General Assembly

Sessional committees

Economic and Financial Committee

Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee

Global conferences and follow-up

World Summit on Sustainable Development - Johannesburg 2002

Earth Summit + 5 - New York 1997

United Nations Rio Conference on Environment and Development - Rio de Janeiro 1992

International Conference on Financing for Development - Monterrey 2002

Second World Assembly on Ageing  - Madrid 2002

Beijing+5: Women: 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-First Century - New York 2000

Fourth World Conference on Women - Beijing 1995

Social Summit + 5 - Geneva 2000

x -Preparatory Committee of the GA Special Session on the Implementation of the Outcome of the Social Summit

World Summit for Social Development - Copenhagen 1995

International Conference on Population and Development + 5 - New York 1999

International Conference on Population and Development - Cairo 1994

Special session of the General Assembly on SIDS - New York 1999

Global Conference on Small Island Developing States - Barbados 1994

Conference on Human Settlements Habitat + 5 - New York 2001

Subsidiary bodies

Open-ended Ad hoc Working Group of the General Assembly on "The Causes of Conflict and Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa"

x - Ad Hoc Working Group on an Agenda for Development

x - Ad Hoc Working Group on Restructuring and Revitalization of ECOSOC

x - Ad Hoc Working Group on Consultations with NGOs

x - Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole on the Mid-term Review of UN-NADAF

Ad Hoc Committee on Review of UN Programme for African Recovery and Development

Economic and Social Council

functional commissions

Commission for Social Development

Ad Hoc Intersessional Working Group on the Year of Older Persons

Commission on Population and Development

Commission on Sustainable Development


x - Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF)
x - Intergovernmental Panel on Forests   (IPF)
Interagency Task Force on Forests (ITFF)



United Nations Forum on Forests

Commission on the Status of Women

Statistical Commission

Working Group on International Statistical Programmes and Coordination

standing committees and other expert bodies

Committee for Development Policy

Committee on Non-governmental Organizations

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for Development

x - Committee on Natural Resources

x - Committee on New and Renewable Sources of Energy

x - Committee for Development Planning

Ad Hoc Group of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters

United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

Committee of Experts on Public Administration

Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Working Group on the Elaboration of a Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Secretariat and other advisory bodies

United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination

x - Administrative Committee on Coordination

x - Inter-agency Committee on Sustainable Development

Subcommittee on Water Resources
Subcommittee on Oceans and Coastal Areas

x - Inter-agency Committee on Women and Gender Equality

Inter-agency Network on Women and Gender Equality

x - High-level Advisory Board on Sustainable Development

Panel of High-level Personalities on African Development

Register of bodies
a record of United Nations system bodies, their terms of reference and membership,1996-2003