Advancement of Women

Women representatives of civil society rejoice at the signing of a peace accord in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Second Committee

The Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee) will deal with issues relating to economic growth and development such as macroeconomic policy questions (including international trade, international financial system, and external debt sustainability), financing for development, sustainable development, human settlements, poverty eradication, globalization and interdependence, operational activities for development, and information and communication technologies for development.

The Second Committee will also consider issues relating to Groups of Countries in special situations – such as the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs). It will also consider the item on permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources.

At the sixty-seventh session, the Second Committee took action on 65 draft proposals. The Committee is expected to act on a similar number of proposals during this year’s session.

In accordance with the on-going process of revitalization of the General Assembly, the Second Committee is engaged in updating its working methods and practices in order to improve the quality of debates and the impact of their deliberations and decisions, as well as to further streamline the Committee’s agenda and programme of work, biennialize agenda items, cluster the consideration of agenda items thematically, hold interactive “question time” sessions with secretariat officials after the presentation of substantive reports, and actively work to reduce the number and length of draft resolutions adopted during its sessions.

In line with General Assembly resolution 66/246, the formal meetings of the Second Committee will be webcast live at the UN Web TV website.  Past meetings of the session will also be available from the video archives.

As in previous sessions, the Committee will hold a dialogue with the Executive Secretaries of the Regional Commissions as well as schedule a number of side events as part of its programme of work.

UN Bodies

• Commission on the Status of Women
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Global Programmes

• Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women 
  UN Women
• Gender and the Environment 
  UN Environment Programme

Regional Programmes

• Gender and Social Development 
  Economic Commission for Africa
• Gender Equality and Empowerment 
  Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
• Gender Activities 
  Economic Commission for Europe
• Gender Affairs
  Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Centre for Women 
  Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia