E/1999/INF/2
16 February 1999
Original: English
Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council
at its organizational session for 1999
(20 January and 2-5 February 1999)
Note: The provisional texts of the resolutions and decisions
adopted by the Council at its organizational session for 1999 are circulated herein for
information. The final texts will be issued in Official Records of the Economic and Social
Council, 1999, Supplement No. 1 (E/1999/99).
Contents
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Resolution Agenda Date number Title item adopted Page
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Resolutions
1999/1 Restructuring and revitalization of the United Nations in the
economic, social and related fields (E/1999/L.6 and Corr.1) 4 2 Feb. 1999 3
1999/2 Work programme for the Committee for Development Policy
(E/1999/L.8) 7 5 Feb. 1999 5
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Decisions
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Decision number
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1999/201 Provisional agenda for the substantive session of 1999 of 2
the Economic and Social Council and (E/1999/L.4) 3 2 Feb. 1999 5
1999/202 Basic programme of work of the 2 Economic and
Social Council and for 2000 (E/1999/L.4) 3 2 Feb. 1999 14
1999/203 Regional cooperation (E/1999/L.4) 2 and
3 2 Feb. 1999 19
1999/204 Dates of sessions of subsidiary bodies of the Economic and
Social Council and of other 2 meetings of the Council in 1999 and
(E/1999/L.4) 3 2 Feb. 1999 19
1999/205 Provisional agenda and documentation for the 1999
session of the Committee on 2 Non-Governmental Organizations and
(E/1999/L.4) 3 2 Feb. 1999 20
1999/206 Participation of non-governmental organizations
accredited to the World Summit for Social Development in
the work of the Commission for Social Development at its
thirty-seventh session (E/1999/L.3) 2 2 Feb. 1999 21
1999/207 Enlargement of the Executive Committee of the Programme of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(E/1998/L.53) 6 2 Feb. 1999 21
1999/208 Theme of the humanitarian affairs segment of the
substantive session of 1999 of the Economic and Social Council
(E/1999/L.7) 3 5 Feb. 1999 21
1999/209 Issue of the review of the distribution of seats in the
Executive Board of the World
Food Programme (E/1999/SR.4) 5 5 Feb. 1999 22
1999/210 Elections to subsidiary and related bodies of the Economic
and Social Council, nominations and confirmation of a
representative on a functional commission (E/1999/SR.4) 8 5 Feb. 1999 22
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Resolutions
1999/1 Restructuring and revitalization of the United
Nations in the economic, social and related fields
The Economic and Social Council,
Recalling its resolutions 1996/43 of 26 July 1996, 1998/46 and 1998/47 of 31 July 1998 and
1998/49 of 16 December 1998, and General Assembly resolutions 50/227 of 24 May 1996 and
52/12 B of 19 December 1997,
1. Takes note with appreciation of the reports of the Secretary-General on restructuring
and revitalization of the United Nations in the economic, social and related fields 1/ and
on the joint exploratory review of cooperation between the United Nations and the Bretton
Woods institutions, 2/ and of the consolidated report by the Secretariat on the outcomes
of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council in 1998; 3/
I
Restructuring and revitalization of the United Nations in the economic, social and related
fields
2. Welcomes the progress made in implementing the provisions of General Assembly
resolutions 50/227 and 52/12 B;
3. Decides to inform the General Assembly of progress made by the Economic and Social
Council in implementing Assembly resolutions 50/227 and 52/12 B and, to that end, requests
the President of the Council to write to the President of the Assembly, as a follow-up to
the letter of the President of the Council dated 21 August 1998 4/ pursuant to Council
resolution 1998/46;
4. Takes note of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on
restructuring and revitalization of the United Nations in the economic, social and related
fields 1/ related to the work of the Economic and Social Council which include elements
for continued deliberations of the Council on the further implementation of General
Assembly resolutions 50/227 and 52/12 B;
5. Looks forward to the annual progress report of the Secretary-General on the further
implementation of General Assembly resolutions 50/227 and 52/12 B and Economic and Social
Council resolution 1998/46, to be submitted to the Council at its substantive session of
1999;
II
Joint exploratory review of cooperation between the United Nations and the Bretton Woods
institutions
6. Welcomes the joint exploratory review of cooperation between the United Nations and the
Bretton Woods institutions as the first such joint review, and reaffirms that cooperation
between the United Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions should cover cooperation at
all levels, including intergovernmental, Secretariat and country levels, as mandated by
General Assembly resolution 50/227;
7. Also welcomes the progress made in strengthening cooperation between the United Nations
and the Bretton Woods institutions at the intergovernmental, country and Secretariat
levels, and encourages further cooperation in that regard;
8. Encourages the organizations that participated in the joint exploratory review of
cooperation between the United Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions collectively to
undertake a renewed effort to concert policy approaches and give new impetus to
collaborative actions by the organizations and agencies of the United Nations system, in
particular in the area of poverty eradication;
9. Welcomes the increased dialogue and cooperation between the United Nations and the
Bretton Woods institutions at the intergovernmental level, and decides to make further
efforts to promote an open dialogue with a view to building a strategic partnership and
integrated development approaches;
10. Takes note of the recommendations of the Secretary-General on cooperation between the
United Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions contained in his report 2/ and
encourages the organizations to continue to pursue cooperation at the country and
Secretariat levels, bearing in mind those recommendations;
11. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a progress report on cooperation between the
United Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions at all levels;
III
Outcomes of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council in 1998
12. Recognizes that a consolidated report on the outcomes of the functional commissions of
the Economic and Social Council is a useful tool with respect to supporting its
coordination function;
13. Requests the functional commissions that have not yet done so to implement General
Assembly resolution 50/227 with regard to the provision of summaries of their resolutions
or decisions for action by and/or for the attention of the Economic and Social Council;
14. Welcomes recommendations 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of section 1, recommendation 1 of section 2
and the recommendations contained in sections 3 to 9 of the consolidated report on the
outcomes of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council in 1998, 3/
decides to transmit to the appropriate functional commissions those recommendations for
their implementation, and requests the functional commissions to report to the Council at
its substantive session of 1999 on the follow-up actions taken;
15. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a further consolidated report on the work of
the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council in 1999 for consideration at
its substantive session.
2nd plenary meeting 2 February 1999
1999/2 Work programme for the Committee for Development Policy
The Economic and Social Council,
Recalling its resolutions 1998/39 of 30 July 1998 and 1998/46 of 31 July 1998,
1. Stresses the crucial importance of the completion of the work of the Committee for
Development Policy on the vulnerability index;
2. Requests the Committee for Development Policy to continue, and to make all possible
efforts to complete, its work in this regard during its forthcoming session and to report
thereon to the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 1999;
3. Also requests the Committee for Development Policy to consider the theme of the role of
employment and work in poverty eradication in the context of globalization: the
empowerment and advancement of women, and, in this regard, requests the Secretariat to
make available to the Committee its work in preparing for the substantive session of 1999
of the Economic and Social Council.
4th plenary meeting 5 February 1999
Decisions
1999/201 Provisional agenda for the substantive session of 1999 of the Economic and Social
Council
At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 2 February 1999, the Economic and Social Council, having
considered the proposed programme of work for 1999 and 2000, 5/ approved the following
provisional agenda for its substantive session of 1999:
1. Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters
Documentation
Note by the Secretary-General on proposed themes for the high-level and coordination
segments of the 2000 substantive session of the Council (General Assembly resolution
50/227, annex I)
High-level segment
2. The role of employment and work in poverty eradication: the empowerment and advancement
of women
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General (Council decision 1998/298)
World Economic and Social Survey, 1999
Operational activities of the United Nations for international development cooperation
segment
3. Operational activities of the United Nations for international development cooperation:
(a) Poverty eradication and capacity-building
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General (General Assembly resolution 53/192, para. 62, and Council
decision 1998/299)
(b) Follow-up to policy recommendations of the General Assembly
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General (Council resolutions 1994/33 and 1998/27 and Assembly
resolution 53/192)
Addendum to the above report on an appropriate management process of operational
activities (Assembly resolution 53/192, para. 60)
Addendum to the above report on the United Nations Development Assistance Framework
(Assembly resolution 53/192, para. 63)
Addendum to the above report, taking into account the annual reports of the executive
heads of the United Nations funds and programmes, on themes for future discussion (Council
resolution 1998/27, para. 3)
Addendum to the above report including a concise consolidated list of issues that are
central to the improved coordination of operational activities (Council resolution
1998/27, para.4)
Addendum containing statistical information for 1997
(c) Reports of the Executive Boards of the United Nations Development Programme and the
United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations Children's Fund and the World Food
Programme
Documentation
Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and the United
Nations Population Fund (General Assembly resolution 48/162, annex, and Council
resolutions 1995/51 and 1998/27)
Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children~s Fund (General Assembly
resolution 48/162, annex, and Council resolutions 1995/51 and 1998/27)
Report of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme (General Assembly resolution
50/8 and Council resolutions 1995/51 and 1998/27)
Annual report of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (Council
resolutions 1994/33 and 1998/27 and General Assembly resolution 53/192, para. 59)
Annual report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (Council
resolutions 1994/33 and 1998/27 and General Assembly resolution 53/192, para. 59)
Annual report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (Council
resolutions 1994/33 and 1998/27 and General Assembly resolution 53/192, para. 59)
Annual report of the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (Council resolutions
1994/33 and 1998/27 and General Assembly resolution 53/192, para. 59)
(d) Economic and technical cooperation among developing countries
Documentation
Report of the High-level Committee on the Review of Technical Cooperation among Developing
Countries 6/
Coordination segment
4. Coordination of the policies and activities of the specialized agencies and other
bodies of the United Nations system related to the following theme: Development of Africa:
implementation and coordinated follow-up by the United Nations system of initiatives on
African development
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General (Council decision 1998/298)
Humanitarian affairs segment
5. Special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency
humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, including progress made with regard to
economic assistance to Djibouti and the implementation of General Assembly resolution 53/1
J (Assembly resolutions 46/182, annex, and 53/88) 6/
Report of the Secretary-General on follow-up to Council agreed conclusions 1998/1
Report of the Secretary-General on the progress made with the relief, rehabilitation and
reconstruction efforts of Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and
Saint Kitts and Nevis (General Assembly resolution 53/1 B) 6/
Report of the Secretary-General on the collaborative effort to assist Belize, Costa Rica,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama and on the progress made with the
relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in the affected countries (General
Assembly resolution 53/1 C) 6/
Oral report on assistance to the drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda (Council resolution 1983/46)
General segment
6. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to major United Nations
conferences and summits
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Council agreed conclusions 1998/2
on the coordinated follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme
of Action (General Assembly resolution 45/264, annex)
Report of the Secretary-General on ways to enhance the integrated and coordinated
implementation of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits (Council
resolutions 1997/61 and 1998/44)
Report of the Secretary-General on possible modalities of a review by the Council in 2000
of progress made within the United Nations system on coordinated conference follow-up
(Council
resolution 1998/44, para. 17)
Note by the Secretariat transmitting the report of the Commission on the Status of Women
acting as the preparatory committee for the special session of the General Assembly to
review and appraise progress in the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action
(General Assembly resolutions 52/100 and 53/120)
7. Coordination, programme and other questions:
(a) Reports of coordination bodies
Documentation
Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its thirty-ninth session 6/
Annual overview report of the Administrative Committee on Coordination for 1998
(b) Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2000-2001
Documentation
Relevant sections of the proposed programme budget for the biennium 2000-2001
Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its thirty-ninth session 6/
(c) Joint and Co-sponsored United Nations Programme on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
Documentation
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Executive Director of the
Joint and Co-sponsored United Nations Programme on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome (Council resolution 1997/52)
(d) International cooperation in the field of informatics
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up action taken on Council resolution
1998/29, including the findings of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Informatics
(e) Calendar of conferences and meetings in the economic, social and related fields
Documentation
Draft calendar of conferences and meetings in the economic,social and related fields for
the biennium 2000-2001
8. Implementation of General Assembly resolutions 50/227 and 52/12 B
Question to be addressed
Monitoring of steps taken by the functional commissions in response to Council
recommendations on the harmonization of their work programmes (Council resolution 1998/46,
annex II)
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
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General on assistance to the Palestinian people (Council
resolution 2100 (LXIII) and General Assembly resolution 53/89) 6/
Report of the President of the Council on consultations held 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 (Council resolution
1998/38)
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Declaration by the
specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations
(Council resolution 1998/38)
10. Regional cooperation
Documentation
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)
Note by the Secretary-General on a Europe-Africa permanent link through the Strait of
Gibraltar (Council resolution 1997/48)
Summary of the economic survey of Europe, 1998
Summary of the survey of economic and social conditions in Africa, 1998
Summary of the survey of economic and social conditions in Asia and the Pacific, 1999
Summary of the economic survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1998
Summary of economic and social developments in the region of the Economic and Social
Commission for Western Asia, 1998
11. Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions
of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and
the Arab population
in the occupied Syrian Golan
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Council resolution 1998/32 and
General Assembly resolution 53/196 6/
12. Non-governmental organizations
Documentation
Report of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (Council resolutions 3 (II) and
1996/31 and decision 1995/304)
13. Economic and environmental questions
Documentation
Relevant sections of the document prepared by the Secretariat containing a consolidation
of conclusions and recommendations of subsidiary bodies and examining linkages between the
functional commissions (General Assembly resolution 50/227, annex I, para. 68, and Council
resolution 1998/46, annex II,para. 32)
Question to be addressed
Implementation of the relevant recommendations contained in the report of the
Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and
sustainable development in Africa (A/52/871-S/1998/318; see also E/1998/88) (Council
decision 1998/283)
(a) Sustainable development
Documentation
Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development on its seventh session, including
guidelines for consumer protection and recommendations on supportive measures and
activities that will contribute to a successful International Year of Ecotourism (Council
decisions 1993/207 and 1998/215, Council resolution 1998/40 and General Assembly
resolution 53/200)
Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its thirty-third session, including the
Committees assessment of the usefulness of a vulnerability index as a criterion for
designation of the least developed countries (Council resolutions 1079 (XXXIX), 1625 (LI),
1998/39 and 1998/46)
(b) Science and technology for development
Documentation
Report of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development on its fourth session
(Council decisions 1992/218, 1997/305 and 1997/306)
(c) Statistics
Documentation
Report of the Statistical Commission on its thirtieth session (Council resolutions 8 (I),
8 (II) and 1566 (L) and decision 1997/219)
(d) Human settlements
Documentation
Report of the Commission on Human Settlements on its seventeenth session (General Assembly
resolutions 32/162, 43/181 and 52/190) 6/
(e) Environment
Documentation
Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its
twentieth session (General Assembly resolution 2997 (XXVII)) 6/
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolution
53/185 entitled "International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Nin~o
phenomenon" 6/
Report of the Secretary-General on the measures taken within the United Nations system to
accelerate the implementation of Agenda 21 and the Programme for the Further
Implementation of Agenda 21 (General Assembly resolution 53/188) 6/
(f) Women in development
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General on the effective mobilization and integration of women in
development (General Assembly resolutions 42/178 and 52/195) 6/
World Survey on the Role of Women in Development (General Assembly resolutions 40/204 and
49/161) 6/
(g) Transport of dangerous goods
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Committee of Experts on the Transport
of Dangerous Goods and on the implementation of Council resolution 1997/3 (Council
resolutions 724 C (XXVIII), 1488 (XLVIII) and 1983/7)
(h) International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General (General Assembly resolution 44/236, annex) 6/
Report of the Secretary-General on recommendations on how the United Nations can deal with
natural disaster reduction after the conclusion of the International Decade for Natural
Disaster Reduction (General Assembly resolution 53/185) 6/
(i) Population and development
Documentation
Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its thirty-second session
(General Assembly resolution 49/128, para. 25, and Council decisions 1995/209 and
1998/222)
(j) International cooperation in tax matters
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General on the progress of the work of the Ad Hoc Group of Experts
on International Cooperation in Tax Matters at its ninth meeting (Council resolutions 1273
(XLIII) and 1765 (LIV) and decision 1998/218)
(k) Energy and natural resources for development
Documentation
Report of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for Development on its first
session (Council resolution 1998/46, annex I)
14. Social and human rights questions
Documentation
Relevant sections of the document prepared by the Secretariat containing a consolidation
of conclusions and recommendations of subsidiary bodies and examining linkages between the
functional commissions (General Assembly resolution 50/227, annex I, para. 68, and Council
resolution 1998/46, annex II, para. 32)
(a) Advancement of women
Documentation
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) 6/
Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its forty-third session (Council
resolutions 11 (II) and 1147 (XLI) and decision 1998/224)
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 Director of the International Research and Training Institute for the
Advancement of Women (Council resolution 1998/48)
Report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to and implementation of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action (General Assembly resolutions 50/203 and 53/120 and
Council resolution 1998/43) 6/
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 52/93
on the improvement of the situation of women in rural areas 6/
(b) Social development
Documentation
Report of the Commission for Social Development on its thirty-seventh session (Council
resolutions 10 (II) and 1996/7 and decision 1998/226)
Report of the Secretary-General on effective ways and means for achieving the goal of
education for all (General Assembly resolution 52/84) 6/
(c) Crime prevention and criminal justice
Documentation
Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its eighth session
(Council resolution 1992/1 and decision 1998/227)
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 52/86
on crime prevention and criminal justice measures to eliminate violence against women 6/
(d) Narcotic drugs
Documentation
Report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its forty-second session (Council resolution
9 (I) and decision 1998/229)
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)
(e) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Documentation
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 6/
Oral report on the situation of refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa
(General Assembly resolution 53/126)
(f) Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Third Decade to Combat Racism and
Racial Discrimination
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General (General Assembly resolutions 48/91 and 53/132)
Relevant chapter of the report of the Commission on Human Rights on its fifty-fifth
session on a concrete proposal on the date and venue of the World Conference against
Racism,
Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (General Assembly resolution
53/132 (II))
(g) Programme of activities for the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
Question to be addressed
Mid-point review by the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly of the
results of the activities for the Decade (Assembly resolution 50/157)
(h) Human rights
Documentation
Report of the Commission on Human Rights on its fifty-fifth session (Council resolutions 5
(I) and 9 (II))
Report of the Human Rights Committee (article 45 of the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights) 6/
Report of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Council resolutions 1988
(LX) and 1985/17 and Council decision 1998/293)
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (General Assembly
resolution 48/141) 6/
1999/202 Basic programme of work of the Economic and Social Council for 2000
At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 2 February 1999, the Economic and Social Council took note
of the following list of questions for inclusion in the programme of work for 2000:
Substantive session of 2000
A. High-level segment
[Item/items to be selected] */
World Economic and Social Survey, 2000
B. Operational activities of the United Nations for international development cooperation
segment **/
Operational activities of the United Nations for international development cooperation
[Theme/themes to be selected for consideration at the high-level meeting of the segment]
Follow-up to policy recommendations of the General Assembly
Report of the Secretary-General (Council resolution 1994/33 and General Assembly
resolution 53/192)
Reports of the Executive Boards of the United Nations Development Programme and the 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 and the United
Nations Population Fund (General Assembly resolution 48/162, annex, and Council
resolutions 1995/51 and 1998/27)
Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund (General Assembly
resolution 48/162, annex, and Council resolutions 1995/51 and 1998/27)
Report of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme (General Assembly resolution
50/8 and Council resolutions 1995/51 and 1998/27)
Annual report of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (Council
resolutions 1994/33 and 1998/27 and General Assembly resolution 53/192, para. 59)
Annual report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (Council
resolutions 1994/33 and 1998/27 and General Assembly resolution 53/192, para. 59)
Annual report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (Council
resolutions 1994/33 and 1998/27 and General Assembly resolution 53/192, para. 59)
Annual report of the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (Council resolutions
1994/33 and 1998/27 and General Assembly resolution 53/192, para. 59)
C. 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] ***/
D. Humanitarian affairs segment
Special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance
Report of the Secretary-General on the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance
of the United Nations (General Assembly resolution 46/182, annex) 6/
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 53/1
D on international assistance for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Nicaragua:
aftermath of the war and natural disasters 6/
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 53/1
I on assistance for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Liberia 6/
Oral report on assistance to the drought-stricken areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda (Council resolution 1983/46)
E. General segment
Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to major United Nations
conferences and summits
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the 1999 agreed conclusions of
the Council (General Assembly resolution 45/264, annex)
Report of the Secretary-General on ways to enhance the integrated and coordinated
implementation of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits (Council
resolution 1997/61)
Coordination, programme and other questions
Reports of coordination bodies
Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its fortieth session 6/
Annual overview report of the Administrative Committee on Coordination for 1999
Proposed revisions to the medium-term plan for the period 1998-2001
Relevant chapters of the proposed revisions to the medium-term plan for the period
1998-2001
Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination on its fortieth session
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)) 6/
Regional cooperation
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))
Non-governmental organizations
Report of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (Council resolutions 3 (II) and
1996/31 and decision 1995/304)
Question to be addressed
Enlargement of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (Council decision 1998/231)
Economic and environmental questions
Relevant sections of the document prepared by the Secretariat containing a consolidation
of conclusions and recommendations of subsidiary bodies (General Assembly resolution
50/227, annex I, para. 68)
Report of the Secretary-General on the measures taken within the United Nations system to
accelerate the implementation of Agenda 21 and the Programme for the Further
Implementation of Agenda 21 (General Assembly resolution 53/188) 6/
Sustainable development
Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development on its eighth session (Council
decision 1993/207)
Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its thirty-fourth session (Council
resolutions 1079 (XXXIX), 1625 (LI) and 1998/46)
Food and agricultural development
Report on the review and analysis of agrarian reform and rural development (Council
decision 1981/185)
Public administration and finance
Report of the Secretary-General on the Fifteenth Meeting of Experts on the United Nations
Programme in Public Administration and Finance (Council resolution 1199 (XLII) and
decision 1998/219)
Water supply and sanitation
Report of the Secretary-General containing an assessment of the water supply and
sanitation situation in developing countries (General Assembly resolution 50/126) 6/
Cartography
Report of the Secretary-General on the Fifteenth United Nations Regional Cartographic
Conference for Asia and the Pacific (Council decision 1997/221)
Report of the Secretary-General on the twentieth session of the United Nations Group of
Experts on Geographical Names (Council decision 1998/221)
Population and development
Report of the Commission on Population and Development on its thirty-third session
(General Assembly resolution 49/128, para. 25, and Council decision 1995/209)
Social and human rights questions
Relevant sections of the document prepared by the Secretariat containing a consolidation
of conclusions and recommendations of subsidiary bodies (General Assembly resolution
50/227, annex I, para. 68)
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) 6/
Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its forty-fourth session (Council
resolutions 11 (II) and 1147 (XLI))
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 and implementation of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action (General Assembly resolutions 50/203 and 52/100) 6/
Report of the Secretary-General on a new draft system-wide medium-term plan for the
advancement of women, 2002-2005 (Council resolution 1996/34)
Social development
Report of the Commission for Social Development on its thirty-eighth session (Council
resolutions 10 (II) and 1996/7)
Report of the Secretary-General on the world social situation (General Assembly resolution
44/56) 6/
Crime prevention and criminal justice
Report of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on its ninth session
(Council resolution 1992/1)
Report of the Secretary-General on capital punishment (Council resolution 1745 (LIV))
Report of the Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment
of Offenders (General Assembly resolution 53/110) 6/
Narcotic drugs
Report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its forty-third session (Council resolution
9 (I))
Report of the Secretary-General on the biennial update of the United Nations System-wide
Action Plan on Drug Abuse Control (General Assembly resolution 48/112, sect. IV, para. 10)
6/
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)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 6/
Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial
Discrimination
Report of the Secretary-General (General Assembly resolution 48/91)
Human rights
Report of the Commission on Human Rights on its fifty-sixth session (Council resolutions 5
(I) and 9 (II))
Report of the Human Rights Committee (article 45 of the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights) 6/
Report of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Council resolutions 1988
(LX) and 1985/17)
Review of the composition, organization and administrative arrangements of the Committee
(Council
resolution 1985/17)
Report of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (General Assembly resolution 44/25,
annex) 6/
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (General Assembly
resolution 48/141) 6/
1999/203 Regional cooperation
At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 2 Feburary 1999, the Economic and Social Council decided to
consider at its substantive session of 1999, under the item entitled "Regional
cooperation", in pursuance of Council resolution 1982/50 of 28 July 1982 and taking
into account the joint recommendations made by the executive secretaries of the regional
commissions pursuant to
Council decision 1982/174 of 30 July 1982, the question of "Economic and social
issues arising out of the Asian economic crisis: a regional perspective".
1999/204 Dates of sessions of subsidiary bodies of the Economic and Social Council and of
other meetings of the Council in 1999
At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 2 February 1999, the Economic and Social Council decided
that:
(a) The informal meeting of the Council to consider work being carried out by the United
Nations system on basic indicators to measure progress towards implementation of and
follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits, pursuant to Council decision
1998/290 of 31 July 1998, should be held at Headquarters on 10 and 11 May;
(b) The high-level meeting of the Council with representatives of the Bretton Woods
institutions should be held at Headquarters on 29 April;
(c) The first session of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for Development
should be held at Headquarters from 5 to 16 April;
(d) The first session of the Committee for Development Policy should be held at
Headquarters from 26 to 30 April;
(e) The 1999 session of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations should be held at
Headquarters from 1 to 18 June.
1999/205 Provisional agenda and documentation for the 1999 session of the Committee on
Non-Governmental Organizations
At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 2 February 1999, the Economic and Social Council approved
the following provisional agenda and documentation for the 1999 session of the Committee
on Non-Governmental Organizations:
1. Election of officers.
2. Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters.
3. Applications for consultative status and requests for reclassification received from
non-governmental organizations:
(a) Applications for consultative status and requests for reclassification deferred from
the 1998 session of the Committee;
(b) New applications for consultative status and requests for reclassification.
Documentation
Deferred applications for consultative status: memorandum by the Secretary-General
Deferred requests for reclassification: memorandum by the Secretary-General
New applications for consultative status: memorandum by the Secretary-General
New requests for reclassification: memorandum by the Secretary-General
4. Review of quadrennial reports submitted by non-governmental organizations in general
and special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council.
Documentation
Quadrennial reports for the period 1994-1997 submitted by non-governmental organizations
in general and special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council: reports
submitted through the Secretary-General pursuant to Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July
1996
5. Review of the methods of work of the Committee: implementation of Economic and Social
Council resolution 1996/31, including the process of accreditation of representatives of
non-governmental organizations, and decision 1995/304 of 26 July 1995.
6. Provisional agenda and documentation for the session of the Committee to be held in the
year 2000.
7. Adoption of the report of the Committee.
1999/206 Participation of non-governmental organizations accredited to the World Summit
for Social Development in the work of the Commission for Social Development at its
thirty-seventh session
At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 2 February 1999, the Economic and Social Council decided,
as an interim measure, and in conformity with the provisions of paragraph 53 of its
resolution 1996/31 of 25 July 1996, to invite those non-governmental organizations that
had been accredited to the World Summit for Social Development to attend the
thirty-seventh session of the Commission for Social Development, provided that they had
started the process of applying for consultative status in accordance with Council
decision 1996/315 of 14 November 1996.
1999/207 Enlargement of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees
At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 2 February 1999, the Economic and Social Council, recalling
General Assembly resolution 1166 (XII) of 26 November 1957, in which the Assembly
requested the Council to establish an Executive Committee of the Programme of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as well as Assembly resolutions 1958 (XVIII) of 12
December 1963, 2294 (XXII) of 11 December 1967, 36/121 D of 10 December 1981, 42/130 of 7
December 1987, 45/138 of 14 December 1990, 48/115 of 20 December 1993, 49/171 of 23
December 1994, 50/228 of 7 June 1996 and 51/72 of 12 December 1996, in which it provided
for subsequent increases in the membership of the Executive Committee, took note of the
request to enlarge the membership of the Executive Committee contained in the note verbale
dated 13 August 1998 from the Permanent Mission of Co^te d'Ivoire to the United Nations
addressed to the Secretary-General 7/ and recommended that the Assembly take a decision at
its fifty-third session on the question of enlarging the membership of the Executive
Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from
fifty-four to fifty-five.
1999/208 Theme of the humanitarian affairs segment of the substantive session of 1999 of
the Economic and Social Council
At its 4th plenary meeting, on 5 February 1999, the Economic and Social Council decided
that the theme of the humanitarian affairs segment of its substantive session of 1999
should be "International cooperation and coordinated responses to the
humanitarian emergencies, in particular in the transition from relief to rehabilitation,
reconstruction and development".
1999/209 Issue of the review of the distribution of seats in the Executive Board of the
World Food Programme
At its 4th plenary meeting, on 5 Feburary 1999, the Economic and Social Council, recalling
General Assembly resolution 50/8 of 1 November 1995 and Council decision 1998/285 of 31
July 1998, decided:
(a) To continue consideration, at its resumed organizational session for 1999, of the
issue of the review of the distribution of seats in the Executive Board of the World Food
Programme with a view to arriving at a recommendation to be submitted to the General
Assembly;
(b) To postpone action on the draft resolution entitled "Revision of the General
Regulations of the World Food Programme" 8/ to its resumed organizational session for
1999.
1999/210 Elections to subsidiary and related bodies of the Economic and Social Council,
nominations and confirmation of a representative on a functional commission
At its 4th plenary meeting, on 5 February 1999, the Economic and Social Council took the
following action with regard to vacancies in its subsidiary and related bodies:
Elections postponed from previous sessions
Commission on Population and Development
The Council elected El Salvador for a term beginning on the date of election and expiring
on 31 December 2001.
The Council postponed to a future session the election of two members from Latin American
and Caribbean States for a term beginning on the date of election and expiring on 31
December 2000.
Commission for Social Development
The following three Member States were elected for a term beginning on the date of
election and expiring on 31 December 2002: Guinea, Morocco and Swaziland.
Commission on Science and Technology for Development
The following seven Members States were elected: Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana,
Guinea, Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania.
The Council elected Sri Lanka for a term beginning on the date of election and expiring on
31 December 2000.
In accordance with Council resolution 1998/47 of 31 July 1998, lots were drawn to
determine the terms of office of the elected members from African States. It was thus
decided that Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea and the United Republic of Tanzania would serve for a
term beginning on the date of election and expiring on 31 December 2000 and that Angola,
Ethiopia and Uganda would serve for a term beginning on the date of election and expiring
on 31 December 2002.
The Council postponed to a future session the election of one member from Asian States for
a term beginning on the date of election and expiring on 31 December 2000.
Commission on Human Settlements
The Council elected the Gambia for a term beginning on the date of election and expiring
on 31 December 2002.
The Council postponed to a future session the election of one member from African States
for a term beginning on the date of election and expiring on 31 December 2002.
Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations
The Council elected Senegal for a term beginning on the date of election and expiring on
31 December 2002.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for Development
The Council elected the following three experts for a term beginning on the date of
election and expiring on 31 December 2002: Adam Edow Adawa (Kenya), Messaoud Boumaour
(Algeria) and
Wafik Meshref (Egypt).
The Council further postponed the election of one expert from Asian States for a term
beginning on the date of election and expiring on 31 December 2002.
Committee for the United Nations Population Award
The Council elected Burundi for a term beginning on the date of election and expiring on
31 December 2000.
Programme Coordination Board of the Joint and Co-sponsored United Nations Programme
on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
The Council elected the Philippines for a term beginning on the date of election and
expiring on 31 December 2001.
Nominations postponed from previous sessions
Committee for Programme and Coordination
The Council nominated the Comoros for election by the General Assembly for a term
beginning on the date of election and expiring on 31 December 2001.
The Council postponed to a future session the nomination for election by the General
Assembly of one member from Western European and other States for a term beginning on the
date of election and expiring on 31 December 1999.
Other elections
Commission on Sustainable Development
The Council elected Finland to assume the term of office of Denmark for a term beginning
on 1 May 1999 and expiring at the conclusion of the Commission~s session in 2002.
International Narcotics Control Board
The Council elected Sergio Uribe Rami'rez (Colombia) to replace Alfonso Go'mez Me'ndez
(Colombia) for a term beginning on the date of election and expiring on 1 March 2002.
Confirmation
The Council confirmed the nomination by his Government of the following representative on
a functional commission of the Council: 9/
Statistical Commission
Masahiro Horie (Japan)
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Notes
1/ A/53/137-E/1998/66.
2/ E/1998/61.
3/ E/1999/3.
4/ A/52/1022 and Corr.1.
5/ E/1999/1.
6/ Submitted to the General Assembly through the Council.
7/ E/1998/97.
8/ E/1998/L.51.
9/ See E/1999/L.5.
*/ In its resolution 52/190, the General Assembly invited the Council to consider devoting
one high-level segment before the year 2001 to human settlements and the implementation of
the Habitat Agenda.
In its resolution 52/86, the Assembly invited the Council to consider including the
question of violence against women at the high-level segment of one of its forthcoming
sessions, in the context of its discussion on the human rights of women.
**/ In its resolution 53/192, the Assembly invited the Council to consider, inter alia,
harmonization and simplification, including of programming, and resources, on the basis of
progress reports by the
Secretary-General, including appropriate recommendations.
***/ In its resolution 53/180, the General Assembly invited the Council to devote its
coordination segment in the year 2000 to human settlements issues and the implementation
of the Habitat Agenda.
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