Documents of Regional Commissions relevant to the agenda of the Second Committee of the 66th General Assembly

Dialogue of Executive Secretaries with the Second Committee on “Follow-up to Rio+20: Actions and considerations at the Regional Level”

6 November 2012, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

ECOSOC Chamber

• Concept Note

ITEM 16:   Information and communication technologies for development

• Regional Progress and Strategies towards Building the Information Society in Asia and the Pacific

• Fast-tracking the digital revolution: Broadband for Latin America and the Caribbean

• ECA:  Measuring ICTs for Development

• Regional harmonization of cyber legislation to promote the knowledge society in the Arab world (UNESCWA)

ITEM 17:   Macroeconomic policy questions

• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SURVEY OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 2011: Sustaining Dynamism and Inclusive Development: Connectivity in the Region and Productive Capacity in Least Developed Countries

• Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2011

• Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2010-2011 (briefing paper)

• Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2010

• Economic Report on Africa 2011(ECA)

• Assessing Regional Integration in Africa IV: Enhancing Intra-African Trade (ECA, AUC, AfDB)

• Economic integration in the ECE region: developments and new challenges in light of the economic crisis ( Background document for ECE Commission Session 2011)

• Summary of the Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia Region, 2010-2011  

• External Trade Bulletin of the ESCWA Region

Item 18: Follow-up to and implementation of the outcome of the 2002 International Conference on Financing for Development and the 2008 Review Conference

• African Forum on FfD

• African Forum Meeting Report

• African Forum Outcome Document

• ECLAC Division of Economic Development

• The Asia and Pacific Trade and Investment Report

• Financial Crisis and Regional
  Economic Cooperation in Asia-Pacific:
  Towards an Asian Economic
  Community?

ITEM 19:   Sustainable development:

• Greening Growth in Asia and the Pacific

• Report of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development on its sixth session, October 2010

• Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2010 – Protecting Development Gains (ESCAP and ISDR)

• Sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean 20 years on from the Earth Summit: progress, gaps and strategic guidelines

• Conclusions of the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Meeting Preparatory to the UNCSD 2012

• Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean. Summary 2010

• Sustainable development Report on Africa: Sustainable consumption and production (ECA, UNEP, UNIDO)

• A Green Economy in the Context of Sustainable Development: What are the Implications for Africa?” (Background document for ECA Commission Session 2011)

• Seventh “Environment for Europe” Ministerial Conference Ministerial Declaration (draft)

• ECE and UNEP: Greening the economy: mainstreaming the environment into economic development(background document for 7th Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference)

ITEM 20:   Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

•  The State of Asian Cities 2010/11 (UNESCAP, UNHABITAT and UNEP)

• Action Plan for Energy-Efficient Housing in the UNECE Region

• Self-Made Cities: In search of sustainable solutions for informal settlements in the UNECE region

ITEM 21:   Globalization and interdependence:

• ESCAP- Towards a Global Currency for a Global Economy: Proposals for the G20 Summits

• ECA: African Governance Report II

• ESCWA : Comparative Analysis of Civil Society Participation in Public Policy Formulation in Selected Arab Countries

 ITEM 22:   Groups of countries in special situations:

• ESCAP: Building the Productive Capacity of the Least Developed Countries (Chapter 4 of Economic and Social Survey 2011)

• ESCAP policy brief: Asia-Pacific Least Developed Countries in the next decade- Strategy and policy agenda for building productive capacities

ITEM 23:   Eradication of poverty and other development issues:

• ESCAP: The Promise of Protection: Social Protection and Development in Asia and the Pacific

• ECLAC: A time for equality: Closing gaps, Opening trails

• ECLAC/ILO Bulletin: The employment situation in Latin America and the Caribbean (December 2010)

•  Report on Progress in Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa, 2011(background document for 2011 Commission session of ECA)

• The MDGs in Europe and Central Asia: Achievements, Challenges and the way forward (RCM-Europe report coordinated by ECE)

• The Third Arab MDG report and impact of the Global Economic Crisis

ITEM 25:   Agriculture development and food security

• Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Asia and the Pacific

• ECLAC/FAO: Perspectivas de la agricultura y del desarrollo rural en las Américas: una mirada hacia América Latina y el Caribe

• The Status of Food Security in Africa (background document for committee on food security and sustainable development 2009)

ITEM 26:   Towards global partnerships

• ESCAP Policy Brief: South-South Cooperation in Asia-Pacific: Emerging Trends and Potential

• ECLAC: Opportunities for Convergence and Regional Cooperation

• Leveraging Opportunities for Accelerated Growth in Africa: Prospects and Challenges for the Next Decade (background document for ECA 2011 Commission session)