UNECE

Agenda item 2 : Matters arising since the fifteenth session

Presented by the UNECE secretariat

for information

UNECE

Sixty-fourth session of UNECE March 2011

Five Year Review will take place in 2011-2012 (following

UNECE reform in 2005)

UN/CEFACT Review will be within the frame of the review

by the Committee on Trade of its three Subsidiary Bodies

(UN/CEFACT, WP.6 Regulatory Cooperation and

Standardization and WP.7 Agricultural Standards)

Focus will be on transparency, delivery, coherence and

programme of work based on member States priorities and

needs,

UNECE

Committee on Trade session 14-15 June 2011 …

Relevant CT decisions:

took note of revision of UN/CEFACT's structure, mandate, terms of reference and procedures (document ECE/TRADE/C/2009/15/Rev.2), agreed to consider it intersessionally after receiving the assessment of advantages and disadvantages of proposed restructuring referred to in para. 29 of 2010 Plenary Report (ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2010/25)

requested secretariat to respond directly to enquiries from member States to the greatest extent possible

UNECE

EXCOM Meeting December 2010

It noted with satisfaction the progress made to date (in

implementing the EXCOM Recommendations regarding

UN/CEFACT) and looked forward to further work being

undertaken to complete the tasks.

It recognized the positive work in capacity building and

encouraging the participation of transition economies in

the work of UN/CEFACT and requested that this be

continued and strengthened.

UNECE

EXCOM Meeting December 2010

It also acknowledged the greater cooperation between

UN/CEFACT and the secretariat.

One delegation underlined the need to ensure that the

work of UN/CEFACT corresponds to priorities of member

States

and another delegation stressed the importance of

ensuring that the ongoing restructuring of UN/CEFACT

be in line with the aims and tasks as set out by the

recommendations of EXCOM for UN/CEFACT.

UNECE

EXCOM Meeting December 2010

The EXCOM requested UN/CEFACT and the secretariat

to report back on the outcome of the UN/CEFACT

Plenary to take place in July 2011 with respect to the

restructuring of UN/CEFACT and on further actions to

implement the EXCOM recommendations.

Next EXCOM meeting: September 2011

UNECE

Capacity-building/enhancing involvement of countries in transition

This will be delivered under Item 7 – Other Business