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2009

Volume 8, Number 2

Volume 8, Number 1

4 March 2009

I - PAST EVENTS

A - ECOSOC

  • Luxembourg Diplomat Elected Sixty-Fifth President of UN Economic and Social Council, 15 January 2009
  • Annual meeting of the Bureau of the Economic and Social Council with the Chairpersons of the functional commis-sions, 27 January 2009
  • AMR e-discussion on Global Public Health, 29 January – 26 February 2009
  • ECOSOC Special Event: The Contribution of Traditional Medicine to the Realization of International Development Objectives related to Global Public Health, 12 February 2009
  • ECOSOC Special Event on Philanthropy and the Global Public Health Agenda, 23 February 2009

B - ECOSOC Subsidiary Bodies

  • Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, 19 – 28 January 2009
  • International Narcotics Control Board, Ninety-Fourth Session, 2-6 February 2009
  • Commission for Social Development, Forty-Seventh Ses-sion, 4-13 February 2009
  • United Nations Statistical Commission, Fortieth Session, 24-27 February 2009

II - NOTEWORTHY ANNOUNCEMENTS

A - ECOSOC

  • Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) Regional Preparations
  • National Voluntary Presentation workshops
  • Global Preparatory Meeting, 31 March 2009

B - ECOSOC Subsidiary Bodies

  • Commission on the Status of Women, Fifty-Third Session, 2-13 March 2009
  • Committee for Development Policy, Eleventh Session, 9 -13 March 2009
  • The Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Fifty-second Session and High-Level Segment, 11-20 March 2009
  • Committee of Experts on Public Administration, eighth session, 30 March-3 April 2009
  • Commission on Population and Development, 42nd Ses-sion, 30 March-3 April 2009

III – NEWS

IV - ECOSOC PUBLICATION

  • Dialogues at the Economic and Social Council - Achieving Sustainable Development and Promoting Development Cooperation
  • 2008 Report of the International Narcotics Control Board

2008

Volume 7, Number 3

28 June 2008

I - SUBSTANTIVE SESSION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

  • High-level Segment (30 June—3 July 2008)
  • Dialogue with the Executive Secretaries of the Regional Commissions (7 July 2008)
  • Coordination Segment (7-9 July 2008)
  • Operational Activities Segment (10-14 July 2008)
  • Humanitarian Affairs Segment (15 - 17 July 2008)
  • General Segment (18-24 July 2008)

II - OUTCOME PAST EVENTS / ACTIVITIES

A – ECOSOC

  • Special Meeting on the Global Food Crisis in New York, 20 May 2008
  • Regional Preparatory Meeting on Sustainable Urbanization, Bahrain, 1-2 June 2008
  • Stakeholder Forum, “Role of national and local stakeholders in contributing to aid quality and effectiveness”, Italy, 12-13 June 2008

B - Subsidiary Bodies

  • International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Ninety-second session, 19-30 May 2008

Volume 7, Number 2

16 May 2008

I - NOTEWORTHY ANNOUNCEMENTS

A - ECOSOC

  • Special Meeting of ECOSOC on the Global Food Crisis, 20 May 2008
  • Stakeholder Forum, “The role of national and local stakeholders in contributing to aid quality and effectiveness”, 12-13 June 2008

B - ECOSOC Subsidiary Bodies

  • Fortieth session of the Committee and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 28 April-16 May 2008
  • Ninety-second session of the International Narcotics Control Board, 19-30 May 2008
  • Eleventh session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD), 26 - 30 May 2008

II - OUTCOME-PAST EVENTS / ACTIVITIES

A - ECOSOC

  • Special High-level meeting of ECOSOC with the Bretton Woods Institutions, WTO and UNCTAD, 14 April 2008
  • Informal Preparatory Meeting, "Land and Vulnerable People in a World of Change", 17 April 2008
  • ECOSOC Special Event on “Achieving the MDGs and coping with the challenges of climate change”, 2 May 2008

B - Subsidiary Bodies

  • Forty-first session of the Commission on Population and Development, 7-11 April 2008
  • Seventh session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration, 14-18 April 2008
  • Seventeenth session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, 14-18 April 2008
  • Seventh session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 21 April - 2 May 2008

III - NEWS

Volume 7, Number 1

A - ECOSOC

  • Election of the Bureau of ECOSOC, 14 January 2008
  • High-level Symposium of the Development Co operation Forum (DCF) in Cairo , 19-20 January 2008
  • Second annual meeting of the Bureau of the Economic and Social Council with the Chairpersons of the functional commissions, 29 January 2008
  • ECOSOC special event on “How corporate philanthropy can contribute to advancing the Millennium Development Goals, particularly for sustainable development”, 25 February 2008
  • Informal Global Preparatory Meeting, 6 March 2008
  • Meetings of the ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti with Bretton Woods Institutions, Inter-American Development Bank and Organization of American States, 8 April 2008

B - ECOSOC Subsidiary Bodies

  • Regular session of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, 21-30 January 2008
  • Forty-sixth session of the Commission for Social Development, 6-15 February 2008
  • Fifty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 25 February 7 March 2008
  • Thirty-ninth session of the Statistical Commission, 26 - 29 February 2008
  • Fifty-first session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 10-14 March 2008
  • Tenth session of the Committee for Development Policy, 17-20 March 2008
  • Briefing of the International Narcotics Control Board, 18 March 2008
  • First joint annual meeting of the African Union and the Economic Commission for Africa , 31 March - 2 April 2008.
  • NGO Forum, 4 April 2008

II - NOTEWORTHY ANNOUNCEMENTS

A - ECOSOC

  • High-level meeting of ECOSOC with the Bretton Woods Institutions, WTO and UNCTAD, 14 April 2008
  • Informal Preparatory Meeting, "Land and Vulnerable People in a World of Change", 17 April 2008

B - Subsidiary Bodies

  • Forty-first session of the Commission on Population and Development, 7-11 April 2008
  • Seventh session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration, 14-18 April 2008
  • Seventeenth session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, 14-18 April 2008
  • Seventh session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 21 April - 2 May 2008
  • Sixteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, 5-16 May 2008

III - NEWS

IV - ECOSOC PUBLICATION

  • Dialogues at the Economic and Social Council, “Strengthening Efforts to Eradicate Poverty and Hunger”

2007  (back to top)

Volume 6, Number 3

10 September 2007

I - ECOSOC 2007 Substantive Session

A - High-level Segment - 2-5 July 2007

B - High Level Dialogue of the Executive Secretaries of the Regional Commissions with the Economic and Social Council - 6 July 2007

C - Coordination Segment - 6-10 July 2007

D - Operational Activities Segment - 10-13 July 2007

E - Humanitarian Affairs Segment - 16-18 July 2007

F - General Segment - 19-26 July 2007

Volume 6, Number 2

I - ECOSOC Upcoming Events

A - ECOSOC 2007 Substantive Session - Geneva

  • High-level Segment (2-5 July 2007)
  • Coordination Segment (6-10 July 2007)
  • Operational Activities Segment (10-13 July 2007)
  • Humanitarian Affairs Segment (16-18 July 2007)
  • General Segment (19-26 July 2007)

 B - Other upcoming events

Civil Society Development Forum (28-30 June 2007)

II - Past Events / Activities

A - ECOSOC

  • Informal event for the 2007 Annual Ministerial Review (2 April 2007)
  • Special High-level meeting with the BWIs, WTO and UNCTAD (16 April 2007)
  • Mission of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group to Haiti (18-21 April 2007)
  • DESA High-level Symposium (19-20 April 2007)

B - Outcome 2007 Meetings of ECOSOC Subsidiary

Bodies  

  • Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Fiftieth session (12-16 March)
  • Committee for Development Policy, Ninth session (19-23 March)
  • Commission on Population and Development, Fortieth session (9-13 April)
  • Committee of Experts on Public Administration, Sixth session (10-13 April)
  • United Nations Forum on Forests, Seventh session (16-27 April)
  • Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Sixteenth session (23-27 April)
  • United Nations Economic Commission for Europe , Sixty-second session (25-27 April)
  • Commission on Sustainable Development, Fifteenth session (30 April-11 May)
  • Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Thirty-eight session (30 April-18 May)
  • Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Sixth session (14-25 May)
  • United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Sixty-third session (17-23 May)
  • Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Tenth session (21-25 May)

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- Others 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