ESCAP in UN-Water
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
ESCAP participated in various UN-Water activities notably, the annual World Water Day and the publication of WWDR (World Water Development Report). Currently we are participating in the WWDR5. ESCAP is an inaugural member of UN-Water. For more details please go to http://www.unwater.org/
In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph
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Strengthen UN system-wide coherence and coordination, while ensuring appropriate accountability to Member States, by, inter alia, enhancing coherence in reporting and reinforcing cooperative efforts under existing inter-agency mechanisms and strategies to advance the integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development within the United Nations system, including through exchange of information. (see para 93)
ESCAP in UN-Water: Task Force on Regional Level Co-ordination mechanism, with UN ESCWA, Beirut, Lebanon.
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
ESCAP takes the lead in this Task Force, which has a budget of USD270 000.00. It covers all 5 regional commissions (ESCAP, ESCWA, ECLAC, ECA and ECE) together with UNW-DPC as the overall co-ordinator of a global study. Most times the ESCAP's facilitation if through emails and video-conferencing and ESCAP report to the bi-annual meeting of the UN-Water SPM (Senior Partners meeting). ESCAP will have the 1st face to face meeting in Bonn, 30 Sept-1Oct 2013.
In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph
78
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Strengthen UN system-wide coherence and coordination, while ensuring appropriate accountability to Member States, by, inter alia, enhancing coherence in reporting and reinforcing cooperative efforts under existing inter-agency mechanisms and strategies to advance the integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development within the United Nations system, including through exchange of information. (see para 93)
ESCAP in UN-Water: Task Force on the definition of
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
ESCAP co-chairs the Task Force on the definition of "Water Security", with UNU-INWEH, Hamilton, Canada, taking the lead. This is completed this year and the publication "Water Security & the Global Water Agenda - A UN-Water Analytical Brief " was distributed from World Water Day 2013, 22 March 2013, concurrently in New York and Den Hague, on the said date. ESCAP did its bit at the 2APWS in Chiang Mai, 14-20 May 2013.
In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph
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Strengthen UN system-wide coherence and coordination, while ensuring appropriate accountability to Member States, by, inter alia, enhancing coherence in reporting and reinforcing cooperative efforts under existing inter-agency mechanisms and strategies to advance the integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development within the United Nations system, including through exchange of information. (see para 93)
GA adopted resolution on the revised terms of reference for the work of UN-Oceans
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
GA adopted resolution 68/70, which approves the revised terms of reference (ToRs) for the work of the UN-Oceans. By these new ToRs, the membership of UN-Oceans had been expanded to include all organizations of the UN system with competence in coastal and ocean issues. In the same resolution, GA also decides to review these ToRs at its seventy-second session in the light of the work of UN Oceans.
In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph
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Strengthen UN system-wide coherence and coordination, while ensuring appropriate accountability to Member States, by, inter alia, enhancing coherence in reporting and reinforcing cooperative efforts under existing inter-agency mechanisms and strategies to advance the integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development within the United Nations system, including through exchange of information. (see para 93)
Regional Coordination Mechanism
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
ESCAP Chairs the Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM).
A series of meetings for the AP-RCM was organized by ESCAP between 2013 – 2013.
Coordination of RCs and ESCAP divisions on the compilation and analysis of SD dimensions and programmes
In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph
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Strengthen UN system-wide coherence and coordination, while ensuring appropriate accountability to Member States, by, inter alia, enhancing coherence in reporting and reinforcing cooperative efforts under existing inter-agency mechanisms and strategies to advance the integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development within the United Nations system, including through exchange of information. (see para 93)
UN-Oceans with a revised mandate
UN Oceans
UN-Oceans is an inter-agency mechanism that seeks to enhance the coordination, coherence and effectiveness of competent organizations of the United Nations system and the International Seabed Authority, within existing resources, in conformity with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the respective competences of each of its participating organizations and the mandates and priorities approved by their respective governing bodies.
In 2013, the General Assembly, in paragraph 279 of resolution 68/70, recognized the work undertaken so far by UN-Oceans, approved the revised terms of reference for the work of UN-Oceans, with a revised mandate, as annexed to the resolution, and decided to review these terms of reference at its seventy-second session in light of the work of UN-Oceans. According to the revised terms of reference, UN-Oceans is mandated to:
Strengthen and promote coordination and coherence of United Nations system activities related to ocean and coastal areas;
Regularly share ongoing and planned activities of participating organizations within the framework of relevant United Nations and other mandates with a view to identifying possible areas for collaboration and synergy;
Facilitate, as appropriate, inputs by its participating organizations to the annual reports of the Secretary-General on oceans and the law of the sea and on sustainable fisheries to be submitted to the Secretariat; and
Facilitate inter-agency information exchange, including sharing of experiences, best practices, tools and methodologies and lessons learned in ocean-related matters.
In support of Rio+20 outcome paragraph
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Strengthen UN system-wide coherence and coordination, while ensuring appropriate accountability to Member States, by, inter alia, enhancing coherence in reporting and reinforcing cooperative efforts under existing inter-agency mechanisms and strategies to advance the integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development within the United Nations system, including through exchange of information. (see para 93)
