2007

Volume 6, Number 1

8 March 2007

I - Past Events

A - ECOSOC

• Adoption of General Assembly resolution 61/16, “Strengthening the Economic and Social Council” (20 November 2006)
• Meeting of the Bureau of the Economic and Social Council with the Chairpersons of the functional commissions (15 January 2007)
• New Economic and Social Council President Dalius Čekuolis of Lithuania takes office with four Vice-Presidents of ECOSOC (17 January 2007)
• Resumed Substantive session of 2006 and Organizational session of 2007
• ECOSOC President speaks at the Security Council and General Assembly on the issue of Peacebuilding

B - ECOSOC subsidiary bodies

• Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (22 – 31 January 2007)
• Commission for Social Development (7-16 February 2007)
• Intergovernmental preparatory meeting for the fifteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (26 Feb-2 Mar)
• Statistical Commission, 38th session (27 Feb-2 Mar)

C - Other events

• Friedrich Ebert Foundation Workshop on ECOSOC reform (18 January 2007)

II - Noteworthy and other announcements

A - ECOSOC

• Economic and Social Council approves themes for 2007 Thematic Discussion and Annual Ministerial Review
• Triennial Comprehensive Policy Review-TCPR
• Annual Ministerial Review Global Preparatory Meeting (2 April 2007)
• Development Cooperation Forum
• Special High-level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the BWIs, WTO and UNCTAD, 10th session (16 April 2007)

B - ECOSOC subsidiary bodies

• Commission on the Status of Women, fifty-first session (26 Feb-9 Mar)

III - ECOSOC Publication

• Full and Productive Employment and Decent Work

2006 (back to top)

Volume 5, Number 3

1 September 2006

Contents:

• Special Edition, ECOSOC 2006 Substantive Session, Geneva (3-28 July 2006)

Volume 5, Number 2

31 May 2006  

Contents:

• Upcoming ECOSOC 2006 Substantive Session, Geneva (3-28 July 2006)
• Inaugural Meeting of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development, Kuala Lumpur (19-20 June 2006)
• Civil Society Forum to the ECOSOC High-level Segment (29 - 30 June 2006)
• Informal Preparatory Meeting of the High-level Segment of ECOSOC (4 - 5 April 2006)
• The 2006 ECOSOC NGO Forum (6 April 2006; and 20-21 April 2006)
• Special high-level meeting of ECOSOC with BWIs, WTO and UNCTAD (24 April 2006)
• DESA Forum on Productive Employment and Decent Work (8 - 9 May 2006)
• The 2006 Resumed Session of the Committee on NGO (10 - 19 May 2006)
• ECOSOC and the Organizational Committee of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (8 and 12 May 2006).  

Volume 5, Number 1

31 March 2006

Contents:

• H.E. Mr. Ali Hachani of Tunisia , Elected President of ECOSOC (17 January 2006)
• Meetings of the ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Groups
• Preparatory Meeting of the High-level Segment of ECOSOC (4 - 5 April 2006)
• Special high-level meeting of ECOSOC with BWIs, WTO and UNCTAD (24 April 2006)
• The ECOSOC NGO/Civil Society Forum (6 April 2006; and 20-21 April 2006)
• Development Forum on Productive Employment and Decent Work (8 - 9 May 2006)
• New DESA publication: “Funding for United Nations Development Cooperation: Challenges and Options”

2005 (back to top)

Volume 4, Number 3

31 October 2005 Contents:

• The theme for the 2006 ECOSOC High-level Segment and Coordination Segments
• Follow-up to the Summit Outcome on ECOSOC Reform
• Breakfast Meeting of the ECOSOC Bureau at the Level of Head of State and Government (15 September 2005)
• Meeting of the ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Guinea-Bissau and Group of Friends of Guinea-Bissau ( 20 September 2005)
• ECOSOC Special Event on “Food Crisis in Africa ” (27 October 2005)
• ECOSOC Special Event on “The Avian Flu” ( 3 November 2005)
• “The World Summit on the Information Society” ( 16 – 18 November 2005)
• New DESA Publication: “Achieving the Internationally Agreed Development Goals: Dialogues at the Economic and Social Council”

Volume 4, Number 2

31 August 2005 Contents:

• 2005 ECOSOC Substantive Session, New York
• Conference on InterFaith Cooperation for Peace: Enhancing Interfaith Dialogue and Cooperation Towards Peace in the 21 Century (22 June 2005)
• Conference on Sustainable Urban Growth and Architecture (6 June 2005)
• Conference on the Critical Role of Nutrition for Reaching the Millennium Development Goals (7 June 2005)
• ICT Task Force Working Group on Enabling Environment (11-12 May 2005)
• Promoting an Enabling Environment Conference: “Music Technology, culture and Health Care” ( June 2005)

Volume 4, Number 1

31 April 2005 Contents:

• Special High-Level meeting with the Bretton Woods Institutions and the World Trade Organization and UNCTAD
• ECOSOC Preparatory process of the 2005 High-level Segment
• Mission of the ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti
• ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Guinea Bissau
• International Conference on Gender Mainstreaming and the MDGs
• UN ITC Task Force Accra , Ghana , January 28-29, 2005
• Pre-Conference on Internet Governance to the WSIS Africa Regional Preparatory Conference
• United Nations Evaluation Group: Annual Meeting 2005
• World Summit on Information Society-the second meeting of the Preparatory Committee
• Harnessing the Potential of ICTs for Education, Dublin , Ireland

2004 (back to top)

Volume 3, Number 3

31 September 2004

Contents:

• ECOSOC concludes its 2004 substantive session
• ECOSOC resumed substantive session
• Highlights of the Work of the Ad Hoc Advisory Groups
• DPI/NGO Conference: “The Millennium Development Goals: Civil Society Takes Action”
• Economic, Social and Cultural Importance of the World's Rice Consuming Population
• The Benin Initiative: “Turning Assets into Usable Capital”
• Wireless Internet for Underserved Communities in Latin America : The Mexican Experience
• General Assembly: 59th Session of the UN General Assembly begins: Highlights of the debate that focus on Economic and Social Issues; Summary of the general debate of the Second Committee during the 59 th session of the General Assembly

Volume 3, Number 2

31 May 2004

Contents:

• Special High-Level meeting with the Bretton Woods Institutions and the World Trade Organization
• Informal session to assess the work of the ECOSOC Ad Hoc Groups on African Countries Emerging from Conflict
• Informal panel discussion on ECOSOC reform issues
• Global Forum on Internet governance
• Resumed Organizational Session
• Committee on Non-Governmental organizations 2004 Regular Session

Volume 3, Number 1

31 January 2004

Contents:

• ECOSOC elects new President for 2004
• Ad Hoc Advisory Group for Burundi : Progress achieved
• Committee of NGOs holds Resumed Session
• General Assembly: 58th Session of the UN General Assembly; Second Committee concludes its work

2003 (back to top)

Volume 2, Number 1

20 January 2003

Contents:

• ECOSOC selects Bureau for 2003
• ECOSOC selects themes for 2003 substantive session
• ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Guinea-Bissau visits Guinea-Bissau
• New e-book on development, health and education
• ECOSOC prepares for Spring meeting with the Bretton Woods institutions
• ECOSOC holds two resumed sessions during Fall 2002
• UN General Assembly: Second Committee concludes discussion of key economic and financial proposals; Panel discussion on “Managing globalization”; Keynote address by James Wolfensohn; and New Second and Third Committee series of luncheon discussions