8 July 1987

35th plenary meeting

Follow-up to the recommendations of the International Conference on Population

The Economic and Social Council,

Recalling General Assembly resolution 39/228 of 18 December 1984,

Recalling also Council resolutions 3 (III) of 3 October 1946, 1985/4 and 1985/5 of 28 May 1985 and 1986/7 of 21 May 1986,

Having considered the report of the Population Commission on its twenty-fourth session and the reports of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations system in the field of population and on the monitoring of multilateral population assistance,

Reaffirming the need to bring about a co-ordinated, effective and efficient strategy for the United Nations and the United Nations system in addressing population issues,

Bearing in mind General Assembly resolution 41/213 of 19 December 1986 on the review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations,

1. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare, on a regular basis, reports on the activities of the United Nations system in the field of population, on the work of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations in the implementation of the World Population Plan of Action and on the monitoring of multilateral population assistance;

2. Requests the Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities to continue to submit to the Population Commission, on a regular basis, reports on the activities of the Fund;

3. Invites the Population Commission to review those reports, within its competence, and to transmit its views to the Economic and Social Council at its second regular sessions;

4. Further requests the Secretary-General, in order to enhance the coherence and harmonization of population activities in the United Nations system and increase the effectiveness of the work of organizations and bodies of the United Nations system in the field of population, to take the necessary steps to enable the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination to review on a regular basis population activities and programmes within the United Nations system;

5. Invites the Secretary-General, with a view to securing balanced representation in the Population Commission of the various areas of technical and substantive expertise in the fields of population studies and population assistance, to consult with the Governments of the States members of the Commission, in conformity with paragraph 3 of Council resolution 3 (III) and the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council before representatives are finally nominated by those Governments and confirmed by the Council.