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GENERAL
E/ESCAP/1142/Corr.1
5 April 1999
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Fifty-fifth session
22-28 April 1999
Bangkok
PROGRAMME PLANNING: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME OF WORK, 1998-1999, AND PROPOSED PROGRAMME CHANGES FOR 1999
(Item 7 (a) of the provisional agenda)
PROPOSED PROGRAMME CHANGES FOR 1999
Note by the secretariat
Corrigendum
This corrigendum contains proposed changes which were considered by the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Development and
the Committee on Socio-economic Measures to Alleviate Poverty in Rural and Urban Areas.
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Activities as in the
programme of
work,
1998-1999a/
(2) |
Deletion
(3) |
Addition
(4) |
Modification
(5) |
Justification
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Under 2. Group training (seminars, workshops, symposia):
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Meetings on review
and assessment of the
Regional Action
Programme on
Environmentally
Sound and
Sustainable
Development,
1996-2000 and
preparations for the
Ministerial
Conference on
Environment and
Development (2 in
1999) (RB/XB) |
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Meetings on
review and
assessment of the
Regional Action
Programme for
Environmentally
Sound and
Sustainable
Development and
preparations for
the Ministerial
Conference on
Environment and
Development and
the regional state
of the
environment (1
in 1998,
4 in 1999)
(RB/XB)
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The General
Assembly, at its
nineteenth special
session (para. 121 of
its report), asked for
increased regional
implementation of
Agenda 21. The
Ministerial
Conference and the
preparation of the
report on the state of
the environment
would contribute to
this. The
Committee on
Environment and
Natural Resources
Development, at its
first session held in
October 1998, noted
this modification. |
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a/ The subprogrammes are taken from the revised programme of work, 1998-1999, as approved by the Commission
and contained in the report on its fifty-fourth session (Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1998,
Supplement No. 20) (E/1998/40-E/ESCAP/1117), annex I. |
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Regional,
subregional and
national
meetings/workshops
on capacity-building
for environmental
management
(5 in 1998, 2 in 1999)
(RB/XB) |
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Regional,
subregional and
national
meetings/
workshops on
capacity-
building for
environmental
management (5 in
1998,
5 in 1999)
(RB/XB) |
The General
Assembly, at its
nineteenth special
session,
recommended
continued activities
on indicator
development at the
national level on a
voluntary basis and
exchange of
information at the
international and
regional levels
(paras. 114 and 115
of its report). The
Committee on
Environment and
Natural Resources
Development, at its
first session held in
October 1998, noted
this modification.
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ESCAP HRD course
for social work
personnel dealing
with sexually abused
and sexually
exploited youth in
the Greater Mekong
subregion (1999)
(RB/XB) |
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ESCAP HRD
course for social
work personnel
dealing with
sexually abused
and sexually
exploited youth in
the Greater
Mekong
subregion and
South Asia (2 in
1999) (RB/XB) |
The Commission, in
paragraph 3 (c) of
its resolution 53/4
on the elimination
of sexual abuse and
sexual exploitation
of children and
youth in Asia and
the Pacific, called
upon the Executive
Secretary to enhance
the capabilities of
social service and
health personnel,
through relevant
gender-sensitive
training, in assisting
young victims and
potential victims of
sexual exploitation
and sexual abuse in
being rehabilitated
into society. The
addition of a
subregional training
course for South
Asia would enable
ESCAP to fulfil the
mandate in the
resolution more
fully. The
Committee on
Socio-economic
Measures to
Alleviate Poverty in
Rural and Urban
Areas, at its first
session held in
September 1998,
endorsed this
modification.
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6-2-414
Promoting
women's
participation
in economic
development
in
Indo-China
(1999)
(RB/XB) |
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The Commission, at
its fifty-fourth
session, expressed
special concern that
the recent economic
problems in some
countries of their
region would have a
negative impact on
women and would
burden them
disproportionately,
and urged that
measures be taken
to address that
problem. The
secretariat therefore
proposes to
disseminate the
outcome of the
meetings organized
in 1996 under the
Japan/UNDP-funded project on the
promotion of
women's
participation in
economic
development,
including the plans
of action for
women's economic
participation in the
Indo-China
countries. The
Committee on
Socio-economic
Measures to
Alleviate Poverty in
Rural and Urban
Areas, at its first
session held in
September 1998,
endorsed this
addition. |
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6-2-415
Promoting
NGO-
government
collaboration
in the
implementation of the
Jakarta
Declaration
and the
Beijing
Platform for
Action in
South Asia
(1999)
(RB/XB) |
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The Commission, at
its fifty-fourth
session, requested
the secretariat to
promote the
exchange of
experience through
the dissemination of
information on
special measures
and better targeting
of programmes for
the rural and urban
poor, as well as
other disadvantaged
and vulnerable
social groups,
including women.
The secretariat
proposes to
disseminate the
information
gathered through the
implementation of a
project on
promoting
NGO-government
collaboration in the
implementation of
the Jakarta
Declaration and the
Beijing Platform for
Action in South
Asia, with a view to
introducing success
stories of national-level
non-governmental
organizations
reaching women in
urban and rural
areas. The
Committee on
Socio-economic
Measures to
Alleviate Poverty in
Rural and Urban
Areas, at its first |
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6-2-416
Handbook
on the
strengthening of women's
information
networks for
Asia and the
Pacific
through
computer
networking
(1999)
(RB/XB) |
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The Commission, at
its fifty-fourth
session, encouraged
the secretariat to
accord high priority
to technical
assistance activities,
including group
training. The
secretariat proposes
to produce a
handbook, utilizing
the outcome of the
project on
strengthening
women's
information
networking for Asia
and the Pacific
through computer
networking for the
use of future group
training and through
the information
activities of the
Women's
Information
Network for Asia
and the Pacific
(WINAP). The
Committee on
Socio-economic
Measures to
Alleviate Poverty in
Rural and Urban
Areas, at its first
session held in
September 1998,
endorsed this
addition. |
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