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Economic and Social Council
Distr. LIMITED
20 May 1997
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Substantive session of 1997
Geneva, 30 June-25 July 1997
Item 1 of the provisional agenda*
* E/1997/100.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
Proposed programme of work for the substantive session of 1997
(Geneva, 30 June-25 July 1997)
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Programme Documentation
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Week of 30 June-4 July
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Monday, 30 June
10 a.m.
Opening of the session
Item 1
Adoption of the agenda and other Annotated provisional agenda
organizational matters (E/1997/100)
Proposed programme of work
(E/1997/L.15)
10.30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Operational activities segment
Item 3
Operational activities of the United
Nations for international
development cooperation:
(a) Coordination of activities on a Report of the Secretary-General
system-wide basis: funding for (A/52/155-E/1997/68)
operational activities for development:
implementation of General Assembly
resolution 50/227
Informal dialogue with heads
of agencies
Tuesday, 1 July
10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
High-level meeting of the operational
activities segment
Item 3 (continued)
Operational activities of the United
Nations for international development
cooperation:
(a) Coordination of activities on a Report of the Secretary-General
system-wide basis: funding for (A/52/__-E/1997/__)
operational activities for
development: implementation of
General Assembly resolution 50/227
Wednesday, 2 July
10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
High-level segment
Item 2
Policy dialogue and discussion on World Economic and Social Survey,
important developments in the world 1997 (E/1997/50)
economy and international economic
cooperation with heads of multilateral
financial and trade institutions of
the United Nations system
Thursday, 3 July and Friday, 4 July
10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
High-level segment
Item 2
Fostering an enabling environment for Report of the Secretary-General
development: financial flows, including (E/1997/__)
capital flows; investment; trade
Annual overview report of the
Administrative Committee on
Coordination for 1996
(E/1997/54)
Report of the Commission for
Social Development on its
thirty-fifth session (E/1997/26)
Week of 7-11 July
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Monday, 7 July
10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Operational activities segment
(continued)
Item 3
Operational activities of the United
Nations for international development
cooperation:
(b) Follow-up to policy recommendations Report of the Secretary-General
of the General Assembly (E/1997/65)
Addendum to the above on core
and non-core resources
(E/1997/65/Add.1)
Addendum to the above on
field- and regional-level
coordination (E/1997/65/Add.2)
Addendum to the above on
capacity-building
(E/1997/65/Add.3)
Addendum to the above
containing comprehensive
statistical data on operational
activities for development for
1995 (E/1997/65/Add.4)
Addendum to the above on policy
issues (E/1997/65/Add.5)
Tuesday, 8 July
10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Operational activities segment (concluded)
Item 3
Operational activities of the United
Nations for international development
cooperation:
(c) Reports of the Executive Boards Report of the Executive Board
of the United Nations Development of the United Nations Development
Programme/United Nations Population Programme/United Nations
Fund, the United Nations Children's Population Fund on its first
Fund and the World Food Programme regular session of 1997
(DP/1997/6)
Dialogue with country teams
Report of the Executive Board
of the United Nations
Development Programme/United
Nations Population Fund on
its second regular session of
1997
Report of the Executive Board
of the United Nations
Development Programme/United
Nations Population Fund on its
1997 annual session
Annual report of the Executive
Board of the United Nations
Development Programme to the
Economic and Social Council
(E/1997/__)
Annual report of the Executive
Board of the United Nations
Population fund to the Economic
and Social Council (E/1997/__)
Report of the Executive Board
of the United Nations Children's
Fund on the first regular
session of 1997
(E/1997/32 (Part I))
Report of the Executive Board
of the United Nations Children's
Fund on the second regular
session of 1997 (E/1997/32
(Part II))
Report of the Executive Board
of the United Nations Children's
Fund on its 1997 annual session
(E/1997/32 (Part III))
Annual report of the Executive
Director of the United Nations
Children's Fund to the Economic
and Social Council (E/1997/59)
Report of the Executive Board of
the World Food Programme
(E/1997/34)
Annual report of the Executive
Board of the World Food
Programme to the Economic and
Social Council (E/1997/__)
Note by the Secretary-General
transmitting the report of the
Executive Board of the World
Food Programme on the revision
of the General Regulations of
the Programme (E/1997/49)
(d) Economic and technical cooperation Report of the High-level
among developing countries Committee on the Review of
Technical Cooperation among
Developing Countries on its
tenth session (A/52/39)
Wednesday, 9 July
10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Coordination segment
Item 4
Coordination of the policies and
activities of the specialized agencies
and other bodies of the United Nations
system related to the following theme:
(a) Mainstreaming the gender Report of the Secretary-General
perspective into all policies and (E/1997/66)
programmes in the United Nations system
(Introduction and general discussion)
Thursday, 10 July
10 a.m.
Coordination segment (continued)
Item 4 (a)
(General discussion concluded)
3 p.m.
Item 4
Coordination of the policies and
activities of the specialized agencies
and other bodies of the United Nations
system related to the following theme:
(b) Freshwater, including clean and Report of the Secretary-General
safe water supply and sanitation (E/1997/__)
(Introduction and general discussion)
Friday, 11 July
10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Coordination segment (concluded)
Item 4 (b)
(General discussion concluded)
General segment
Week of 14-18 July
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Monday, 14 July
10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Item 6
Coordination, programme and other questions Note by the Secretary-General
transmitting the comments of
the Administrative Committee
on Coordination on the report
of the Joint Inspection Unit
entitled "Review of financial
resources allocated by the
United Nations to activities
by non-governmental
organizations"
(A/52/114-E/1997/46)
Note by the Secretary-General
transmitting the comments of
the Administrative Committee
on Coordination on the report
of the Joint Inspection Unit
entitled "Coordination of
policy and programming
frameworks for more effective
development cooperation"
(A/52/115-E/1997/47)
(a) Reports of coordination bodies Annual overview report of the
Administrative Committee on
Coordination for 1996
(E/1997/54)
Report of the Committee for
Programme and Coordination on
its thirty-seventh session
(A/52/16)
(b) Multisectoral collaboration on Report of the Secretary-General
tobacco or health on progress
made in the implementation of
multisectoral collaboration on
tobacco or health (E/1997/62)
(c) International cooperation in the Report of the Secretary-General
field of informatics (E/1997/__)
(d) Coordination of the activities of the Report of the Secretary-General
organizations of the United Nations (E/1997/__)
system in the field of energy
(e) Joint and Co-Sponsored United Nations Note by the Secretary-General
Programme on Human Immunodeficiency transmitting the report of the
Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Disease Executive Director of the Joint
Syndrome and Co-Sponsored United Nations
Programme on Human
Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired
Immunodeficiency Disease Syndrome
(E/1997/63)
(f) Proposed programme budget for the Relevant sections of the proposed
biennium 1998-1999 programme budget for the biennium
1998-1999 (A/52/6)
Report of the Committee for
Programme and Coordination on
its thirty-seventh session
(A/52/16)
(g) Calendar of conferences in the Draft calendar of conferences
economic, social and related fields and meetings in the economic,
social and related fields for
1998 and 1999 (E/1997/L.__)
(h) United Nations University Report of the Council of the
United Nations University for
1996 (E/1997/7)
(i) Proclamation of international years Letter dated 30 January 1997
from the Permanent
Representative of the Kyrgyz
Republic to the United Nations
addressed to the
Secretary-General concerning
the proclamation of the year
2000 as the international year
of mountains (E/1997/3)
Letter dated 5 February 1997
from the Permanent
Representative of Japan to the
United Nations addressed to the
Secretary-General concerning
the proclamation of the year
2001 as the international year
of volunteers (E/1997/11)
Letter dated 6 February 1997
from the Charg‚ d'affaires a.i.
of the Permanent Mission of
Argentina to the United Nations
addressed to the Secretary-General
concerning the proclamation of
the year 2000 as the
international year of
thanksgiving (E/1997/12)
Tuesday, 15 July
10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Item 10
Regional cooperation Note by the Secretary-General
on reform of the United Nations
and its impact on the Economic
Commission for Latin America
and the Caribbean (E/1997/5)
Report of the Secretary-General
on regional cooperation in the
economic, social and related
fields (E/1997/40 and Add.1)
Note by the Secretary-General
on a Europe-Africa permanent
link through the Strait of
Gibraltar (E/1997/51)
Summary of the survey of
economic and social conditions
in Africa, 1996 (E/1997/41)
Summary of the economic survey of
Europe, 1996 (E/1997/42)
Summary of the economic survey
of Latin America and the
Caribbean, 1996 (E/1997/43)
Summary of the survey of
economic and social conditions
in Asia and the Pacific, 1997
(E/1997/44)
Summary of the survey of
economic and social developments
in the region of the Economic
and Social Commission for
Western Asia, 1996-1997
(E/1997/45)
Wednesday, 16 July
10 a.m.
Item 5
Integrated and coordinated implementation Report of the Secretary-General
and follow-up of the major international on the implementation of the
United Nations conferences and summits agreed conclusions of the 1996
coordination segment of the
Council on the coordination
of the United Nations system
activities for poverty
eradication (E/1997/58)
Report of the Administrative
Committee on Coordination
(E/1997/__)
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
(A/52/132-E/1997/57)
Wednesday, 16 July
3 p.m. and
Thursday, 17 July
10 a.m.
Item 8
Special economic, humanitarian and Report of the Secretary-General
disaster relief assistance on the coordination of
humanitarian emergency
assistance of the United Nations
(A/52/__-E/1997/__)
Report of the Secretary-General
on assistance for the
reconstruction and development
of Lebanon (A/52/__-E/1997/__)
Thursday, 17 July
3 p.m. and
Friday, 18 July
10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Item 7
Reports, conclusions and recommendations Document prepared by the
of subsidiary bodies Secretariat containing a
consolidation of conclusions
and recommendations of
subsidiary bodies (Assembly
resolution 50/227, annex I)
(E/1997/L.__)
(a) Economic questions** Relevant sections of the
document prepared by the
(** The documents listed are to be Secretariat containing a
considered under both sub-item (a) consolidation of conclusions
and sub-item (b)). and recommendations of
subsidiary bodies (E/1997/L.__)
(b) Environmental questions***
(** The documents listed are to be
considered under both sub-item (a)
and sub-item (b)).
Sustainable development Report of the Committee on
Sustainable Development on its
fifth session (E/1997/29)
Report of the Commission on
Sustainable Development acting
as the preparatory body for
the special session of the
General Assembly on Agenda 21
(A/S-19/14-E/1997/60)
Report of the Committee for
Development Planning on its
thirty-first session (E/1997/35)
Report of the Secretary-General
on consumer protection
(E/1997/61)
Note by the Secretary-General
transmitting the report of
the secretariat of the United
Nations Conference on Trade
and Development entitled
"Trade and environment:
concrete progress achieved
and some outstanding issues"
(A/S-19/4-E/1997/13 and Add.1)
Science and technology for development Report of the Commission on
Science and Technology for
Development on its third
session (E/1997/31)
Population and development Report of the Commission on
Population and Development on
its thirtieth session (E/1997/25)
Human settlements Report of the Commission on
Human Settlements on its
sixteenth session (A/52/8)
Report of the Secretary-General
on the implementation of General
Assembly resolution 51/177 on
the outcome of the United
Nations Centre for Human
Settlements (Habitat II)
(A/52/__-E/1997/__)
Environment Report of the Governing Council
of United Nations Environment
Programme at its nineteenth
session (A/52/25)
Transport of dangerous goods Report of the Secretary-General
on the work of the Committee
of Experts on the Transport
of Dangerous Goods (E/1997/16)
Cartography Report of the Secretary-General
on the Fourteenth United Nations
Regional Cartographic Conference
for Asia and the Pacific
(E/1997/52)
Report of the Secretary-General
on the Sixth United Nations
Regional Cartographic
Conference for the Americas
(E/1997/__)
Statistics Report of the Statistical
Commission on its twenty-ninth
session (E/1997/24)
Public administration and development Report of the Secretary-General
on the Thirteenth Meeting of
Experts on the United Nations
Programme in Public
Administration and Finance
(E/1997/__)
Week of 21-25 July
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Monday, 21 July and Tuesday, 22 July
10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and
Wednesday, 23 July
10 a.m.
Item 7
Reports, conclusions and recommendations
of subsidiary bodies (continued)
(c) Social questions Relevant sections of the document
prepared by the Secretariat
containing a consolidation of
conclusions and recommendations
of subsidiary bodies
(E/1997/L.__)
Advancement of women Report of the Commission on the
Status of Women on its
forty-first session (E/1997/27)
Report of the Board of Trustees
of the International Research
and Training Institute for the
Advancement of Women at its
seventeenth session (E/1997/53)
Report of the Secretary-General
on ways and means to enhance
the capacity of the Organization
and the United Nations system
to support the ongoing
follow-up to the Fourth World
Conference on Women (E/1997/64)
Social development Report of the Commission on
Social Development on its
thirty-fifth session (E/1997/26)
1997 Report on the World Social
Situation (E/1997/15)
Report of the Secretary-General
on the process of implementation
of the objectives of education
for all (A/52/__-E/1997/__)
Crime prevention and criminal justice Report of the Commission on
Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice on its sixth session
(E/1997/30)
Narcotic drugs Report of the Commission on
Narcotic Drugs on its fortieth
session (E/1997/28)
Report of the Commission on
Narcotic Drugs acting as the
preparatory body for the
special session of the General
Assembly in 1998 (E/1997/48)
Summary of the report of the
International Narcotics
Control Board for 1996
(E/1997/56)
United Nations High Commissioner Report of the United Nations
for Refugees High Commissioner for Refugees
(E/1997/17)
(d) Human rights questions Relevant sections of the
document prepared by the
Secretariat containing a
consolidation of conclusions
and recommendations of
subsidiary bodies (E/1997/L.__)
Implementation of the Programme of Report of the Secretary-General
Action for the Third Decade to Combat (E/1997/__)
Racism and Racial Discrimination
Human rights Report of the Committee on
Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights on its fourteenth
and fifteenth sessions
(E/1997/22)
Report of the Commission on
Human Rights on its
fifty-third session (E/1997/23)
Report of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human
Rights (E/1997/__)
Note by the Secretary-General
transmitting the general
comments of the Human Rights
Committee (E/1997/__)
Wednesday, 23 July
3 p.m.
Item 9
Implementation of the Declaration on Report of the Secretary-General
the Granting of Independence to (A/52/__)
Colonial Countries and Peoples
by the specialized agencies and the Report of the President of the
international institutions associated Council on consultations held
with the United Nations with the Chairman of the Special
Committee on the Situation with
regard to the Implementation of
the Declaration on the Granting
of Independence to Colonial
Countries and Peoples (E/1997/__)
Report of the Secretary-General
on assistance to the Palestinian
people (A/52/__-E/1997/__)
Item 11
Permanent sovereignty over national Report of the Secretary-General
resources in the occupied Palestinian (A/52/__-E/1997/__)
and other Arab territories
Item 12
Implementation of General Assembly Report of the Secretary-General
resolution 50/227 on the implementation of General
Assembly resolution 50/227
(A/52/__-E/1997/__)
Report of the Secretary-General
on the subsidiary bodies of the
Economic and Social Council and
the General Assembly in the
economic, social and related
fields (E/1996/97)
Report of the Secretary-General
containing a review of the
mandates, composition, functions
and working methods of the
functional commissions and
expert groups and bodies of the
Economic and Social Council
(E/1996/97/Add.1)
Report of the Secretary-General
containing a comprehensive
assessment of the present
arrangements for the Council's
sessions (E/1997/__)
Item 13
Non-governmental organizations
(a) Report of the Committee on Report of the Committee on
Non-Governmental Organizations Non-Governmental Organizations
on its 1997 session (E/1997/__)
(b) Increase in the membership of the Note by the Secretary-General
Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (Council decision 1995/304 and
resolution 1996/31) (E/1997/__)
Item 14
New and innovative ideas for Report of the Secretary-General
generating funds (Council resolution 1996/48)
(A/52/__-E/1997/__)
Thursday, 24 July
(To be determined)
Friday, 25 July
10 a.m.
Action on all outstanding draft proposals
3 p.m.
Conclusion of the work of the substantive
session of 1997
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