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1 Coordination and Management Meetings at the 2017 session of the Council Proposed allocation of agenda items to the ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meetings (as of 27 April 2017) April 7-9 June 6 July July Item 4: Elections, nominations, confirmations and appointments E/2017/1/Add.1 E/2017/9 and addenda [Joint consideration of Items 11 and 13] Item 13: Implementation of GA resolutions 50/227, 52/12 B, 57/270 B, 60/265, 61/16, 67/290 and 68/1 the Chair of the Committee on World Food Security (E/2017/11) [Proposed panel discussion on climate change and nutrition] [Joint consideration of Items 10 and 11] Item 10: Role of the UN system in implementing the ministerial declaration of the high-level segment of the substantive session of ECOSOC Consideration of the report on the mainstreaming of the three dimensions of sustainable development throughout the United Nations system Item 12: Coordination, programme (a) Reports of coordination bodies Annual overview report of the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for 2016 (E/2017/55) (a) Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development Consideration of the agreed conclusions of the forum on FFD follow-up and its transmittal to the HLPF (b): Review and coordination of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade the implementation of the Programme of Action for the LDCs and of the relevant parts in the report of the Committee relating to LDC issues Item 4: Elections, nominations, confirmations and appointments E/2017/1/Add.1 E/2017/9 and relevant addenda - Cttee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters - Cttee of Experts on Public Administration (a) Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development Consideration of the summary by the President of the Council of the ECOSOC forum on financing for development follow-up, including the special high-level meeting with the BWIs, WTO and UNCTAD

2 Item 17: Non-governmental organizations of the Committee on NGOs at its regular session (E/2017/32 (Part 1) (e) Environment No advance documentation (h) International cooperation on tax matters the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (E/2016/45) and any stand-alone draft (i) Geospatial information the Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (E/2016/46) and any stand-alone draft Dialogue with the Secretary of the UN Chief Executives Board for Coordination (f) Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases the Director General of WHO on the work of the UN Inter- Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (E/2017/54) (h) Calendar of conferences and meetings in the economic, social and related fields Consideration of the provisional calendar of conferences and meetings for 2018 and 2019 in the economic, social and related fields [Joint consideration of items related to gender equality and women s empowerment Item 12: Coordination, programme (g) Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS the Executive Director of UNAIDS : (a) Sustainable development the Committee for Development Policy (E/2017/33) (b) Science and technology for development the Commission (E/2017/31) and the report of the Secretary- General on progress made in the implementation of the WSIS at the regional and international levels of the Commission (Country specific issues on the agenda of the Council (items 12 (d) and 12 (e)) (d) Long-term programme of support for Haiti the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti (e) African countries emerging from conflict support to South Sudan Briefing by the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission [Joint consideration of Items 14 and 16] Item 14: Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the 2

3 (k) United Nations Forum on Forests the special session of the Forum (E/2017/10) Item 20: United Nations research and training institutes the Council of the United Nations University (E/2017/51), the report on the activities of the UN System Staff College (E/2017/52) and the report of the UN Institute for Training and Research s (c) Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the UN system (j) Women and development questions (a) Advancement of women mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the UN system (E/2017/57) and the report of the Commission on the Status of Women (E/2017/27) contained in the CSW report (c) Statistics of the Statistical Commission (E/2017/24) (d) Human settlements the Governing Council of UN- Habitat (A/72/8) and the report of the coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda (f) Population and development the Commission (E/2017/25) (g) Public administration and development the Committee of Experts (E/2017/44) international institutions associated with the United Nations Item 16: 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 Consideration of reports of the Secretary-General on assistance to Palestinian People and of the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and the report of the President of ECOSOC on consultations with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration (l) Transport of dangerous goods Consideration of the report on the work of the Committee of (h) International cooperation on tax matters the Committee of Experts (E/2017/45) and any stand-alone draft (Items related to the coordination functions of the Council) (a) Reports of coordination bodies the Committee on Programme and Coordination 3

4 Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (E/2017/53) questions (b) Social development of the Commission for Social Development (E/2017/26) (k) United Nations Forum on Forests the Forum (E/2017/42) (m) Assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions No advance documentation questions: (c) Crime prevention and criminal justice the Commission (E/2016/30/Add.1 and E/2017/30) s (d) Narcotic drugs the Commission (E/2016/28/Add.1 and E/2017/28) s (b) Proposed programme budget for the biennium Consideration of the relevant fascicles of the proposed programme budget for the biennium (A/72/6) Item 15: Regional cooperation regional cooperation (E/2017/15 and addenda) and the reports of the regional commissions (E/2017/16, E/2017/17, E/2017/18, E/2017/19 and E/2017/20) s and any stand-alone draft Item 17: Non-governmental organizations of the Committee on NGOs at its resumed session (E/2017/32 (Part 2) 4

5 (e) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Oral report by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (f) Human rights the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (E/2017/22) and of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (A/72/55) (g) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues the Permanent Forum (E/2017/43) (h) Comprehensive implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action No advanced documentation 5

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