24 May 2005

Documents for the thirty-sixth session of the Statistical Commission New York, 1 to 4 March 2005

StatCom 2005 Panel Discussion See the presentations made at the Panel Discussion “Keeping Pace with Development: Challenges for National Statistical Systems”, 2 March 2005, New York See Paul Cheung’s statement on Programme Issues at the Commission

A. Below is a list of official documents. For background documents, normally in English only, please go to B.
(All files are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format )

B. Following is a list of background documents and room documents. These are not formal documents of the session and are generally in English only.

• Background information on the Statistical Commission and practical information on its functioning - Prepared by UNSD/DESA
• Data and Metadata Presentation And Reporting Handbook - prepared by OECD
• Paris Group on Labour and Compensation: Report of the sixth session, Lisbon, 29 September - 1 October 2004 - Prepared by OECD
• A Guide to Designing a National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) - Prepared by PARIS 21
  [Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish]
• Making the Case: National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) - Prepared by PARIS 21
  [Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish]
• Services Statistics Coordination and Strategy - Prepared by OECD
• Minutes of the First Meeting of the Technical Subgroup on the Movement of Natural Persons - Mode 4 - Prepared by UNSD/DESA
• Report of the Meeting on Environmental-Economic Accounting - Prepared by UNSD/DESA
• Siena Group on Social Statistics - Prepared by Statistics Netherlands
• International Comparison Programme (ICP): Status and Progress Report - Prepared by the World Bank
• Manuals, handbooks and supporting materials for SNA implementation - Prepared by ISWGNA
• Report of the Expert Group Meeting to Review Critical Issues Relevant to the Planning of the 2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses - Prepared by UNSD/DESA
• Report of the United Nations Symposium on Population and Housing Censuses - Prepared by UNSD/DESA
• Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Population and Housing Censuses - Prepared by ESCAP
• Report of the Joint ECE-EUROSTAT Work Session on Population Censuses, November 2004 - Prepared by ECE
• Report of the Joint ECE-EUROSTAT Work Session on Housing Censuses, November 2004 - Prepared by ECE
• Strategic Vision of the Voorburg Group on Services Statistics for 2005-2008 - Prepared by Voorburg Group
• Update of the 1993 SNA: Progress Report - Prepared by the Project Manager to the Intersecretariat Working Group on National Accounts (ISWGNA)
• WSIS Thematic Meeting on "Measuring the Information Society", Geneva, 7-9 February 2005 - Prepared by members of the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development
• Room Paper for the United Nations Statistical Commission - Prepared by Pali Lehohla, Statistician General, Statistics South Africa

C. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division to the 36th Session of the Statistical Commission
Statement on Programme Issues

D. Below is a list of the presentations made at the Panel Discussion “Keeping Pace with Development: Challenges for National Statistical Systems”

The Panel Discussion was organized by the UN Statistics Division in conjunction with the 36th Session of the UN Statistical Commission, took place on 3 March 2005 and had the following participation: Chairman: Mr. Brian Pink – Government Statistician, Statistics New Zealand Panelists and presentations: • Mr. Eduardo Pereira Nunes – President, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics:   Challenges for National Statistical Systems • Mr. Li Deshui – Commissioner, National Bureau of Statistics, China:   China’s Official Statistics: Challenges, Measures and Future Development • Mr. Hamidreza Navvabpour – Head, Statistical Centre of Iran   Keeping Pace with Development: Challenges for the National Statistical System of I.R. Iran • Mr. Pali Lehohla – Statistician General, Statistics South Africa   Keeping Pace with Development: Challenges for National Statistics Systems • Ms. Shaida Badiee – Director, Development Data Group, The World Bank Measuring reults: Development goals and the drive to improve global statistics