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General Assembly A/72/3 Official Records Seventy-second Session Supplement No. 3 Report of the Economic and Social Council on its 2017 session (New York, 28 July 2016-27 July 2017) United Nations New York, 2017 Note Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. ISSN 0082-8203 [17 August 2017] Contents Chapter Page I. Matters calling for action by or brought to the attention of the General Assembly .......... 6 II. Special meetings of the Economic and Social Council at the seventy-first session of the General Assembly .............................................................. 33 III. Special meeting of the Economic and Social Council on international cooperation in tax matters ....................................................................... 36 IV. Multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals ............................................................. 40 V. Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up ............. 41 VI. High-level segment ............................................................. 43 A. Ministerial meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council ................... 45 B. High-level policy dialogue with international financial and trade institutions .......... 45 C. Thematic discussion ........................................................ 46 D. General debate of the high-level segment ....................................... 46 E. Ministerial declaration ...................................................... 50 VII. High-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council ..................................................... 62 VIII. Operational activities for development segment ...................................... 63 Operational activities of the United Nations for international development cooperation ..... 63 A. Follow-up to policy recommendations of the General Assembly and the Council ....... 64 B. Reports of the Executive Boards of the United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund/United Nations Office for Project Services, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, and the World Food Programme ..................................... 67 IX. Integration segment ............................................................. 69 X. Humanitarian affairs segment ..................................................... 73 Special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance .......................... 73 XI. Coordination and management meetings ............................................ 76 A. The role of the United Nations system in implementing the ministerial declaration of the high-level segment of the substantive session of the Economic and Social Council ..... 76 B. Implementation of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits ... 76 1. Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development ........ 78 17-14196 3/184 2. Review and coordination of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020 ..................... 79 C. Coordination, programme and other questions ................................... 79 1. Reports of coordination bodies ........................................... 81 2. Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019 ..................... 81 3. Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system ........................................................ 81 4. Long-term programme of support for Haiti.................................. 82 5. African countries emerging from conflict ................................... 82 6. Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases ........................ 83 7. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS .............................. 83 8. Calendar of conferences and meetings in the economic, social and related fields ... 84 D. Implementation of General Assembly resolutions 50/227, 52/12 B, 57/270 B, 60/265, 61/16, 67/290 and 68/1 ...................................................... 84 E. 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 ............................................ 84 F. Regional cooperation ........................................................ 86 G. Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan ............................ 88 H. Non-governmental organizations .............................................. 89 I. Economic and environmental questions ......................................... 94 1. Sustainable development ................................................ 96 2. Science and technology for development ................................... 96 3. Statistics .............................................................. 97 4. Human settlements ..................................................... 97 5. Environment .......................................................... 98 6. Population and development ............................................. 98 7. Public administration and development..................................... 99 8. International cooperation in tax matters .................................... 99 9. Geospatial information .................................................. 101 10. Women and development ................................................ 101 11. United Nations Forum on Forests ......................................... 102 12. Transport of dangerous goods ............................................ 102 13. Assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions ............... 103 J. Social and human rights questions ............................................. 103 1. Advancement of women ................................................. 104 4/184 17-14196 2. Social development ..................................................... 105 3. Crime prevention and criminal justice ...................................... 106 4. Narcotic drugs ......................................................... 108 5. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ............................ 110 6. Human rights .......................................................... 110 7. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues .................................... 111 8. Comprehensive implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action ................................................................ 111 K. United Nations research and training institutes ................................... 112 XII. Elections, nominations, confirmations and appointments ............................... 113 XIII. Organizational matters ........................................................... 116 A. Election of the Bureau ....................................................... 117 B. Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters .......................... 117 C. Basic programme of work of the Council ....................................... 119 Annexes I. Agenda for the 2017 session of the Economic and Social Council ....................... 122 II. Intergovernmental organizations designated by the Economic and Social Council under rule 79 of the rules of procedure for participation in the deliberations of the Council on questions within the scope of their activities ......................................... 125 III. Composition of the Council and its subsidiary and related bodies ....................... 130 17-14196 5/184 A/72/3 Chapter I Matters calling for action by or brought to the attention of the General Assembly Economic and environmental questions: Statistics (agenda item 18 (c)) Work of the Statistical Commission pertaining to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 1. The Economic and Social Council recommended to the General Assembly the adoption of the following draft resolution: The Economic and Social Council, Reaffirming General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, by which the Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Reaffirming also the pledge that no one will be left behind in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, that the 2030 Agenda is people-centred, universal and transformative, that the Sustainable Development Goals and targets are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development — economic, social and environmental — and that it is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity that also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom, to be implemented by all countries and stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership, and reaffirming further all the principles recognized in the Agenda and that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, Recalling that, in its resolution 70/1, the General Assembly decided that the Sustainable Development Goals