugal

6 - Funding the United Nations Development System

• Presentation by Mr. Oscar Fernández-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Development Coordination Office
• African Group
• Brazil; Canada; Denmark; Mexico; Norway; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; UK; USA; Uruguay; Zambia; Zimbabwe

7 - Deploying regional assets of the UN development system to support countries to address cross-border issues  

• Statement by Mr. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)   
• Statement by Mr. Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, Special Coordinator for development in the Sahel   
• Canada; Laos; Switzerland 

8 - Dialogue with Executive Heads

• Canada; Denmark; Kazakhstan; Mexico; Netherlands; Sweden; Switzerland; UK; US 

9 - Supporting just transitions towards the SDGs at the country level   

• Canada; Indonesia; Madagascar; Portugal 

10 - Strengthening accountability on system-wide performance and results  

• Statement by H.E. Ms. Lachezara Stoeva, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the United Nations, President of the Economic and Social Council   
• Statement by H.E. Ms. Maritza Chan Valverde, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations and Vice President of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services
• Brazil; Colombia; Denmark; Netherlands; Sweden; Ukraine 

11 - Closing  

• Closing remarks by H.E. Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group  
• Closing remarks by H. E. Mr. Albert Ranganai Chimbindi, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the United Nations, Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council responsible for the operational activities for development segment

Recorded Videos of Sessions

• Opening Video by UNDCO
• 1. Opening & Dialogue with the Secretary-General
• 2. DCO Report; 3. Financing the SDGs
• 4. Dialogue with host Governments, RCs and UNCTs
• 5. Boosting tailored UNDS response to diverse country contexts; 6. Funding the UNDS
• 7. Deploying regional assets of the UNDS to support countries to address cross-border issues; 8. Dialogue with Executive Heads
• 9. Supporting just transitions towards the SDGs at the country level; 10. Strengthening accountability on system-wide performance and results; 11. Closing