World Deserts Foundation (Council decision 2004 231)

Report of the Board on it thirty sixth executive session

Report of the Board on its thirty sixth session

Report of the Board on it twenty second special session

2005 215 Participation of intergovernmental organizations in the work of the Economic and Social Council

2005 219 Participation of intergovernmental organizations in the work of the Council

It fully supports the work of the Independent Electoral Commission.

Council of Arab Economic Unity (Council decision 109 (LIX))

Commission on Sustainable Developmentj

At the same meeting, the representative of the Gender Advisory Board of the Commission made a statement regarding the work of the Board.

My delegation commends the practice of holding informal briefings on the work of the Security Council for regional groups by members of the Council.

Moreover, the consolidated report on the work of the functional commissions should be used more effectively in the work of the Council.

The Board was informed that there were no financial implication stemming from the work of its session.

Today's discussion signifies yet another blemish in this Council's agenda.

The Executive Board shall, at the beginning of each meeting, adopt the agenda for the meeting.

(g) The conclusion of the work of the Council will be held on 26 and 27 July 2005.

United Nations New York, 2005

Moreover, the expanded agenda of the Council had rendered Presidential leadership on every draft resolution impossible.

The application has been placed on the agenda of the Council for consideration at the eleventh session of the Authority.

As the report itself acknowledges in its introduction, Africa figured, once again, at the forefront of the Council's agenda .

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (General Assembly resolution 36 4)

And allow me to thank the Permanent Representative of France for his presidency of the Council last month.

Following established practice, the Board agreed that the Regional Coordinators and China, and the Chairmen of the Sessional Committees, would be fully associated with the work of the Bureau of the Board.

Those countries should be given a role in the work of the Council reflecting their importance and contributions to the United Nations.

The Committee submits its report on the work of its annual session to the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session.

It also backed the work of the Al Qaida Taliban sanctions committee established pursuant to Council resolution 1267 (1999).

Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund on the work of its first regular session of 2005

I should like to begin the first open briefing of 2005 by reviewing the Council's work during 2004.

, which may include the suspension of the member's voting rights and participation in the policy and project work of the Council.

A number of crises that have been on the Security Council's agenda for a long time have continued to require its attention.

That is especially important given that it is African issues that currently dominate the agenda of the Security Council.

In the ensuing discussion, considerable attention was devoted to the place of thematic debates in the work of the Council.

The Council sent them there to ensure a secure environment after civil violence erupted in the country.

Under this item, the Council adopted resolution 2005 53.

I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Côte d'Ivoire in which he requests to be invited to participate in the consideration of the item on the Council's agenda.

It puts forward good, concrete proposals on the Council's working methods, providing for a significant and meaningful enhancement of the transparency, inclusiveness and legitimacy of the Security Council's work, thereby increasing the Council's effectiveness.

We are also grateful to the delegation of Argentina for the effectiveness with which it guided the Council's work during January.

Due to the evolution of the Council's agenda, in any case, a long institutional memory was of little help.

The Economic and Social Council, recalling its relevant resolutions on the coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda,1

The Division also provides technical and substantive servicing of related follow up work for the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly.

The President I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Iraq in which he requests to be invited to participate in the consideration of the item on the Council's agenda.

The President I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Burundi, in which he requests to be invited to participate in the consideration of the item on the Council's agenda.

The President I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Haiti, in which he requests to be invited to participate in the consideration of the item on the Council's agenda.

The President (spoke in Russian) I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Jordan, in which he requests to be invited to participate in the consideration of the item on the Council's agenda.

The President (spoke in Chinese) I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Iraq in which he requests to be invited to participate in the consideration of the item on the Council's agenda.