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The following annual reports cover developments in the United Nations system of particular interest to the ILO, priority ILO concerns and ILO participation in the related processes.

2003-04  GB.289/6   English - Français - Español

I. Regular United Nations events
1. Fifty-eighth Session of the General Assembly (Autumn 2003)
2. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
3. Commission on the Status of Women: 47th Session (3-14 March, 2003)
4. United Nations treaties concerning human rights

II. United Nations system
1. World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
    (First Phase, Geneva, December 2003)
2. Chief Executives Board (CEB)
3. Bretton Woods institutions
4. Further strengthening of human rights-related UN action
5. Global Compact
6. Migration
7. United Nations Development Group (UNDG)
8. UN Millennium Development Goals

2002-03  GB.286/10

I. Major United Nations events
1. International Conference on Financing for Development (Monterrey, Mexico, 18-22 March 2002)
2. Second World Assembly on Ageing (Madrid, Spain, 8-12 April 2002)
3. United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children (New York, 8-10 May 2002)
4. World Food Summit: five years later (Rome, Italy, 6-8 June, 2002) 6 5. World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, 26 August-4 September 2002)

II. Regular United Nations events of particular interest to the ILO, 2002-03
1. Fifty-seventh Session of the UN General Assembly (Autumn 2002)
2. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): Substantive Session (New York 1-25 July 2002)
3. Commission for Social Development: Forty-first Session (10-21 February 2003)
4. Commission on the Status of Women: 47th Session (New York, 3-14 March 2003)
5. Commission on Human Rights and treaty bodies
6. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
7. United Nations System Chief Executives Board (CEB)

III. Forthcoming major United Nations events, 2003-04: Involvement in preparatory processes: World Summit on the Information Society (Geneva, 10-12 December 2003)

IV. New trends in the UN system
1. United Nations Development Group (UNDG)
2. United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
3. UN Reform

Appendices  GB.286/10(App.1)  English - French - Spanish
I. Millennium Development Goals
II. Report of the Secretary-General: Strengthening of the United Nations – an agenda for further change – English

I. Objectifs de développement pour le Millénaire
II. Rapport du Secrétaire général : Renforcer l’ONU – Un programme pour aller plus loin dans le changement  – Français

I. Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio
II. Informe del Secretario General: Fortalecimiento de las Naciones Unidas – Un programa para profundizar el cambio –  Español

2001-02 GB. 283/7
I. Major United Nations events:
1. Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCIII) (Brussels, 14-20 May 2001)
2. Special Session of the UN General Assembly: Istanbul+5: Reviewing and appraising progress five years after Habitat II
3. Special Session of the UN General Assembly on HIV/AIDS
4. World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (Durban, 31 August-7 September 2001)

II. Regular United Nations events of particular interest to the ILO, 2001-02
1. Fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly
2. Economic and Social Council
3. Commission for Social Development
4. Commission on the Status of Women
5. Commission on Human Rights and treaty bodies
6. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
7. United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) (formerly Administrative Committee on Coordination, ACC)

III: Forthcoming major United Nations events, 2002-03: Involvement in preparatory processes
1. International Conference on Financing for Development (Monterrey, Mexico, 18-22 March 2002)
2. Second World Assembly on Ageing (Madrid, Spain, April 8-12, 2002)
3. Follow-up to the World Summit for Children: General Assembly Special Session on Children (New York, 8-10 May 2002)
4. World Summit on Sustainable Development: Review of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development and its Agenda 21, 2002 (Rio+10) (Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August-4 September 2002)

IV. Special partnerships
1. High-Level Youth Employment Network
2. Global Compact

2000-01  GB.280/8
I. Major United Nations events
1. Millennium Summit
2. Special Session of the General Assembly: World Summit for Social Development and Beyond: Achieving Social Development for All in a Globalizing World (Copenhagen+5)
3. Special Session of the General Assembly: Women 2000 – Gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century (Beijing+5)

II. Regular United Nations events of particular interest to the ILO, 2000-01
1. Millennium Assembly, 2000
2. Economic and Social Council, 2000-01
3. Commission for Social Development
4. Commission on the Status of Women
5. Commission on Human Rights and treaty bodies
6. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

III. Forthcoming major United Nations events, 2001-02: Involvement in preparatory processes
1. Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCIII)
2. General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS
3. World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
4. Follow-up to the World Summit for Children: General Assembly Special Session on Children
5. Second World Assembly on Ageing
6. World Summit on Sustainable Development: Review of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development and its Agenda 21, 2002 (Rio+10)
7. International Conference on Financing for Development

IV. Special partnerships
1. Global Compact
2. High-Level Youth Employment Policy Network

V. Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC)

1999-2000  GB.277/8
I. Major issues and events in the General Assembly

II. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
1. Substantive Session, 1999
2. Collaboration between ECOSOC and the Bretton Woods institutions (BWI)
3. Coordinated and integrated implementation and follow-up on major United Nations conferences and summits

III. ILO participation in major UN-sponsored sessions
1. Commission for Social Development
2. Commission on the Status of Women
3. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
4. UN Commission on Human Rights and relevant treaty bodies
5. Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC)

1998-99 GB.274/7
I. Major issues and events in the General Assembly

II. Priority concerns of the ILO

1. Human rights
2. Social development
3. Women and gender issues
4. Child labour
5. Youth and older persons
6. Jobs for Africa

III. ILO participation in major UN-sponsored sessions
1. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
2. Commission for Social Development
3. Commission on the Status of Women
4. Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
5. Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC)

1997-98  GB.271/8/1

1997-98: UN reform  GB.271/8/2