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Fifty-third session
SECOND COMMITTEE
The annex to the present note provides
information on the status of documentation before the Second Committee,
as at 30 September 1998.
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| Item 12 | Report of the Economic and Social Council | |||
| A/53/3 | Report of the Economic and Social Council | DGAACS | 4 September | 19 October |
| A/53/173-E/1998/87 | Report of the Secretary-General on public administration and development (resolution 50/225) | DESA | Issued | |
| A/53/406 | Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund on the United Nations Population Award (Council decision 1982/112) | UNFPA | (18 September) | 20 October |
| Item 91 | Macroeconomic policy questions | |||
| A/53/60 | Letter dated 26 January 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the joint statement by the Heads of State of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan | Issued | ||
| A/53/62 | Letter dated 26 January 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the text of a joint statement by the heads of State of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan | Issued | ||
| A/53/69 | Letter dated 5 February 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the joint Declaration of the Bangladesh-India-Pakistan Business Summit | Issued | ||
| A/53/185 | Letter dated 22 July 1998 from the Permanent Representative of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General | Issued | ||
| A/53/416 | Letter dated 16 September 1998 from the Permanent Representative of the Federated States of Micronesia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the communiqué of the twenty-ninth meeting of the South Pacific Forum, held at Palikir, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, on 24 and 25 August 1998 | Issued | ||
| Item 91 (a)(1) | Trade and development | |||
| A/53/15 | Report of the Trade and Development Board on its sixteenth executive session | UNCTAD | (September) | |
| A/53/15/Add.1 | Report of the Trade and Development Board on its seventeenth executive session | UNCTAD | (September) | |
| A/53/15/Add.2 | Report of the Trade and Development Board on its eighteenth executive session | UNCTAD | (October) | |
| A/53/15/Add.3 | Report of the Trade and Development Board on its forty-fifth session | UNCTAD | (late October) | |
| Report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the ECOSOC agreed conclusions 1997/1 on fostering an enabling environment for development (resolution 52/182) | UNCTAD | (September) | ||
| A/53/331 | Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the United Nations Conference on Training and Development on the transit environment in the land-locked States of Central Asia and their transit neighbours (resolution 51/168) | UNCTAD | 3 September | 12 October |
| A/53/72-S/1998/156 | Letter dated 23 February 1998 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting documents of the Eighth Session of the Islamic Conference, Tehran, 9-11 December 1997 | Issued | ||
| A/53/95-S/1998/311 | Letter dated 8 April 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the final communique of the twenty-fifth session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers | Issued | ||
| Item 91 (b) | Financing of development, including net transfer of resources between developing and developed countries | |||
| A/53/228 | Report of the Secretary-General on net flows and transfer of resources between developing and developed countries (resolution 51/165) | DESA | Issued | |
| Report of the Secretary-General on global partnership for development: high-level international intergovernmental consideration on financing for development (resolution 52/179) | DESA | (late September) | ||
| Report of the Secretary-General containing the index on themes and key elements in the consideration of the topic of financing for development (resolution 52/179) | DESA | (late September) | ||
| A/53/398 | Report of the Secretary-General on global financial flows and their impact on developing countries (resolution 52/180) | DESA | 16 September | 5 October |
| Item 91 (c) | Commodities | |||
| A/53/319 | Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (resolution 51/169) | UNCTAD | 3 September | 7 October |
| Item 91 (d) | External debt crisis and development | |||
| A/53/373 | Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 52/185) | UNCTAD | 11 September | 5 October |
| A/53/72-S/1998/156 | Letter dated 23 February 1998 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting documents of the Eighth Session of the Islamic Conference, Tehran, 9-11 December 1997 | Issued | ||
| A/53/95-S/1998/311 | Letter dated 8 April 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the final communiqué of the twenty-fifth session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers | Issued | ||
| Item 92 | Sectoral policy questions | |||
| A/53/69 | Letter dated 5 February 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the text of the Joint Declaration of the Bangladesh-India-Pakistan Business Summit | Issued | ||
| A/53/416 | Letter dated 16 September 1998 from the Permanent Representative of the Federated States of Micronesia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the communiqué of the twenty-ninth meeting of the South Pacific Forum, held at Palikir, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, on 24 and 25 August 1998 | Issued | ||
| Item 92 (a) | Business and development | |||
| A/53/384(2) | Report of the Secretary-General on corruption and bribery in transnational business practices (resolution 51/191) | DESA/UNOV | 15 September | 7 October |
| Item 92 (b) | Industrial development cooperation | |||
| A/53/254 | Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization on industrial development cooperation: concepts and experience (resolution 51/170) | UNIDO | 11 August | 6 October |
| Item 93 | Sustainable development and international economic cooperation | |||
| A/53/374 | Report of the Secretary-General on the utilization of the development dividend (resolution 52/235) | DESA | Issued | |
| A/53/296 | Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on communication for development programmes in the United Nations system (resolutions 50/130 and 51/172) | UNESCO/DESA | 28 August | 7 October |
| A/53/60 | Letter dated 26 January 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the joint statement by the Heads of State of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan | Issued | ||
| A/53/62 | Letter dated 26 January 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the text of a joint statement by the heads of State of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan | Issued | ||
| A/53/63-S/1998/100 | Letter dated 2 February 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Tokyo International Conference on Preventive Strategy | Issued | ||
| A/53/69 | Letter dated 5 February 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the text of the Joint Declaration of the Bangladesh-India-Pakistan Business Summit | Issued | ||
| A/53/72-S/1998/156 | Letter dated 23 February 1998 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting documents of the Eighth Session of the Islamic Conference, Tehran, 9-11 December 1997 | Issued | ||
| A/53/95-S/1998/311 | Letter dated 8 April 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the final communiqué of the twenty-fifth session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers | Issued | ||
| A/53/96 | Letter dated 9 April 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the text of the Declaration by the Heads of State of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on the further intensification of regional integration and the text of the Tashkent Declaration of 26 March 1998 on the United Nations special programme for the economies of Central Asia | Issued | ||
| A/53/124 | Letter dated 14 May 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the text of the state of the nation address delivered by the President of Ukraine | Issued | ||
| A/53/155 | Letter dated 23 June 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of Turkey and Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the Ukrainian-Turkish joint communique issued on 21 May 1998 | Issued | ||
| A/53/168 | Note verbale dated 1 July 1998 from the Permanent Mission of Bulgaria to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the Yalta Summit Declaration, adopted by the Heads of State or Government of the Participating States of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation | Issued | ||
| A/53/204 | Letter dated 22 July 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the Joint Declaration on the development and further strengthening of cooperation between the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan | Issued | ||
| A/53/371-S/1998/848 | Letter dated 10 September 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of the Russian Federation and the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General | Issued | ||
| A/53/396 | Letter dated 15 September 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General | Issued | ||
| A/53/411 | Letter dated 17 September 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of Georgia and Romania to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General | Issued | ||
| A/53/412 | Letter dated 17 September 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of Armenia and Romania to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General | Issued | ||
| A/53/414 | Letter dated 16 September 1998 from the Permanent Representative of the Federated States of Micronesia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the communiqué of the twenty-ninth meeting of the South Pacific Forum, held at Palikir, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, on 24 and 25 August 1998 | Issued | ||
| Item 93 (a) | Implementation of and follow-up to major consensus agreements on development | |||
| Item 93 (a) (i) | Implementation of the commitments and policies agreed upon in the Declaration on International Economic Cooperation, in particular the Revitalization of the Economic Growth and Development of the Developing Countries | |||
| Item 93 (a) (ii) | Implementation of the International Development Strategy for the Fourth United Nations Development Decade | |||
| A/53/301 | Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 51/173) | DESA | 10 September | 5 October |
| Item 93 (b) | Integration of the economies in transition into the world economy | |||
| A/53/336 | Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 51/175) | DESA | 4 September | 19 October |
| A/53/174 | Note verbale dated 10 July 1998 from the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting an article by the President of Turkmenistan | Issued | ||
| Item 93 (c) | Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) | |||
| A/53/267 | Report of the Secretary-General on proposals for the special session of the General Assembly for an overall review of Habitat II (resolution 52/190) | UNCHS | Issued | |
| Report of the Secretary-General on a comprehensive and in-depth assessment of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (resolution 52/190) | UNCHS | (early October) | ||
| Item 93 (d) | Renewal of the dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for development through partnership | |||
| A/53/85 | Letter dated 9 March 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of Japan and Senegal to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the Co-Chairmen's summary report of the First Preparatory Committee Meeting for the Second Tokyo International Conference on African Development | Issued | ||
| Item 93 (e) | Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s | |||
| Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 52/187) | UNCTAD | (late October) | ||
| Item 93 (f) | Implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development | |||
| A/53/407 | Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 52/188) | UNFPA | 18 September | 12 October |
| Item 93 (g) | Cultural development | |||
| A/53/321 | Report of the Secretary-General (resolutions 51/179 and 52/197) | UNESCO/
DESA |
3 September | 5 October |
| Item 94 | Environment and sustainable development | |||
| Report of the Secretary-General on international cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenon (resolution 52/200) | OCHA | (early October) | ||
| A/53/156-E/1998/78 | Report of the Secretary-General on products harmful to health and the environment (resolution 34/173) | Issued | ||
| A/53/25 | Report of the Governing Council of UNEP on its special session (resolution 34/173) | UNEP | 15 September | 12 October |
| A/53/72-S/1998/156 | Letter dated 23 February 1998 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting documents of the Eighth Session of the Islamic Conference, Tehran, 9-11 December 1997 | Issued | ||
| A/53/95-S/1998/311 | Letter dated 8 April 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the final communiqué of the twenty-fifth session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers | Issued | ||
| A/53/96 | Letter dated 9 April 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the text of the Declaration by the Heads of State of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on the further intensification of regional integration and the text of the Tashkent Declaration of 26 March 1998 on the United Nations special programme for the economies of Central Asia | Issued | ||
| A/53/165-S/1998/601 | Letter dated 27 June 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting a letter dated 25 June 1998 from the Foreign Minister of Iraq addressed to the Secretary-General | Issued | ||
| A/53/371-S/1998/848 | Letter dated 10 September 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of the Russian Federation and the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General | Issued | ||
| A/53/416 | Letter dated 16 September 1998 from the Permanent Representative of the Federated States of Micronesia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the communiqué of the twenty-ninth meeting of the South Pacific Forum, held at Palikir, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, on 24 and 25 August 1998 | Issued | ||
| A/53/425 | Letter dated 17 September from the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting a study on the repercussions of the sanctions against Iraq | Issued | ||
| Item 94 (a) | Implementation of and follow-up to the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, including the outcome of the nineteenth special session of the General Assembly for the purpose of an overall review and appraisal of the implementation of Agenda 21 | |||
| Report of the Secretary-General (decision 52/445) | DESA | (end September) | ||
| Item 94 (b) | Protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind | |||
| Report of the Secretary-General on the review of administrative support to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (resolution 50/115) | DM | |||
| Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on the results of the third session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention (resolutions 51/184 and 52/199) | UNFCC | (early October) | ||
| Item 94 (c) | Implementation of the outcome of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States | |||
| A/53/65-E/1998/5 | Report of the Secretary-General on the development of a vulnerability index for small island developing States (resolutions 50/116 and 52/202) | DESA | Issued | |
| A/53/358 | Report of the Secretary-General on plans and projects for the sustainable development of small island developing States implemented, under implementation or envisaged for the period 1999-2003 by bilateral donors, United Nations organizations and regional and non-United Nations organizations (resolutions 50/116 and 52/202) | DESA | 9 September | 10 October |
| Item 94(d) | Convention on Biological Diversity | |||
| Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the results of meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention (resolution 52/201) | UNEP | (early October) | ||
| Item 94 (e) | Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa | |||
| Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 52/198) | DESA | (early October) | ||
| Item 95 | Operational activities for development | |||
| A/53/226 | Report of the Secretary-General on the triennial review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system (resolutions 50/120 and 52/203) | DESA | Issued | |
| A/53/226/Add.1 | Addendum 1 to the above | DESA | Issued | |
| A/53/226/Add.2 | Addendum containing statistical information for 1996 | DESA | 16 September | 8 October |
| A/53/226/Add.3 | Addendum containing statistical information for 1997 | DESA | 16 September | 8 October |
| A/53/226/Add.4 | Addendum containing information on technical cooperation | UNDP | 28 September | 12 October |
| A/53/186 | Report of the Secretary-General on progress on the implementation of the World Declaration and Plan of Action from the World Summit for Children (resolution 51/186) | UNICEF | Issued | |
| A/53/154 | Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled "Fellowships in the United Nations system" (JIU/REP/98/1) | DM | Issued | |
| A/53/363 | Note by the Secretary-General transmitting information on the activities of the United Nations Development Fund for Women | UNIFEM | 10 September | 8 October |
| A/53/85 | Letter dated 9 March 1998 from the Permanent Representatives of Japan and Senegal to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the Co-Chairmen's summary report of the First Preparatory Committee Meeting for the Second Tokyo International Conference on African Development | Issued | ||
| Item 96 | Training and research | |||
| Item 96 (a) | United Nations University | |||
| A/53/31, Suppl. No. 31 | Report of the Council of the United Nations University | Issued | ||
| A/53/408 | Report of the Secretary-General (resolutions 49/124 and 51/187) | UNU | 21 September | 14 October |
| A/53/392 | Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on the United Nations University (JIU/REP/98/3) | JIU | 15 September | 14 October |
| A/53/392/Add.1 | Comments of the Secretary-General on the above report | DESA | 28 September | 14 October |
| Item 96 (b) | United Nations Institute for Training and Research | |||
| A/53/14, Suppl. No. 14 | Report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research | UNITAR | 26 August | 10 October |
| Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 52/206) | DM | |||
| Item 97 | Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources | |||
| A/53/163-E/1998/79 | Note by the Secretary-General (resolution 52/207 and Council resolution 1997/67) | Issued | ||
| A/53/72-S/1998/156 | Letter dated 23 February 1998 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting documents of the Eighth Session of the Islamic Conference, Tehran, 9-11 December 1997 | Issued | ||
| A/53/95-S/1998/311 | Letter dated 8 April 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the final communiqué of the twenty-fifth session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers | Issued | ||
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Implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006) | |||
| A/53/329 | Report of the Secretary-General (resolutions 51/178 and 52/193) | DESA | 3 September | 15 October |
| A/53/223 | Report of the Secretary-General on the role of microcredit in the eradication of poverty (resolution 52/194) | DESA | 12 August | 5 October |
| A/53/72-S/1998/156 | Letter dated 23 February 1998 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting documents of the Eighth Session of the Islamic Conference, Tehran, 9-11 December 1997 | Issued | ||
| A/53/95-S/1998/311 | Letter dated 8 April 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General transmitting the final communiqué of the twenty-fifth session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers | Issued |
1. Pursuant to paragraph 13 of Assembly resolution 52/180, the World Economic and Social Survey 1998 and the Trade and Development Report, 1998 will be made available for consideration under this sub-item.
2. Transmitting documents E/CN.15/1997/3 and Add.1 and E/CN.15/1998/3 to the Assembly.