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Economic and Social Council
Distr. GENERAL
31 December 1996
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Organizational session for 1997
23 January, 4-7 February and
1-2 May 1997
Item 3 of the provisional agenda *
* E/1997/2
PROPOSED BASIC PROGRAMME OF WORK OF THE COUNCIL
FOR 1997 AND 1998
Note by the Secretary-General
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INTRODUCTION........................................................... 2
I. PROPOSED PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE SUBSTANTIVE SESSION OF 1997
OF THE COUNCIL AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM........ 4
II. QUESTIONS FOR INCLUSION IN THE PROGRAMME OF WORK OF THE COUNCIL
FOR 1998 AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS FOR EACH AGENDA ITEM.............. 15
INTRODUCTION
1. In accordance with rule 8 of the rules of procedure of the
Economic and Social Council, the Secretary-General hereby submits for
consideration by the Council at its organizational session the basic
programme of work for 1997 and 1998. Section I of the document
includes the proposed provisional agenda for the Council's substantive
session of 1997 (Geneva, 30 June-25 July), as well as a list of the
documents to be submitted under each agenda item and the legislative
authority for their preparation. Section II includes a list of
questions for inclusion in the Council's programme of work for 1998
and a list of documents currently mandated for consideration under
each agenda item.
2. The agenda items listed for inclusion in the provisional agenda
are derived from existing legislative mandates, including resolutions
and decisions of the Council and the General Assembly, in particular,
Assembly resolutions 48/162, annex II, and 50/227, annex I, section
IV. The division of the provisional agenda into segments follows the
pattern established in Assembly resolution 45/264, annex, section III.
3. The Secretary-General has introduced three innovations in the form
of the present document. For the first innovation, the Council will
note that the programme of work for 1997 has been simplified in order
to permit ease of reference and to facilitate its work. In previous
years, the basic programme submitted to the Council for consideration
at its organizational session included extensive annotations under
each agenda item. Such annotations will appear in the annotated
provisional agenda for the substantive session (E/1997/100) as in the
past, thus avoiding duplication and in keeping with the practice of
the General Assembly and other intergovernmental organs.
4. Attention is drawn to the items listed under the general segment.
At past sessions of the Council, the majority of those topics had been
considered as sub-items grouped under the two major agenda items that
derive from Assembly resolution 48/162: "Social, humanitarian and
human rights questions", and "Economic and environmental questions".
In paragraph 67 of annex I to its resolution 50/227, the Assembly
requested that the Council "regularly review the agenda of its general
segment with a view to discontinuing consideration of items that are
not relevant to the work of its subsidiary machinery or are
duplicative of items on the agenda of the General Assembly, and
distinguish more clearly between items on the agenda requiring
decisions and those for information only".
5. In pursuance of that directive, the Secretary-General has proposed
a re-ordering of the items and changes in the titles of some items,
which is the second innovation. However, the Council may wish to
consider further modifications to the agenda in order to avoid
duplication between substantive discussions in its subsidiary bodies
and in the Council itself as well as between deliberations in the
Council and the Assembly of certain agenda items or reports in view of
the directive in paragraph 66 of annex I to Assembly resolution 50/227
that the general segment of the Council should be "an action-oriented
review of the activities, reports and recommendations of the Council's
subsidiary bodies".
6. Further, in view of the fact that the substantive session is of
four weeks duration, the Council, at its resumed substantive session
of 1996, decided to devote particular attention at its organizational
session for 1997 to the question of the general segment. It is
anticipated that the listing in the present document will help Council
members in their consideration on the strengthening of the discussion
of the general segment, in keeping with the provisions of Assembly
resolution 50/227. At the request of the Assembly, the Council will
also have before it at its substantive session, under the general
segment, a single document consolidating the recommendations of its
subsidiary bodies.
7. The third innovation involves the listing of the documents
mandated for the substantive session. In order to suggest the manner
in which the Council may wish to consider those documents, they are
divided into three categories: for action, for discussion, and for
information. Such a listing, which has not previously been included
in the proposed basic programme of work, is based on the Council's
past practice and implies no form of legislative distinction between
the various documents.
I. PROPOSED PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE SUBSTANTIVE SESSION
OF 1997 OF THE COUNCIL AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS FOR EACH
AGENDA ITEM
1. Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters
High-level segment
2. Fostering an enabling environment for development - financial
flows, including capital flows; investment; trade
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General (Council decision 1996/310)
World Economic and Social Survey, 1997
Coordination segment
3. Coordination of the policies and activities of the specialized
agencies and other bodies of the United Nations system related to
the following themes:
(a) Mainstreaming the gender perspective into all policies and
programmes in the United Nations system
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General (Council decision 1996/310)
(b) Fresh water, including clean and safe water supply and
sanitation
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General (Council decision 1996/310)
Operational activities of the United Nations for international
development cooperation segment
4. Operational activities of the United Nations for international
development cooperation:
(a) Coordination of activities on a system-wide basis: funding
for operational activities for development: implementation
of General Assembly resolution 50/227
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General (Council decision 1996/310) 1/
(b) Follow-up to policy recommendations of the General Assembly
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General (Assembly resolutions 50/120
and 50/227, annex I, paras. 9-11, and Council resolution
1996/42)
Addendum to the above containing comprehensive statistical
data on operational activities for development for the year
1995
Addendum to the above on capacity-building: conceptual and
operational issues
Addendum to the above on regional dimensions of operational
activities for development
Report of the Secretary-General on issues arising from the
Executive Boards of United Nations funds and programmes,
including their overall financial picture
(c) Reports of the Executive Boards of the United Nations
Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund, the
United Nations Children's Fund and the World Food Programme
For action
Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations
Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund
(Assembly resolution 48/162, annex, and Council resolution
1995/51)
Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations
Children's Fund (Assembly resolution 48/162, annex, and
Council resolution 1995/51)
Report of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme
(Assembly resolution 50/8 and Council resolution 1995/51)
(d) Economic and technical cooperation among developing countries
For information
Report of the High-level Committee on the Review of Technical
Cooperation among Developing Countries1
General segment
5. Conclusions and recommendations of subsidiary bodies
For action
Report of the Secretary-General containing a consolidation of
conclusions and recommendations of subsidiary bodies (Assembly
resolution 50/227, annex I, para. 68)
6. Coordination questions:
(a) Reports of coordination bodies
For discussion
Annual overview report of the Administrative Committee on
Coordination for 1996, including the report of the Committee
on expenditures of the United Nations system in relation to
programmes (Council resolution 13 (III) and decision
1980/103)
Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its
thirty-seventh session (Council resolution 2008 (LX))
(b) Implementation and follow-up of major international
conferences in the economic, social and related fields
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the
agreed conclusions of the 1996 coordination segment of the
Council on the eradication of poverty
Report of the Administrative Committee on Coordination
(Council resolution 1996/36, para. 3)
(c) Multisectoral collaboration on tobacco or health
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General (Council resolution 1995/62)
(d) International cooperation in the field of informatics
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General (Council resolution 1996/35)
(e) Coordination of the activities of the organizations of the
United Nations system in the field of energy
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General (Council resolution 1996/44)1
7. Special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General on the coordination of
humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations (Assembly
resolutions 46/182, annex, and 51/194 and Council resolution
1996/33) 1/
For information
Report of the Secretary-General on assistance for the
reconstruction and development of Lebanon (Council resolution
1996/32 and Assembly resolution 51/30 C 1/
Oral report on the situation of refugees, returnees and displaced
persons in Africa (Assembly resolution 51/71)
8. Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Third Decade to
Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General (Assembly resolutions 49/146 and
51/81 and Council decision 1996/251)
9. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence
to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and
the international institutions associated with the United Nations
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General on assistance to the Palestinian
people (Council resolution 2100 (LXIII) and Assembly resolution
51/150) 1/
Report of the President of the Council on consultations with the
Chairman of the Special Committee (Council resolution 1996/37)
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the
Declaration (Council resolution 1996/37)
10. Human rights
For action
Report of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(Council resolutions 1988 (LX), 1985/17 and 1995/39)
Report of the Commission on Human Rights on its fifty-third
session (Council resolutions 5 (I) and 9 (II))
Question of a possible world conference to combat racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and other related
contemporary forms of intolerance (Assembly resolution 51/81)
Question of the right to development (Assembly resolution
51/99)
Question of the situation of human rights in Iraq (Assembly
resolution 51/106)
Question of the situation of human rights in the Islamic
Republic of Iran (Assembly resolution 51/107)
Question of the situation of human rights in Afghanistan
(Assembly resolution 51/108)
For discussion
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
(General Assembly resolution 48/141) 1/
For information
Report of the Human Rights Committee (article 45 of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) 1/
Reports submitted by States parties to the International Covenant
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and by the specialized
agencies
11. Advancement of women
For action
Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its forty-first
session (Council resolutions 11 (II) and 1147 (XLI))
For discussion
Report of the Board of Trustees of the International Research and
Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (Council
resolution 1998 (LX))
Report of the Secretary-General on the system-wide coordination of
activities to advance the status of women and to integrate women
in development (Council resolution 1989/105)
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General
Assembly resolution 50/165 on the improvement of the situation of
women in rural areas 1/
Report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the Fourth
World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action (Assembly resolutions 50/203
and 51/69) 1/
For information
Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women (article 21 of the Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against Women) 1/
12. Social development
For action
Report of the Commission for Social Development on its
thirty-fifth session (Council resolutions 10 (II) and 1996/7)
For information
Report of the Secretary-General on the world social situation
(Assembly resolution 44/56) 1/
Report of the Secretary-General on progress made in the
implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the
Year 2000 and Beyond (Assembly resolution 50/81) 1/
Report of the Secretary-General on progress made on the follow-up
to the International Year of the Family (Assembly resolution
50/142) 1/
Report of the Secretary-General on the process of implementation
of the objectives of education for all (Assembly resolution
50/143) 1/
13. Crime prevention and criminal justice
For action
Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
on its sixth session (Council resolution 1992/1)
Question of the elaboration of an international convention
against organized transnational crime (Assembly resolution
51/120)
14. Narcotic drugs
For action
Report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its fortieth session
(Council resolution 9 (I))
Question of progress in the preparations for the special
session of the General Assembly (Assembly resolution 51/64)
For information
Summary of the report of the International Narcotics Control Board
(article 15 of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961;
article 18 of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971; and
article 23 of the 1988 United Nations Convention against Illicit
Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances)
15. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
For discussion
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1/
16. Food and sustainable agricultural development
For discussion
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the
Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations on the outcome of the World Food Summit (Assembly
resolutions 50/109 and 51/171) 1/
17. Sustainable development
For action
Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development on its fifth
session (Council decision 1993/207)
Report of the Committee for Development Planning on its
thirty-first session (Council resolutions 1079 (XXXIX) and 1625
(LI))
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Council
resolution 1995/53 on consumer protection
For information
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the
Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD) on trade and environmental matters (Assembly
resolution 50/95)
18. Science and technology for development
For action
Report of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development
on its third session (Council decision 1992/218)
19. Population and development
For action
Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its
thirtieth session (Council resolutions 150 (VII) and 1986/7 and
decision 1995/209 and Assembly resolution 49/128)
20. Human settlements
For discussion
Report of the Commission on Human Settlements on its sixteenth
session, including the report of the Commission on progress made
in the implementation of the Global Strategy for Shelter to the
Year 2000 (Assembly resolutions 32/162 and 43/181) 1/
Review by the Commission on Human Settlements of its
programme of work (Assembly resolution 51/177)
Consideration by the Council of the periodicity of the
meetings of the Commission on Human Settlements (Assembly
resolution 51/177)
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Assembly
resolution 51/177 on the outcome of the United Nations Conference
on Human Settlements (Habitat II) 1/
21. Environment
For discussion
Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment
Programme on its nineteenth session (Assembly resolution 2997
(XXVII)) 1/
22. Desertification and drought
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General (Assembly resolutions 3054
(XXVIII) and 50/114 and Council resolution 1978/37) 1/
23. Cultural development
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General (Assembly resolution 49/105 and
Council decision 1996/206) 1/
24. Transport of dangerous goods
For action
Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Committee of
Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (Council resolutions
724 C (XXVIII), 1488 (XLVIII), 1983/7 and 1995/5)
25. Cartography
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General on the Fourteenth United Nations
Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific (Council
decision 1994/228)
Report of the Secretary-General on the Sixth United Nations
Regional Cartographic Conference for the Americas (Council
decision 1993/225)
26. Women in development
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General on the effective mobilization and
integration of women in development (Assembly resolutions 42/178
and 50/104) 1/
For information
Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its forty-first
session
27. Joint and Co-sponsored United Nations Programme on Human
Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Joint and
Co-sponsored United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (Council
resolution 1996/47)
28. Statistics
For action
Report of the Statistical Commission on its twenty-ninth session
(Council resolutions 8 (I), 8 (II) and 1566 (L))
29. Public administration and development
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General on the thirteenth meeting of the
Group of Experts on the United Nations Programme in Public
Administration and Finance (Council decision 1989/114)
30. Regional cooperation
For action
Report of the Secretary-General on regional cooperation, including
the report of the Secretary-General on a subject relating to
interregional cooperation of common interest to all regions
(Council resolution 1982/50 and decisions 1979/1 and 1982/174)
For discussion
Note by the Secretary-General on a Europe-Africa permanent link
through the Strait of Gibraltar (Council resolution 1995/48)
For information
Summary of the economic survey of Europe, 1996
Summary of the survey of economic and social conditions in Africa, 1996
Summary of the survey of economic and social conditions in Asia
and the Pacific, 1997
Summary of the economic survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1996
Summary of economic and social developments in the region of the
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, 1996
31. Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied
Palestinian and other Arab territories
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General on economic and social
repercussions of the Israeli settlements on the Palestinian people
in the Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, occupied since
1967, and on the Arab population of the occupied Syrian Golan
(Council resolution 1996/40) 1/
32. Implementation of General Assembly resolution 50/227
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General
Assembly resolution 50/227 1/
Report of the Secretary-General on the mandates, composition and
functions of the functional commissions and expert groups and
bodies (Council resolution 1996/41, para. 4) (E/1996/97)
Report of the Secretary-General on the working methods of the
functional commissions and expert groups and bodies (Council
resolution 1996/41, para. 4)
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the
Executive Secretaries of the regional commissions (Council
resolution 1996/41, para. 9; see also Assembly resolution 50/227,
annex I, paras. 74-75)
Report of the Secretary-General containing a comprehensive
assessment of the present arrangements for the Council's sessions
(Assembly resolution 50/227, annex I, para. 43)
33. Non-governmental organizations
For action
Report of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (Council
resolutions 3 (II) and 1296 (XLIV) and decision 1995/304)
For information/action
Note by the Secretary-General on an increase in the membership of
the Committee (Council resolution 1996/31 and decision 1995/304)
34. New and innovative ideas for generating funds
For discussion
Report of the Secretary-General (Council resolution 1996/48) 1/
35. United Nations University
For information
Report of the Council of the United Nations University for 1996 2/
36. Proposed programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999
For discussion
Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its
thirty-seventh session
Proposed programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999
37. Calendar of conferences in the economic, social and related fields
For action
Draft calendar of conferences in the economic, social and related
fields for the biennium 1998-1999
Report of the Secretary-General on utilization of conference
services by the Economic and Social Council (Assembly resolution
51/211 C)
II. QUESTIONS FOR INCLUSION IN THE PROGRAMME OF WORK OF
THE COUNCIL FOR 1998 AND LIST OF DOCUMENTS FOR EACH
AGENDA ITEM 3/
Substantive session of 1998
A. High-level segment
[Item/items to be selected]
World Economic and Social Survey, 1998
B. Coordination segment
Coordination of the policies and activities of the specialized
agencies and other bodies of the United Nations system related to the
following themes:
[Theme/themes to be selected]
C. Operational activities of the United Nations for
international development cooperation segment
Operational activities of the United Nations for international
development cooperation
Report of the Secretary-General on the comprehensive triennial policy
review of operational activities for development undertaken by the
United Nations (Assembly resolution 50/120) 1/
Follow-up to policy recommendations of the General Assembly
Coordination of activities on a system-side basis
Consideration of the reports of the Executive Boards of the United
Nations Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund, the
United Nations Children's Fund and the World Food Programme
Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations
Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund
(Assembly resolution 48/162)
Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations
Children's Fund (Assembly resolutions 802 (VIII) and 48/162)
Report of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme
(Assembly resolution 50/8)
D. General segment
Coordination questions
Reports of coordination bodies
Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its
thirty-eighth session (Council resolution 2008 (LX))
Annual overview report of the Administrative Committee on
Coordination for 1997 (Council resolution 13 (III))
Implementation and follow-up of major international conferences in
the economic, social and related fields
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the
1997 agreed conclusions of the Council
Malaria and diarrhoeal diseases, in particular cholera
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the
Director-General of the World Health Organization on the
implementation of the strategies and workplans presented to
the Council at its substantive session of 1995 (Council
resolution 1995/63)
Social, humanitarian and human rights questions: reports of
subsidiary bodies, conferences and related questions:
Special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance
Report of the Secretary-General on the coordination of
humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations
(Assembly resolution 46/182, annex)
Oral reports on special programmes of economic and
humanitarian assistance
Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Third Decade to
Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
Report of the Secretary-General (Assembly resolutions 49/146
and 51/81)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence
to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and
the international institutions associated with the United Nations
Report of the Secretary-General on assistance to the
Palestinian people (Council resolution 2100 (LXIII)) 1/
Human rights
Report of the Human Rights Committee (article 45 of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) 1/
Report of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights (Council resolutions 1988 (LX) and 1985/17)
Report of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (Assembly
resolution 44/25, annex) 1/
Report of the Commission on Human Rights on its fifty-fourth
session (Council resolutions 5 (I) and 9 (II))
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights (Assembly resolution 48/141) 1/
Documentation for information
Reports submitted by States parties to the Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and by the specialized
agencies
Advancement of women
Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women (article 21 of the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) 1/
Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its
forty-second session (Council resolutions 11 (II) and 1147
(XLI))
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the
revised system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of
women, 1996-2001 (Council resolution 1996/34)
Report of the Board of Trustees of the International Research
and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (Council
resolution 1998 (LX))
Report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the
Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of
the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Assembly
resolutions 50/203 and 51/69) 1/
Social development
Report of the Commission for Social Development on its
thirty-sixth session (Council resolutions 10 (III) and
1996/7)
Crime prevention and criminal justice
Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice on its seventh session (Council resolution 1992/1)
Narcotic drugs
Report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its forty-first
session (Council resolution 9 (I))
Summary of the report of the International Narcotics Control
Board (article 15 of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs,
1961; article 18 of the Convention on Psychotropic
Substances, 1971; and article 23 of the 1988 United Nations
Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances)
Report of the Secretary-General on the biennial update of the
United Nations System-Wide Action Plan on Drug Abuse Control
(Assembly resolution 48/112, sect. IV) 1/
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1/
Economic and environmental questions: reports of subsidiary bodies,
conferences and related questions
Sustainable development
Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development on its
sixth session (Council decision 1993/207)
Report of the Committee for Development Planning on its
thirty-second session (Council resolutions 1079 (XXXIX) and
1625 (LI))
Report of the Committee for Development Planning on the
report of the Secretary-General on a vulnerability index for
small island developing States (Assembly resolution 51/183) 1/
Report of the Secretary-General on products harmful to health
and the environment (Assembly resolution 39/229) 1/
Natural resources
Report of the Committee on Natural Resources on its fourth
session (Council decisions 1992/218 and 1993/302)
Energy
Report of the Committee on New and Renewable Sources of
Energy and on Energy for Development on its third session
(Council decision 1992/218)
International cooperation in tax matters
Report of the Secretary-General on the progress of the work
of the Ad Hoc Group of Experts on International Cooperation
in Tax Matters (Council resolutions 1273 (XLIII) and 1765
(LIV))
Public administration and finance
Report of the Secretary-General (Assembly resolution 50/225) 1/
Cartography
Report of the Secretary-General on the Seventh United Nations
Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names
(Council decision 1993/226)
Regional cooperation in the economic, social and related fields
Report of the Secretary-General on regional cooperation (Council
decision 1979/1), including the report of the Secretary-General on a
subject relating to interregional cooperation of common interest to
all regions (Council resolution 1982/50 and decision 1982/174)
Summaries of the surveys of economic conditions in the five regions
prepared by the regional commissions (Council resolution 1724 (LIII))
United Nations University
Report of the Council of the United Nations University for 1997 4/
Programme and related questions in the economic, social and related
fields
Relevant chapters of the proposed revisions to the medium-term plan
for the period 1998-2003
Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its
thirty-eighth session
Notes
1/ Submitted to the General Assembly through the Council.
2/ Will not be considered by the General Assembly in 1997.
3/ It is expected that the following list of questions will be
revised in the light of the Council's deliberations on the proposed
programme of work for 1997.
4/ Will be considered by the General Assembly in 1998.
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