8 July 1987

36th plenary meeting

Report of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination on the work of its twenty-seventh session

The Economic and Social Council,

Having considered part one of the report of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination on the work of its twenty-seventh session,

Reiterating the importance of the programming and co-ordinating functions carried out by the Committee as the main subsidiary organ of the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly for planning, programming and co-ordination,

Emphasizing the importance of the additional responsibilities assigned to the Committee by the General Assembly in its resolution 41/213 of 19 December 1986,

1. Approves part one of the report of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination on the work of its twenty-seventh session;

2. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report;

3. Authorizes the Committee, subject to established procedures, to resume its twenty-seventh session for two weeks, starting on 14 September 1987, in order to consider the issues included in the provisional agenda for its resumed twenty-seventh session and to finalize its report;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the documentation necessary for the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination to finalize its work is provided in good time;

5. Decides to transmit the relevant parts of the report of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination on the work of its twenty-sixth session concerning the detailed examination of its method of work to the Special Commission of the Economic and Social Council on the In-depth Study of the United Nations Intergovernmental Structure and Functions in the Economic and Social Fields;

6. Also decides to transmit the report of the Secretary-General on co-ordination in the United Nations and the United Nations system, together with the relevant parts of the report of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination on the work of its twenty-seventh session, to the Special Commission.