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_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ST/LIB/SER.B/E.89 Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Organizational session – 2012 Substantive session – 2012 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dag Hammarskjöld Library New York, 2013 United Nations DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD LIBRARY Bibliographical Series, No. E.89 ST/LIB/SER.B/E.89 UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION Sales No. E.13.I.12 ISBN: 978-92-1-101288-0 eISBN: 978-92-1-056256-0 ISSN: 0082-8084 Copyright © United Nations, 2013 All rights reserved CONTENTS Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………… iii Abbreviations ………………………………………………………………………….… v Sessional information …………………………………………………………………... vi Organizational session Check-list of meetings ………………………………………………………………….. 1 Agenda …………………………………………………………………………………… 2 Subject index ……………………………………………………………………………. 3 Index to speeches ………………………………………………………………………. 10 Corporate names/countries ………………………………………………………….. 11 Speakers ………………………………………………………………………………. 13 Subjects ……………………………………………………………………………….. 15 Substantive session Check-list of meetings ………………………………………………………………….. 17 Agenda …………………………………………………………………………………… 18 Subject index ……………………………………………………………………………. 20 Index to speeches ………………………………………………………………………. 49 Corporate names/countries ………………………………………………………….. 50 Speakers ………………………………………………………………………………. 69 Subjects ……………………………………………………………………………….. 93 List of resolutions ……………………………………………………………………….. 107 List of documents ……………………………………………………………………….. 109 - ii - INTRODUCTION The Economic and Social Council, under the authority of the The second section consists of two parts, one for each session General Assembly, is the United Nations organ which which met during the year. Each part is subdivided as follows: coordinates the economic and social work of the United Nations and its system of organizations. The Council has 54 Check-list of meetings, listing the meetings of the members and until 1991 held the following sessions each year: Economic and Social Council; a short organizational session in New York in January, the first regular session in New York in May, the second regular Agenda, listing matters considered by and brought session in Geneva in July. The rules of procedure of the before the Council and the subject headings under which these Council were amended by resolution 1992/2 and from 1992 on, items appear in the Subject index; the Council normally holds an organizational session in February in New York and one substantive session, with one Subject index, providing topical access to "high-level segment" a year; the substantive session takes Economic and Social Council documentation arranged place in alternate years in New York and Geneva between May alphabetically by subject and listing documents considered and July. Throughout the year there are meetings of the under each item, meetings at which the items were considered Council's committees, commissions and other subsidiary and the action taken by the Council; bodies. Index to speeches, providing access to speeches The Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council that were made before the Council. The Index is divided into is an annual bibliographic guide to the proceedings and three sections: corporate names/countries, speakers and documentation of the Economic and Social Council. This issue subjects. covers the year 2012, which includes the documentation of the organizational and the substantive sessions. The Index is Speakers’ names are based on information found in prepared by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Department of United Nations documents. To submit a name correction, Public Information, as one of the products of the United please send an e-mail to [email protected] Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBIS). The third section contains consolidated information relating to resolutions, documents and reports: ARRANGEMENT OF THE INDEX List of resolutions, listing resolutions adopted by the Council and indicating for each session the resolution The Index consists of three sections. number, the subject and the meeting and date when the resolution was adopted; The first section contains information relating to organizational List of documents, listing documents issued for the matters: year 2012 and providing information on the republication of provisional documents in printed Official Records; Sessional information, listing member States and their terms of office as well as the officers of the Council and providing information on rules of procedure and resolutions and decisions; - iii - SERIES SYMBOLS DOCUMENTATION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL In 1978 certain modifications were introduced in the citation and series symbols of the documents of the Economic and Summary records of plenary meetings of the Economic and Social Council. They are as follows: Social Council are first issued in provisional form for limited distribution. They are later combined in corrected form in a (a) The sessions of the Council are formally single printed volume of Official Records for the year. identified as the organizational and substantive sessions of a particular calendar year, as prescribed in rule 1 of the rules of All summary records may be identified by their symbol, which procedure of the Council; consists of the series symbol followed by SR. and then a number which corresponds to the number of the meeting. The (b) Special sessions, including subject-oriented 5th plenary meeting, for example, is cited as E/2012/SR.5. sessions, are numbered consecutively within each year, and are identified as the first special session (year), second special Some documents may later be printed as Supplements to the session (year), etc; Official Records (and are so indicated in this index); others are issued only in provisional form. (c) Ad hoc sessional committees may be established as required and are described as ad hoc sessional committees on particular subjects; HOW TO OBTAIN DOCUMENTS (d) Supplements to the Official Records are numbered consecutively, with Supplements No. 1 and 1A containing the resolutions and decisions adopted during the Printed documentation of the Economic and Social Council for year. 2012 may be obtained or purchased from authorized sales agents by providing the following information: Symbols of documents of the Council and its ad hoc committees or other bodies consist of combinations as Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, appropriate, of the following elements: 2012: (a) The parent body (i.e. the Economic and Social Meeting No. (specify meeting number) for Council): E/- ; summary record fascicles; (b) The year of consideration. Supplement No. (specify supplement number). - iv - ABBREVIATIONS Add. addendum, addenda A.I. Agenda item Corr. corrigendum, corrigenda ECA Economic Commission for Africa ECE Economic Commission for Europe ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ECOSOC Economic and Social Council ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ESCOR Official Records of the Economic and Social Council ESCWA Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia FAO Food and Agriculture Organization GAOR Official Records of the General Assembly IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ILO International Labour Organization IMF International Monetary Fund ITU International Telecommunication Union No. Number OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Rev. Revision sess. session Suppl. Supplement UN United Nations UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UN-HABITAT United Nations Settlement Programme UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services WHO World Health Organization - v - SESSIONAL INFORMATION MEMBERS AND TERM OF OFFICE Members Date of election Term of office Members Date of election Term of office by the (1 Jan.-31 Dec.) by the (1 Jan.-31 Dec.) General Assembly General Assembly Argentina 26 Oct. 2009 2010-2012 Ireland 24 Oct. 2011 2012-2014 Australia 25 Oct. 2010 2011-2013 Italy 26 Oct. 2009 2010-2012 Bahamas 26 Oct. 2009 2010-2012 Japan 24 Oct. 2011 2012-2014 Bangladesh 26 Oct. 2009 2010-2012 Latvia 25 Oct. 2010 2011-2013 Belarus 24 Oct. 2011 2012-2014 Lesotho 24 Oct. 2011 2012-2014 Brazil 24 Oct. 2011 2012-2014 Libya 24 Oct. 2011 2012-2014 Bulgaria 24 Oct. 2011 2011-2013 Malawi 25 Oct. 2010 2011-2013 Burkina Faso 24 Oct. 2011 2012-2014 Mexico 25 Oct. 2010 2011-2013 Cameroon 25 Oct. 2010 2011-2013 Mongolia 26 Oct. 2009 2010-2012 Canada 26 Oct. 2009 2010-2012 Netherlands 24 Oct. 2011 2011-2012 Chile 26 Oct. 2009 2010-2012 Nicaragua 25 Oct. 2010 2011-2013 China 25 Oct. 2010 2011-2013 Nigeria 24 Oct. 2011 2012-2014 Comoros 26 Oct. 2009 2010-2012 Pakistan 25 Oct. 2010 2011-2013 Cuba 24 Oct. 2011 2012-2014 Philippines 26 Oct. 2009 2010-2012 Dominican Republic 24 Oct. 2011 2012-2014 Qatar 25 Oct. 2010 2011-2013 Ecuador 25 Oct. 2010 2011-2013 Republic of Korea 25 Oct. 2010 2011-2013 Egypt 26 Oct. 2009 2010-2012 Russian Federation 25 Oct. 2010 2011-2013 El Salvador 24 Oct. 2011 2012-2014 Rwanda 26 Oct. 2009 2010-2012 Ethiopia 24 Oct. 2011 2012-2014 Senegal 25 Oct. 2010 2011-2013 Finland