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Report of the Economic and Social Council on Its 2016 Session General Assembly A/71/3 Official Records Seventy-first Session Supplement No. 3 Report of the Economic and Social Council on its 2016 session (New York, 24 July 2015-27 July 2016) United Nations New York, 2016 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 0252-8203 [19 August 2016] 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 seventieth session of the General Assembly ..................................................................... 15 III. Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up ............. 18 IV. Multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals ............................................................. 20 V. High-level segment ............................................................. 21 A. Ministerial meeting of the high-level political forum on sustainable development, convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council ................... 23 B. High-level policy dialogue with international financial and trade institutions .......... 23 C. Development Cooperation Forum ............................................. 23 D. Thematic discussion on the theme “Infrastructure for sustainable development for all” .. 28 E. General debate of the high-level segment ....................................... 28 F. Ministerial declaration ...................................................... 32 VI. High-level political forum on sustainable development, convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council ..................................................... 43 VII. Operational activities for development segment ...................................... 44 Operational activities of the United Nations for international development cooperation ..... 44 A. Follow-up to policy recommendations of the General Assembly and the Council ....... 45 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 ...................................... 47 C. South-South cooperation for development ....................................... 48 D. Dialogue on the longer-term positioning of the United Nations development system .... 49 VIII. Integration segment ............................................................. 50 IX. Humanitarian affairs segment ..................................................... 54 Special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance .......................... 54 16-14462 3/161 X. Coordination and management meetings ............................................ 57 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 ..... 57 B. Implementation of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits ... 57 1. Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development ........ 58 2. Review and coordination of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020 ..................... 59 C. Coordination, programme and other questions ................................... 60 1. Reports of coordination bodies ........................................... 61 2. Proposed strategic framework for the period 2018-2019 ....................... 62 3. Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system .................................................. 62 4. Long-term programme of support for Haiti.................................. 63 5. African countries emerging from conflict ................................... 63 6. Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases ........................ 64 D. Implementation of General Assembly resolutions 50/227, 52/12 B, 57/270 B, 60/265, 61/16, 67/290 and 68/1 ...................................................... 64 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 ............................................ 64 F. Regional cooperation ........................................................ 66 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 ............................ 69 H. Non-governmental organizations .............................................. 70 I. Economic and environmental questions ......................................... 74 1. Sustainable development ................................................ 76 2. Science and technology for development ................................... 76 3. Statistics .............................................................. 77 4. Human settlements ..................................................... 78 5. Environment .......................................................... 78 6. Population and development ............................................. 78 7. Public administration and development..................................... 79 8. International cooperation in tax matters .................................... 80 9. Cartography ........................................................... 80 4/161 16-14462 10. Women and development ................................................ 82 11. Assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions ............... 82 J. Social and human rights questions ............................................. 82 1. Advancement of women ................................................. 83 2. Social development ..................................................... 84 3. Crime prevention and criminal justice ...................................... 86 4. Narcotic drugs ......................................................... 87 5. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ............................ 88 6. Human rights .......................................................... 89 7. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues .................................... 89 8. Comprehensive implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action ................................................................ 90 XI. Elections, nominations, confirmations and appointments ............................... 91 XII. Organizational matters ........................................................... 94 Annexes I. Agenda for the 2016 session of the Council ......................................... 99 II. Intergovernmental organizations designated by the 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 ............................................................... 102 III. Composition of the Council and its subsidiary and related bodies ....................... 108 16-14462 5/161 A/71/3 Chapter I Matters calling for action by or brought to the attention of the General Assembly Economic and environmental questions: human settlements (agenda item 18 (d)) Human settlements 1. By its resolution 2016/24, the Economic and Social Council took note of the report of the Secretary-General on the coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda (E/2016/54) and decided to transmit the report to the General Assembly for consideration at its seventieth session. Social and human rights questions: crime prevention and criminal justice (agenda item 19 (c)) Follow-up to the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice 2. By its resolution 2016/16, the Council recommended to the General Assembly the adoption of the following draft resolution: The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 56/119 of 19 December 2001 on the role, function, periodicity and duration of the United Nations congresses on the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders, in which it stipulated the guidelines in accordance with which, beginning in 2005, the congresses, pursuant to paragraphs 29 and 30 of the statement of principles and programme of action of the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme,1 should be held, Emphasizing the responsibility assumed by the United Nations in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice in pursuance of Economic and Social Council resolution 155 C (VII) of 13 August 1948 and General Assembly resolution 415 (V) of 1 December 1950, Acknowledging that the United Nations congresses on crime prevention and criminal justice, as major intergovernmental forums, have influenced national policies and practices and promoted international cooperation in that field by facilitating the exchange of views and experience, mobilizing public opinion and recommending policy options at the national, regional and international levels, Recalling its resolution 46/152 of 18 December 1991, in the annex to which Member
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