United Nations Statistical Commission
Overview 48th Session (2017) Documents
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- Opening statement – Mr. Wu Hongbo, Under Secretary-General for UNDESA (Delivered by Mr. Lenni Montiel, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development)
- Opening remarks (English) – By the Chair of the UN Statistical Commission
- Opening remarks (Spanish) – By the Chair of the UN Statistical Commission
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/2
Report of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators
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E/CN.3/2017/3
Report of the High Level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
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E/CN.3/2017/4 (for information)
Report of the Secretary-General on the work for the review of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
- Work Plans for Tier III Indicators (as of 03 March 2017)
- Update on the work of the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
- Main points from the High Level Forum on Official Statistics 'Working together to measure progress towards the SDGs'
- Friday Seminar on Emerging Issues: Open Data - adding value by matching access with privacy and security
- Bangladesh – Remarks on Behalf of the Group of Least Developed Countries
- Bulgaria – Remarks on Behalf of the Group of Friends of Children and the SDGs
- CCSA – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Fiji – Remarks on Behalf of the Pacific Islands
- Fiji – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- India – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Malaysia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Pacific Community – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Romania – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- The Group of 77 and China – Remarks on Behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. David Vera, Executive Director of The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses of Ecuador, at the 48th Session of The United Nations Statistical Commission (New York, 7 March 2017)
Official documents
Background documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/5
Report of the Secretary-General on the transformative agenda for official statistics
- African Transformative Agenda for Official Statistics
- Arab conference on a transformative agenda for official statistics: Conclusions and recommendations
- Advancing official statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: a collective vision for action by the Asia-Pacific statistical community
- Caribbean Roadmap for the Transformation Agenda
- Report of the EECCA conference on the transformative agenda for official statistics (English)
- Report of the EECCA conference on the transformative agenda for official statistics (Russian)
- Latin American conference on the transformative agenda for official statistics
- Report of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe High Level Group on the Modernisation of Official Statistics
- Report of the Western Balkans and Turkey conference on the transformative agenda for official statistics
- Inter-agency action plan of the MoU Group on the statistical activities of the multilateral development banks, the International Monetary Fund and the United Nations for 2017 and 2018
- Friday Seminar on Emerging Issues: Open Data - adding value by matching access with privacy and security
Official documents
Background documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/6
Report of the Economic Commission for Europe on regional statistical development
Official documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/7
Report of the Global Working Group on Big Data for Official Statistics
- Global Platform for Data, Services and Applications
- Recommendations for Access to proprietary data
- Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Big Data for Official Statistics
Official documents
Background documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/8
Report of the Secretary-General on quality assurance in the global statistical system
Official documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/9
Report of the Secretary-General on Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
Official documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/10
Report of the Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information
- Cuba – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Malaysia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Norway – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Official documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/11
Report of the Secretary-General on Social Statistics
- International Classification of Activities for Time Use Statistics 2016 (ICATUS 2016)
- UN Methodological Guidelines on the Production of Statistics on Asset Ownership from a Gender Perspective Draft
Official documents
Background documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/12
Report of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (INEGI) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on a roadmap to improve drug statistics
Official documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/13
Report of the Inter-Secretariat Working Group on National Accounts
Official documents
Background documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/14
Report of the Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting
- Programme of Work for the Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting 2017-2020
- London Group Mandate and Governance Structure: An update
Official documents
Background documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/15
Report of the World Bank on the International Comparison Programme
Official documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/16
Report of the Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers
Official documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/17
Report of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) on tourism statistics
Official documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/18
Report of the Ulaanbaatar Group on Statistics for Economies based on Natural Resources
Official documents
Background documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/19
Report of the Secretary-General on Demographic Statistics
Official documents
Background documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/20
Report of the Secretary-General on the Intersecretariat Working Group on Household Surveys
- Information on Household Survey Based Methodological Work Completed, Currently in Progress or Planned by Agencies
- List of Training and Guidance Materials on Household Surveys (Excel)
Official documents
Background documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/21
Report of the World Health Organization (WHO) on health statistics
Official documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/22
Report of the Institute for Statistics of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on education statistics
Official documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/23
Report of the Intersecretariat Working Group on Price Statistics
Official documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/25
Report of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Finance Statistics
Official documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/26
Report of the Expert Group on International Trade and Economic Globalization Statistics
Official documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/27
Report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on recent developments in agricultural and rural statistics
Official documents
Background documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/28
Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities
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E/CN.3/2017/29
Report of the Committee of the Chief Statisticians of the United Nations system
Official documents
Background documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/30
Report of the Secretary-General on statistical capacity-building
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E/CN.3/2017/31
Report of the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the Twenty-first Century (PARIS21) and the World Bank on statistical capacity building
Official documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/32
Report of the Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX) sponsors on SDMX
Official documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/CRP.1
Draft programme of work of the United Nations Statistics Division for the biennium 2018-2019
Official documents
Statements
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E/CN.3/2017/34
Draft multi-year programme of work for the Statistical Commission 2017-2021
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E/CN.3/2017/L.2
Draft provisional agenda and documentation for the forty-ninth session of the Commission
Official documents
Statements
Agenda item 1
Election of officers
Agenda item 2
Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters
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E/CN.3/2017/1
Provisional agenda and annotations
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E/CN.3/2017/L.1
Provisional programme of work and timetable
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.3/2017/2
Report of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators
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E/CN.3/2017/3
Report of the High Level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
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E/CN.3/2017/4 (for information)
Report of the Secretary-General on the work for the review of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
Agenda item 3(b)
Items for discussion and decision: Transformative agenda for official statistics
Agenda item 3(c)
Items for discussion and decision: Regional statistical development in Europe
Agenda item 3(d)
Items for discussion and decision: Big data for official statistics
Agenda item 3(e)
Items for discussion and decision: Quality assurance in the global statistical system
Agenda item 3(f)
Items for discussion and decision: Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
Agenda item 3(g)
Items for discussion and decision: Integration of statistical and geospatial information
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E/CN.3/2017/10
Report of the Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information
Agenda item 3(h)
Items for discussion and decision: Social statistics
Agenda item 3(i)
Items for discussion and decision: Statistics of drugs and drug use
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E/CN.3/2017/12
Report of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (INEGI) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on a roadmap to improve drug statistics
Agenda item 3(j)
Items for discussion and decision: National accounts
Agenda item 3(k)
Items for discussion and decision: Environmental-economic accounting
Agenda item 3(l)
Items for discussion and decision: International Comparison Programme
Agenda item 3(m)
Items for discussion and decision: Business registers
Agenda item 3(n)
Items for discussion and decision: Tourism statistics
Agenda item 3(o)
Items for discussion and decision: Statistics for economies based on natural resources
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E/CN.3/2017/18
Report of the Ulaanbaatar Group on Statistics for Economies based on Natural Resources
Agenda item 4(a)
Items for information: Demographic statistics
Agenda item 4(b)
Items for information: Household surveys
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E/CN.3/2017/20
Report of the Secretary-General on the Intersecretariat Working Group on Household Surveys
Agenda item 4(c)
Items for information: Health statistics
Agenda item 4(d)
Items for information: Education statistics
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E/CN.3/2017/22
Report of the Institute for Statistics of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on education statistics
Agenda item 4(e)
Items for information: Price statistics
Agenda item 4(f)
Items for information: Short-term economic statistics
Agenda item 4(g)
Items for information: Finance statistics
Agenda item 4(h)
Items for information: International trade and economic globalization statistics
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E/CN.3/2017/26
Report of the Expert Group on International Trade and Economic Globalization Statistics
Agenda item 4(i)
Items for information: Agricultural and rural statistics
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E/CN.3/2017/27
Report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on recent developments in agricultural and rural statistics
Agenda item 4(j)
Items for information: Coordination of statistical programmes
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E/CN.3/2017/28
Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities
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E/CN.3/2017/29
Report of the Committee of the Chief Statisticians of the United Nations system
Agenda item 4(k)
Items for information: Statistical capacity-building
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E/CN.3/2017/30
Report of the Secretary-General on statistical capacity-building
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E/CN.3/2017/31
Report of the Partnership in Statistics for Development in the Twenty-first Century (PARIS21) and the World Bank on statistical capacity building
Agenda item 4(l)
Items for information: Common open standards for the exchange and sharing of data and metadata
Agenda item 4(m)
Items for information: Follow-up to the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council policy decisions
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E/CN.3/2017/33
Policy decisions of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council that are relevant to the work of the Statistical Commission
Agenda item 5
Programme questions (United Nations Statistics Division)
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E/CN.3/2017/CRP.1
Draft programme of work of the United Nations Statistics Division for the biennium 2018-2019
Agenda item 6
Provisional agenda and dates for the forty-ninth session of the Commission
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E/CN.3/2017/34
Draft multi-year programme of work for the Statistical Commission 2017-2021
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E/CN.3/2017/L.2
Draft provisional agenda and documentation for the forty-ninth session of the Commission
Agenda item 7
Report of the Commission on its forty-eighth 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: Transformative agenda for official statistics
Agenda item 3(d)
Items for discussion and decision: Big data for official statistics
Agenda item 3(h)
Items for discussion and decision: Social statistics
Agenda item 3(j)
Items for discussion and decision: National accounts
Agenda item 3(k)
Items for discussion and decision: Environmental-economic accounting
Agenda item 3(o)
Items for discussion and decision: Statistics for economies based on natural resources
Agenda item 4(a)
Items for information: Demographic statistics
Agenda item 4(b)
Items for information: Household surveys
Agenda item 4(i)
Items for information: Agricultural and rural statistics
Agenda item 4(j)
Items for information: Coordination of statistical programmes
- Background information on the Statistical Commission and practical information on its functioning
- Rules of Procedure of the Functional Commissions of the Economic and Social Council
- Doha Declaration on Data Revolution in the Arab Region - English
- Doha Declaration on Data Revolution in the Arab Region - Arabic
Agenda item 1
Election of officers
- Opening statement – Mr. Wu Hongbo, Under Secretary-General for UNDESA (Delivered by Mr. Lenni Montiel, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development)
- Opening remarks (English) – By the Chair of the UN Statistical Commission
- Opening remarks (Spanish) – By the Chair of the UN Statistical Commission
Agenda item 3(a)
Items for discussion and decision: Data and indicators for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
- Bangladesh – Remarks on Behalf of the Group of Least Developed Countries
- Bulgaria – Remarks on Behalf of the Group of Friends of Children and the SDGs
- CCSA – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Fiji – Remarks on Behalf of the Pacific Islands
- Fiji – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- India – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Malaysia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Pacific Community – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Romania – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- The Group of 77 and China – Remarks on Behalf of the Group of 77 and China by Mr. David Vera, Executive Director of The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses of Ecuador, at the 48th Session of The United Nations Statistical Commission (New York, 7 March 2017)
Agenda item 3(b)
Items for discussion and decision: Transformative agenda for official statistics
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- ISI – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Malaysia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 3(c)
Items for discussion and decision: Regional statistical development in Europe
Agenda item 3(d)
Items for discussion and decision: Big data for official statistics
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- ISI – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Malaysia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 3(e)
Items for discussion and decision: Quality assurance in the global statistical system
- CCSA – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Switzerland – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 3(f)
Items for discussion and decision: Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- ISI – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Malaysia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 3(g)
Items for discussion and decision: Integration of statistical and geospatial information
- Cuba – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Malaysia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Norway – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 3(h)
Items for discussion and decision: Social statistics
- Cuba – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Malaysia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 3(i)
Items for discussion and decision: Statistics of drugs and drug use
- Cuba – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Malaysia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 3(j)
Items for discussion and decision: National accounts
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Malaysia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 3(k)
Items for discussion and decision: Environmental-economic accounting
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Malaysia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 3(l)
Items for discussion and decision: International Comparison Programme
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Malaysia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 3(m)
Items for discussion and decision: Business registers
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 3(n)
Items for discussion and decision: Tourism statistics
- Cuba – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Malaysia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 3(o)
Items for discussion and decision: Statistics for economies based on natural resources
Agenda item 4(a)
Items for information: Demographic statistics
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 4(b)
Items for information: Household surveys
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 4(c)
Items for information: Health statistics
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 4(d)
Items for information: Education statistics
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 4(e)
Items for information: Price statistics
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 4(g)
Items for information: Finance statistics
Agenda item 4(h)
Items for information: International trade and economic globalization statistics
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 4(i)
Items for information: Agricultural and rural statistics
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 4(j)
Items for information: Coordination of statistical programmes
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- Mongolia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 4(k)
Items for information: Statistical capacity-building
- Indonesia – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
- ISI – Comments/Suggestions for Statistical Commission 48th Session
Agenda item 4(l)
Items for information: Common open standards for the exchange and sharing of data and metadata
Agenda item 5
Programme questions (United Nations Statistics Division)
Agenda item 6
Provisional agenda and dates for the forty-ninth session of the Commission