Provisional Annotated Agenda

EC/47/SC/CRP.15

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S PROGRAMME
STANDING COMMITTEE
9 April 1997

7th Meeting

1. Adoption of the agenda

2. Adoption of the draft report of the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee (30-31 January 1997)

The draft report of the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee, which was held on 30-31 January 1997, is contained in document EC/47/SC/CRP.14. Under this item the Standing Committee will also consider a revised draft decision on the Social and Economic Impact of Large Refugee Populations on Host Developing Countries.

3. Programme and funding matters

Under this item the Standing Committee will consider an Update on Programme and Funding Projections for 1997 (EC/47/SC/CRP.16).

4. Situation reports

Two regions will be reviewed under this item: Europe (EC/47/SC/CRP.17) and the former Yugoslavia (EC/47/SC/CRP.18).

5. Programme policy issues

The Standing Committee will consider a report on refugee children and UNHCR's strategy for the follow-up to the Graça Machel report to the General Assembly on the impact of armed conflict on children (EC/47/SC/CRP.19).

6. Coordination issues

The Standing Committee will receive an oral progress report on the follow-up to ECOSOC Resolution 1995/56.

7. Reports relating to Oversight

The Standing Committee will have before it the Follow-up to Audit Recommendations on Programme and Financial Issues and the Integrated Management Information System (EC/47/SC/CRP.20). Three reports forwarded from the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee will also be before the Standing Committee for consideration: Internal Audit (EC/47/SC/CRP.10), Lessons Learnt from the Burundi and Rwanda Emergencies: Conclusions of an Internal Review Process (EC/47/SC/CRP.11) and UNHCR's Evaluation Activities for 1997 (EC/47/SC/CRP.12).

8. Governance Issues

The Standing Committee will give preliminary consideration to the selection of the Annual Theme for the forty-eighth session of the Executive Committee. Under this item the Standing Committee will also consider a Progress Report on the Informal Consultations on Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Observer Participation in the Work of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme and its Standing Committee (EC/47/SC/CRP.21).

9. Management and financial issues

An Information Note on Income and Expenditure for the Year 1996 (EC/47/SC/CRP.22) and an Update on Project Delphi (EC/47/SC/CRP.23) will be before the Standing Committee for consideration. An Update on Project Delphi (EC/47/SC/CRP.13), forwarded from the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee will also be before the Standing Committee.

10. Any other business