United Nations Statistical Commission
Overview 53rd Session (2022) Documents
Announcement:
- As stated in the Note Verbale issued on 7 February 2022, the forthcoming 53rd session of the Statistical Commission was held online in a virtual format from 28 February - 2 March and 4 March 2022 from 10:00 - 12:00 and 15:00 - 17:00 Eastern. Please note that the documentation reflects the originally mandated dates and location. See E/CN.3/2022/L.1/Rev.1 for the current timetable reflecting the revised dates/times and location.
- Mr. Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
Click the links below to browse documents by agenda item.
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E/CN.3/2022/2
Report of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators
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E/CN.3/2022/3
Report of the Secretary-General on work for the review of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
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E/CN.3/2022/4
Report of the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
- Detailed information about the work of the IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Measurement of Development Support
- Update on the Statistics Division and UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (UNSD-FCDO) project on Monitoring the SDGs
- Toolkit on Using Small Area Estimation for SDGs
- Coordinating statistical training for increased accessibility and sustainability: the work of the Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST)
- Data for Now initiative: use of innovative methods, tools and data sources for more accurate, timely and granular Sustainable Development Goal data
- The Collaborative on the Use of Administrative Data for Statistics: practical experience exchange and tool developments
- Survey on the Implementation of the Cape Town Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development Data
- The SDGs Geospatial Roadmap (English)
- The SDGs Geospatial Roadmap (French)
- The SDGs Geospatial Roadmap (Spanish)
- The Potential of Surveys and Censuses to Fill Adult Mortality Data Gaps in the Context of COVID-19: a Stocktaking Paper
- Positioning Household Surveys for the Next Decade
- United Nations Statistical Commission High-level side event on Financing for Data and Statistics: The Role of National Statistical Offices
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/5
Report of the Working Group on Data Stewardship
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E/CN.3/2022/5/Corr.1
Report of the Working Group on Data Stewardship
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/6
Report of the Bureau on the working methods of the Statistical Commission: Reassessing the terms of reference and review of other initiatives of the Bureau during the inter-sessional period, 2021-2022
- Revision to the Terms of Reference of the Statistical Commission
- Inter-agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics (IAEG-GS)’s initial proposal on integrating a gender perspective into the work of the Statistical Commission, in response to Decision 51/115, b (Note: cross-posted under agenda item 3h)
- Nomenclature of normative work of the Statistical Commission: 2008-2021
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/7
Report of the Economic Commission for Europe on regional statistical development
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/8
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the 2020 World Population and Housing Census Programme
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/9
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the UN Legal Identity Agenda – Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
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E/CN.3/2022/10
Report of the Expert Group on Refugee, Internally Displaced Persons and Statelessness Statistics on statelessness statistics
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/12
Report of the Secretary-General on gender statistics
- Summary of discussion and conclusions - 15th Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics Virtual 6 to 8 December 2021
- Gender-Relevant SDG Indicators (November 2021)
- Minimum Harmonized Instrument for the Production of Time-Use Statistics
- Modernization of the Production of Time-use Statistics
- Quality considerations for Time-use Surveys
- Inter-agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics (IAEG-GS)’s initial proposal on integrating a gender perspective into the work of the Statistical Commission, in response to Decision 51/115, b (Note: cross-posted under agenda item 3c)
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/14
Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (INEGI) on crime and criminal justice statistics
- Statistical framework for measuring the gender-related killings of women and girls (also referred to as “femicide/feminicide”)
- Conceptual framework fpr the statistical measurement of illicit financial flows
- Note on the global consultation to develop the statistical framework for measuring the gender-related killing of women and girls (femicide/feminicide)
- The joint OHCHR-UNDP-UNODC Survey Initiative to improve data availability of indicators of Sustainable Development Goal 16
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/16
Report of the Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/17
Report of the Secretary-General on climate change statistics
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/18
Report of the Intersecretariat Working Group on National Accounts
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/19
Report of the United Nations Network of Economic Statisticians
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/20
Report of the Committee of Experts on Business and Trade Statistics
- Position Paper on Emerging Priority Areas of the UN Committee of Experts on Business and Trade Statistics
- The research agenda and the revision process for the revision of the manuals on international trade statistics
- The draft manual on Principal Indicators for Business and Trade Statistics
- The draft manual on the Statistical Business Register Maturity Model for Statistical Business Registers
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/21
Report of the Partnership on Measuring Information and Communication Technologies for Development
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/23
Report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on agricultural and rural statistics
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/24
Report of the International Labour Organization on informal economy statistics
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/25
Report of the Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/26
Report of the Committee of Experts on International Statistical Classifications
- The draft revised structure of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) and the note on the main changes to ISIC Rev. 4
- Statistical Manual on the Classification of Business Functions
- High-level summary of the Global Consultation on the draft revised structure of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/27
Report of the Working Group on Open Data
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/28
Report of the Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/31
Joint report of the Secretary-General and the Washington Group on Disability Statistics
Official documents
Background documents
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E/CN.3/2022/35
Report of the Voorburg Group on Service Statistics
Official documents
Background documents
Agenda item 2
Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters
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E/CN.3/2022/1
Provisional agenda and annotations
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E/CN.3/2022/L.1/Rev.1
Provisional programme of work and timetable
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E/CN.3/2022/CRP.1
Non-accredited intergovernmental organizations invited to participate in the session as observers
Agenda item 3(a)
Items for discussion and decision: Data and indicators for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
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E/CN.3/2022/2
Report of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators
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E/CN.3/2022/3
Report of the Secretary-General on work for the review of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
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E/CN.3/2022/4
Report of the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Agenda item 3(b)
Items for discussion and decision: Data stewardship
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E/CN.3/2022/5
Report of the Working Group on Data Stewardship
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E/CN.3/2022/5/Corr.1
Report of the Working Group on Data Stewardship
Agenda item 3(c)
Items for discussion and decision: Working methods of the Statistical Commission
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E/CN.3/2022/6
Report of the Bureau on the working methods of the Statistical Commission: Reassessing the terms of reference and review of other initiatives of the Bureau during the inter-sessional period, 2021-2022
Agenda item 3(d)
Items for discussion and decision: Regional statistical development
Agenda item 3(e)
Items for discussion and decision: Population and housing censuses
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E/CN.3/2022/8
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the 2020 World Population and Housing Census Programme
Agenda item 3(f)
Items for discussion and decision: Civil registration, vital statistics and statelessness statistics
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E/CN.3/2022/9
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the UN Legal Identity Agenda – Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
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E/CN.3/2022/10
Report of the Expert Group on Refugee, Internally Displaced Persons and Statelessness Statistics on statelessness statistics
Agenda item 3(g)
Items for discussion and decision: Human settlements statistics
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E/CN.3/2022/11
Report of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme on human settlements statistics
Agenda item 3(h)
Items for discussion and decision: Gender statistics
Agenda item 3(i)
Items for discussion and decision: Health statistics
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E/CN.3/2022/13
Report of the World Health Organization on health statistics: strengthening statistical systems to track the health-related Sustainable Development Goals
Agenda item 3(j)
Items for discussion and decision: Crime and criminal justice statistics
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E/CN.3/2022/14
Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (INEGI) on crime and criminal justice statistics
Agenda item 3(k)
Items for discussion and decision: Education statistics
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E/CN.3/2022/15
Report of the Institute for Statistics of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UIS) on education statistics
Agenda item 3(l)
Items for discussion and decision: Environmental-economic accounting
Agenda item 3(m)
Items for discussion and decision: Climate change statistics
Agenda item 3(n)
Items for discussion and decision: National Accounts
Agenda item 3(o)
Items for discussion and decision: Network of Economic Statisticians
Agenda item 3(p)
Items for discussion and decision: Business and trade Statistics
Agenda item 3(q)
Items for discussion and decision: Information and communications technology statistics
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E/CN.3/2022/21
Report of the Partnership on Measuring Information and Communication Technologies for Development
Agenda item 3(r)
Items for discussion and decision: International Comparison Programme
Agenda item 3(s)
Items for discussion and decision: Agricultural and rural statistics
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E/CN.3/2022/23
Report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on agricultural and rural statistics
Agenda item 3(t)
Items for discussion and decision: Informal economy statistics
Agenda item 3(u)
Items for discussion and decision: Big data
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E/CN.3/2022/25
Report of the Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics
Agenda item 3(v)
Items for discussion and decision: International statistical classifications
Agenda item 3(w)
Items for discussion and decision: Open data
Agenda item 3(x)
Items for discussion and decision: Integration of statistical and geospatial Information
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E/CN.3/2022/28
Report of the Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information
Agenda item 3(y)
Items for discussion and decision: Governance, peace and security statistics
Agenda item 4(a)
Items for information: Ageing-related statistics and age-disaggregated data
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E/CN.3/2022/30
Report of the Titchfield Group on Ageing-related statistics and Age-disaggregated data
Agenda item 4(b)
Items for information: Disability statistics
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E/CN.3/2022/31
Joint report of the Secretary-General and the Washington Group on Disability Statistics
Agenda item 4(c)
Items for information: Energy statistics
Agenda item 4(d)
Items for information: Industrial statistics
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E/CN.3/2022/33
Report of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization on industrial statistics
Agenda item 4(e)
Items for information: Business registers
Agenda item 4(f)
Items for information: Service statistics
Agenda item 4(g)
Items for information: Price statistics
Agenda item 4(h)
Items for information: Coordination of statistical programmes
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E/CN.3/2022/37
Report of the Committee of the Chief Statisticians of the United Nations System on coordination within the United Nations statistical system
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E/CN.3/2022/38
Report of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities
Agenda item 4(i)
Items for information: Follow-up to the policy decisions of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council
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E/CN.3/2022/39
Report of the Secretary-General on policy decisions of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council that are relevant to the work of the Statistical Commission
Agenda item 6
Provisional agenda and dates for the fifty-fourth session of the Commission
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E/CN.3/2022/L.2
Draft provisional agenda and documentation for the fifty-fourth session of the Commission
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E/CN.3/2022/40
Draft multi-year programme of work for the Statistical Commission 2022-2026
Agenda item 7
Report of the Commission on its fifty-third session
Agenda item 3(a)
Items for discussion and decision: Data and indicators for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Agenda item 3(b)
Items for discussion and decision: Data stewardship
Agenda item 3(c)
Items for discussion and decision: Working methods of the Statistical Commission
Agenda item 3(d)
Items for discussion and decision: Regional statistical development
Agenda item 3(e)
Items for discussion and decision: Population and housing censuses
Agenda item 3(f)
Items for discussion and decision: Civil registration, vital statistics and statelessness statistics
Agenda item 3(h)
Items for discussion and decision: Gender statistics
Agenda item 3(j)
Items for discussion and decision: Crime and criminal justice statistics
Agenda item 3(l)
Items for discussion and decision: Environmental-economic accounting
Agenda item 3(m)
Items for discussion and decision: Climate change statistics
Agenda item 3(n)
Items for discussion and decision: National Accounts
Agenda item 3(o)
Items for discussion and decision: Network of Economic Statisticians
Agenda item 3(p)
Items for discussion and decision: Business and trade Statistics
Agenda item 3(q)
Items for discussion and decision: Information and communications technology statistics
Agenda item 3(s)
Items for discussion and decision: Agricultural and rural statistics
Agenda item 3(t)
Items for discussion and decision: Informal economy statistics
Agenda item 3(u)
Items for discussion and decision: Big data
Agenda item 3(v)
Items for discussion and decision: International statistical classifications
Agenda item 3(w)
Items for discussion and decision: Open data
Agenda item 3(x)
Items for discussion and decision: Integration of statistical and geospatial Information
Agenda item 4(b)
Items for information: Disability statistics
Agenda item 4(f)
Items for information: Service statistics
Guidelines for submission of written statements:
Member States and entities encouraged to submit written statements by Thursday, 17 February 2022.
Written statements provide an opportunity for delegations to contribute to the substantive discussion on the agenda items of the 53rd session. The official documents contain "Action to be taken by the Statistical Commission" which the Commission is invited to discuss. Written statements are expected to address these points raised but might include more general statements on the topic. However, the written statements should avoid detailed expositions of methodology or the reporting of routine activities and national practices.
A standard form for completing written statements for each of the substantive agenda items can be downloaded as a Word document below under each agenda item.
Written statements may be submitted by the following:
Member States: by the Head of Delegation, Representative or Designated official (as provided in formal notification to the Secretariat) or Permanent Missions to the UN in New York.
Agencies: by the Head of Delegation, Representative or Designated official (as provided in formal notification to the Secretariat).
Once completed, delegates are invited to submit statements, preferably as a pdf file, by email to: hooper@un.org and wangl@un.org
All submitted statements will be uploaded in pdf format and available under the agenda item links below. Statements will be posted in the language received as soon as feasible after receipt (except over weekends). The statements will not be edited in any way and will be uploaded sequentially according to date.
Due to the potential volume of submissions, we encourage written statements to be brief, focused on the main actions to be taken under each discussion item of the 53rd session of the Statistical Commission, provided in English if possible, and submitted to the Secretariat by Thursday, 17 February 2022. Additional statements may be posted during the actual session. However, they may not be fully captured when the main summary points are read out, but may be added, where appropriate, at a later stage.
Written statements are available from the links below:
Agenda item 3(a) - Data and indicators for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Submission forms for agenda item 3(a)Written statements (date received)
Agenda item 3(a)-SDG-IAEG - E/CN.2/2022/2
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(a)-SDG-SG - E/CN.2/2022/3
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
Agenda item 3(a)-SDG-HLG - E/CN.2/2022/4
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(b) - Data stewardship
Submission form for agenda item 3(b)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(c) - Working methods of the Statistical Commission
Submission form for agenda item 3(c)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
Agenda item 3(d) - Regional statistical development
Submission form for agenda item 3(d)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
Agenda item 3(e) - Population and housing censuses
Submission form for agenda item 3(e)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
Agenda item 3(f) - Civil registration, vital statistics and statelessness statistics
Submission form for agenda item 3(f)Written statements (date received)
Agenda item 3(f)-UNLIA - E/CN.3/2022/9
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(f)-Statelessness - E/CN.3/2022/10
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(g) - Human settlements statistics
Submission form for agenda item 3(g)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
Agenda item 3(h) - Gender statistics
Submission form for agenda item 3(h)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(i) - Health statistics
Submission form for agenda item 3(i)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(j) - Crime and criminal justice statistics
Submission form for agenda item 3(j)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(k) - Education statistics
Submission form for agenda item 3(k)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(l) - Environmental-economic accounting
Submission form for agenda item 3(l)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(m) - Climate change statistics
Submission form for agenda item 3(m)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(n) - National accounts
Submission form for agenda item 3(n)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(o) - Network of Economic Statisticians
Submission form for agenda item 3(o)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(p) - Business and trade statistics
Submission form for agenda item 3(p)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(q) - Information and communications technology statistics
Submission form for agenda item 3(q)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
Agenda item 3(r) - International Comparison Programme
Submission form for agenda item 3(r)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(s) - Agricultural and rural statistics
Submission form for agenda item 3(s)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
Agenda item 3(t) - Informal economy statistics
Submission form for agenda item 3(t)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(u) - Big data
Submission form for agenda item 3(u)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(v) - International statistical classifications
Submission form for agenda item 3(v)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(w) - Open data
Submission form for agenda item 3(w)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(x) - Integration of statistical and geospatial information
Submission form for agenda item 3(x)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 3(y) - Governance, peace and security statistics
Submission form for agenda item 3(y)Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
International Organizations
Agenda item 4: Items for information
Submission form for agenda item 4Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
Agenda item 6: Provisional agenda and dates of the fifty-fourth session of the Commission
Submission form for agenda item 6Written statements (date received)
Member States and Observers of the United Nations
Decisions and draft resolution as adopted by silence procedure on 11 March 2022:
- Procedural report of the Commission's fifty-third session (E/CN.3/2022/L.3)
- Resolution entitled "Ensuring the work in the field of statistics and data is adaptive to the changing statistical and data ecosystem"
- Decisions of the Commission's fifty-third session
List of draft decisions of the fifty-third session
- "Draft decisions- under silence" and "Draft resolution - under silence"
- List of draft decisions - items 3a-3v, with proposed edits and refinements, 3w-3y, 4 and 5, and draft resolution - for 4 March 2022 meeting
Guidelines for submission of written proposal to refine draft decisions
For the second time, we came together virtually for the Statistical Commission, and many delegates from around the world joined via Zoom or viewed it through UN WebTv. Over the first three days, we discussed agenda items 3(a) - 3(v), and still have a few agenda items to cover on Friday morning. Over 700 written statements and already close to 180 oral interventions addressed the discussion points raised in the official documents of the 53rd session.
On behalf of the Rapporteur of the 53rd session, we would like to share with you the draft decisions for agenda items 3(a) - 3(v). We invite Member States and Agencies to please share any request for refinements or edits in any of these draft decisions with the Secretariat by 2PM (EST) Thursday, 3 March 2022.
- Please use the below form and include the name of your delegation, the specific decision item and any refinements or edits. We kindly request that you provide us with the exact proposed wording.
- Please do not worry about English language edits, as the report will be professionally English-language edited once the substance is adopted.
- Please also kindly focus on the most critical corrections/improvements of the text.
The draft decisions for agenda items 3(w) - 3(y) will be circulated on Friday at 1PM (EST) together with the bracketed version (showing proposed amendments) of agenda items 3(a) - 3(v)
- Draft decisions of the Fifty-third session - 3a-3v-circulated 2 March 2022
- Form for written proposal to refine draft decisions
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