January

• 21Election of ECOSOC Bureau

 

February

• 4-6ECOSOC organizational session
• 17ECOSOC High-level Segment preparatory meeting

 

March

• 17-18ECOSOC High-level Segment preparatory meeting (one and a half day)
• 18ECOSOC High-Level Segment preparatory NGO forum (half-day)
• 22 (p.m.)NGO hearings in preparation for Spring meeting
• 24 (p.m.)Business sector hearings in preparation for Spring meeting
• 25Briefing by the President of INCB

 

April

• 26Spring meeting of ECOSOC with the BWIs

 

May

• 3ECOSOC meeting on the Ad Hoc Advisory Groups on African countries emerging from conflicts
• 4-5ECOSOC resumed organizational session
• 7ECOSOC panel discussion on UN reform in the economic and social areas

 

June

• 22Coordination segment panel discussion on gender mainstreaming in intergovernmental bodies
• 28-23 JulyECOSOC Substantive Session
• 28-30ECOSOC high-level segment
• 28 (a.m.)High-level policy dialogue
• 28 (p.m.)Investment promotion forum
• 29 (a.m.)Ministerial roundtable breakfasts
• 29Plenary
• 30 (a.m.)Ministerial roundtable breakfasts
• 30Plenary

 

July

• 1-7 (a.m.)Coordination segment
• 1Panel discussion on Working together to promote integrated rural development in developing countries, particularly the least developed countries
• 2Panel discussion on Gender mainstreaming in the operational work of the United Nations
• 6Informal hearings with UN agencies on mainstreaming of the gender perspective in the work of the UN system
• 7 (p.m.)-12(a.m.)Operational Activities segment
• 12 (p.m.)-14Humanitarian segment
• 15-22General segment
• 15Briefing on Haiti's Economic and Social Challenges, the Role of the United Nations and the Economic and Social Council
• 19Meeting with the Chairs of the Functional Commissions
• 21Briefing by Mr. Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Columbia University Earth Institute on "The Emerging Recommendations of the Millennium Project: A Global Business Plan to Achieve the MDGs"

 

September

• 16ECOSOC resumed substantive session