Bienvenidos a las Naciones Unidas
The Statistical Commission will hold its fifty-sixth session from Tuesday, 4 March, to Friday, 7 March, 2025.
The Statistical Commission is a functional commission of ECOSOC with a membership of 24 countries. It is the highest decision-making body for international statistical activities, responsible for setting of statistical standards and the development of concepts and methods, including their implementation at the national and international level. The Commission assists the Council:
a) In promoting the development of national statistics and the improvement of their comparability;
b) In the coordination of the statistical work of specialized agencies;
c) In the development of the central statistical services of the Secretariat;
d) In advising the organs of the United Nations on general questions relating to the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistical information;
e) In promoting the improvement of statistics and statistical methods generally. More…