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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Find enclosed below a
note on the up coming Resumed ECOSOC Session, made possible after the adoption
on 20 November 2006 of the GA Resolution on the Strengthening of the ECOSOC.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The Resumed ECOSOC session
will take place in New York between 11 and 15 November 2006 (next week…)
and will notably consider the report of the 9<sup>th</sup> session of the CSTD and
the draft decision presented by the CSTD for adoption by the ECOSOC (May 2006),
as well as implement the ECOSOC resolution reviewing the CSTD (July 2006).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.un.org/docs/ecosoc/"><span
lang=EN-GB>http://www.un.org/docs/ecosoc/</span></a></span></font><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Documents: <br>
- </span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a
href="http://www.csbureau.info/ECOSOCBureau_PendingIssues_22Nov06.pdf"><span
lang=EN-GB>List of issues before the resumed ECOSOC Session</span></a></span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
- </span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a
href="http://stdev.unctad.org/docs/report9.doc" target="_blank"><span
lang=EN-GB>Report of the 9th session of the Commission on Science and
Technology for Development</span></a></span></font><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> including draft decision for the adoption of the Council<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Philippe Dam</span></font><font
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font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>ReformtheUN.org Latest Development,
Issue #162</span></font></i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> – <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Resumed
ECOSOC Session Will Begin To Implement Reforms</span></b></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>New York, 6 December 2006 - </span></font></i><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>The Economic and Social Council will hold a resumed substantive
session on 11-15 December. At the top of the agenda are three key
decisions which will allow the Council to begin implementing the recent
General Assembly resolution, <a
href="http://www.reformtheun.org/index.php/articles/2644">Strengthening of
ECOSOC</a>. The vice-presidents of ECOSOC conducted three sets of
consultations at the end of November to build consensus on the follow-up
questions: </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>T<font color=black><span
style='color:black'>heme for the 2007 Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) (a new
analytic and policy-setting mechanism of the Council)</span></font></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Theme
for the 2007 Coordination Segment</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Guidance
to members of the ECOSOC system on their roles in the newly enhanced Council.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-style:italic'>Tentative Agreements</span></font></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The delegation of
Haiti was tasked with consultations on the AMR theme, and they reported on 30
November that members had expressed preliminary support for <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>sustainable development </span></b>because the
review will take place five years after the Johannesburg Summit on
Sustainable Development. Other themes suggested during consultations
were: </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>“<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Ensuring
environmental sustainability and managing the natural resource base for
development</span></b>” (Switzerland, Finland on behalf of European
Union), and “<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Strengthening global
partnership for development</span></b>” (South Africa on behalf of
Group of 77 plus China, Russia, Cuba). </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The delegation of
Iceland, coordinating consultations on the theme of the 2007 Coordination
Segment, suggested: “<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>role of the UN
system in promoting sustainable development</span></b>” as the
theme. Members reportedly responded positively to this idea. A
second proposal is to use the theme of <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>employment</span></b>,
to continue the theme from the previous ministerial meeting. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Both of these themes are considered especially important
this year for the “launch” stage of the enhanced ECOSOC.
The early active engagement of a large number of bodies is crucial now,
according to the Council. <font color=black><span style='color:black'>Lithuania
had been tasked with consultations on guidance to the ECOSOC system regarding
the GA’s resolution. The delegation of Lithuania reportedly is
now drafting a proposal for a <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>draft
decision from the Council</span></b> which will highlight new areas for
cooperation, in particular regarding the AMR and the Development Cooperation
Forum, another new mechanism. The draft is supposed to circulate to
delegations before the 11 December meeting.</span></font></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The “ECOSOC system” includes functional
commissions, regional commissions, civil society organizations, and the
private sector. This issue is considered urgent because each commission
or other member of the ECOSOC system is awaiting guidance on their
contributions to the new functions of ECOSOC, and on the 2007 theme.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Agenda for December 11-15</span></font></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Ambassador Hachani
said he hoped to present a “consensus package” of all of the
aspects and themes arising from the GA resolution at the upcoming meeting of
the Council. Other f</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ollow-up matters to be addressed
at the resumed session include action to be taken on the Report of the
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (E/2006/43) as well as the election of
three members to the Peacebuilding Commission’s Organizational
Committee. To read the full agenda, <a
href="http://www.reformtheun.org/index.php?module=uploads&func=download&fileId=1845">click
here</a>. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The 2007 bureau will be tasked with an additional set of
follow-up matters on resolution (also listed in the <a
href="http://www.reformtheun.org/index.php?module=uploads&func=download&fileId=1845">pending
issues document</a>).</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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Resolution </span></font></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>To update Non-Governmental Organizations about these
developments, ECOSOC representatives gave a briefing to NGOs with
consultative status on Friday, 1 December. The briefing aimed to
“demystify” the impact of the long-awaited General Assembly
resolution on Strengthening ECOSOC. Th<font color=black><span
style='color:black'>e Panel outlined the new additions to the structure of
ECOSOC – namely, the Annual Ministerial Review, with an emphasis on
assessing the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals; the
Humanitarian Affairs Segment, the bi-annual Development Cooperation Forum as
a space for developing global policy; and the not yet finalized coordination
role.</span></font></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Participating NGOs
expressed frustration with the limited ability of NGOs to access ECOSOC
processes, given the Council members’ stress on the importance of NGO
contributions to its work.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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