United Nations                                                                            E/2010/L.5

  Economic and Social Council

Distr.: Limited

19 May 2010

Original: English

Substantive session of 2010

New York, 28 June – 23 July 2010

Item 1 of the provisional agenda*

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters

General Segment (16 – 22 July 2010)

From the proposed programme of work for the substantive session of 2010

Friday, 16 July                                            General segment

10-11.30 a.m.         Item 6 (b)          Review and coordination of the implementation of the Programme of Action for

the Least Developed Countries for the Decade

2001-2010

Introduction of the report and general discus sion

11.30 a.m.-1 p.m.  Item 7 (a)         Reports of coordination bodies

Report of the Committee for Progr amme and Coordination on its fiftieth session

(7 June-2 July 2010)

Item 7 (b)         Proposed strategic framework for the period 2012-2013

Relevant sections of the proposed strategic framework for the period

2012-2013

Item 7 (g)  Tobacco or health                            Report of the Secretary-General on                                                                          the Ad Hoc Inter-Agency Task                                                                                 Force on Tobacco Control

Item 14 (i)         Genetic privacy and non - discrimination

Introduction of reports and general discussion

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Director - General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on relevant developments in the field of genetic privacy and non - discrimination and on a possible inter-

agency coordination mechanism

3-4.30 p.m.              Item 7 (c)           International cooperation in the field of infor matics

Item 13 (b)       Science and technology for develop ment

Briefing

4.30-6 p.m.              Item 7 (c) (continued)

International cooperation in the field of infor matics

Report of the Secretary-General on action taken in follow-up on the need to harmonize and improve United Nations informatics systems for optimal utilization and accessibility by all States, including the findings of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Informatics and an assessment of its

work and mandate

Item 13 (b) (continued)

Science and technology for develop ment

Introduction of reports and general discussion

Action on recommendations contained in the reports

Report of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development on its thirteenth session (Geneva, 17 -21 May

2010)

Report of the Secretary-General on progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society at the regional and international levels

Report of the Secretary-General on enhanced cooperation o n public policy issues pertaining to the Internet

Report of the Secretary-General on the continuation of the Internet Governance

Forum

Week of 19-23 July 2009

Monday, 19 July

10 a.m.-1 p.m.        Item 12              Non-governmental organizations

General discussion

Action on recommendations contained in the reports

Report of the Committee on Non - Governmental Organizations on its 2010 regular session (25 January-3 February

2010)

Report of the Committee on Non - Governmental Organizations on its resumed 2010 session (26 May-4 June

2010)

3-5 p.m.                                                  Joint special event of the Economic and Social Council and the Peacebuilding Cmmission on “MDGs in countries 

5-6 p.m.                    Item 7 (f)           African countries emerging fro m conflict

General discussion

Tuesday, 20 July

10-11.30 a.m.         Item 9                 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions 

Report of the Secretary-General on assistance to the Palestinian people

Report of the President of the Council on consultations held with the Chairman of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

Report of the Secretary-General on the 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 U nited

Nations

Item 10              Regional cooperation                     Report of the Secretary-General on regional cooperation

The economic situation in the Economic Commission for Europe region: Europe, North America and the Commonwealth of Independent States

Overview of the economic and social conditions in Africa

Summary of the Economic and Social

Survey of Asia and the Pacific

Latin America and the Caribbean:

economic situation and outlook

Item 11              Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the Occupied

Palestinian Territor y, including Jerusalem, and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan

Introduction of reports and general discussion

Action on recommendations contained in the reports

including East Jerusalem, and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan

11.30 a.m.-1 p.m.                                Panel discussion on Small

Island Developing States

3-6 p.m.                    Item 7 (e)           Mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the

United Nations system

Report of the Secretary-General on mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the

United Nations system

Item 13 ( k)        Wo men and develop ment                  Relevant sections of the repor t of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-fourth session (1 -12 March

2010)

Item 14 (a)       Advancement of wo men

Introduction of reports and general discussion

Action on recommendations contained in the reports

Report of the Commission on the Status of Women on its fifty-fourth session (1-

12 March 2010)

Report of the Executive Board of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women on its seventh session (16 -17 February

2010)

Note by the Secretariat transmitting t he outcomes of the forty-fourth session (20

July-7 August 2009) and forty-fifth session (Geneva, 18 January-5 February

2010) of the Committee on the

Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Wednesday, 21 July

10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 3-6 p.m.

Item 13 (a)        Sustainable develop ment                 Report of the Commission on Sustainable Development on its eighteenth session (3 -14 May 2010)

Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its twelfth session (22-26 March 2010)

Report of the Chairperson of the Committee on World Food Security on the implementation of the reform of and on progress made towards achieving the vision of the Committee

Item 13 (c)         Statistics                                               Report of the Statistical Commission on its forty-first session (23-26 February

2010)

Item 13 (d)        Human settlements                          Report of the Secretary-General on the coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda

Item 13 (e)         Environment                                      Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme/Global Ministerial Environment Forum on its eleventh special session (Bali, Indonesia, 24 -26

Februar y 2010)

Report of the United Nations Environment Programme on the chemicals volume of the Consolidated List of Products Whose Consumption and/or Sale Have Been Banned, Withdrawn, Severely Restricted or Not Approved b y Governments

Report of the World Health

Organization on the phar maceuticals volume of the Consolidated List: protection against products har mful to health and the environment

Item 13 (f)          Population and develop ment          Report of the Co mmission on Population and Develop ment on its forty-third session (12 -16 April 2010)

Item 13 (g)         Public ad ministration and develop ment

Report of the Co mmittee of Experts on

Public Ad ministration on its ninth session (19 -23 April 2010)

Item 13 (h)         International cooperat ion in tax matters

Report of the Co mmittee of Experts on

International Cooperation in Tax

Matters on its fifth session (Geneva, 19 -

23 October 2009)

Item 13 (j)          Cartography

Introduction of reports and general discussion

Action on recommendations contained in the reports

Report of the Ninth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for the Americas (10-14 August 2009)

Report of the Eighteenth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific (Bangkok, 26-29

October 2009)

Thursday, 22 July

10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 3-6 p.m.

Item 14 (b)       Social develop ment                             Report of the Co mmission for Social