Provisional Agenda

1. Opening of the session.

2. Election of officers.

3. Adoption of the agenda.

4. Policy issues for the ESCAP region:

(a) Implications of recent economic and social developments;

(b) Sustainable social development in a period of rapid globalization: challenges, opportunities and policy options;

(c) Regional preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

5. Management issues:

(a) Implementation of Commission resolution 53/1 on restructuring the conference structure of the Commission;

(b) Programme planning.

6. Emerging issues and developments at the regional level:

(a) Regional economic cooperation;

(b) Environment and natural resources development;

(c) Socio-economic measures to alleviate poverty in rural and urban areas;

(d) Transport, communications, tourism and infrastructure development;

(e) Statistics;

(f) Least developed, landlocked and island developing countries.

7. Resource mobilization:  technical cooperation activities of ESCAP and announcement of intended contributions.

8. Reports of regional intergovernmental bodies.

9. Activities of the Advisory Committee of Permanent Representatives and Other Representatives Designated by Members of the Commission.

10. Date, venue and theme topic for the fifty-ninth session of the Commission.

11.Other matters.

12. Adoption of the report of the Commission.