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06USUNNEWYORK1315
2006-07-05 21:21:00
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USUN New York
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CPC ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

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SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ABUD AMGT AORC KUNR UNGA
SUBJECT: CPC ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

REF: A. STATE 84208

B. USUN 936

C. USUN 922

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 001315

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ABUD AMGT AORC KUNR UNGA
SUBJECT: CPC ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

REF: A. STATE 84208

B. USUN 936

C. USUN 922


1. SUMMARY: USUN Management Reform (M/R) officer represented
the U.S. Delegation at a June 21st organizational meeting of
the Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC) to discuss
preparations for the 46th CPC session, scheduled for August
14 - September 8, 2006. Jamaica was elected by acclimation to
chair the 46th session, joined by Ghana as vice-chair and
Belarus as rapporteur. Two other vice-chair positions - one
from the Asia Group and the other from the WEOG, remain
unfilled at this point. As instructed (ref a),USUN M/R Off
raised several concerns about the provisional agenda
(E/AC.51/2006/1) proposed for the 46th session, including the
usefulness of CPC's review of the 2004-2005 program
performance report, and the relevance of the CPC's review of
the Joint Inspection Unit report on the New Partnership for
Africa's Development (NEPAD). A number of delegations, among
them South Africa, Cuba, Pakistan and Algeria, voiced strong
support for the provisional agenda as proposed. The CPC
Bureau, once the two remaining vice-chairmen positions are
filled, will meet in the coming weeks to develop a detailed
program of work for the August 14 - September 8, 2006 CPC
session. END SUMMARY.

ELECTION OF NEW
CPC OFFICERS FOR
THE 46TH SESSION
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2. The Korean representative, who served as one of three
vice-chairs during the 45th CPC session in 2005, opened the
meeting by indicating that Jamaica's Norma Taylor Roberts had
been proposed by the GRULAC group as chair of the 46th
session. In the absence of objections, Jamaica was elected
by acclimation. Ghana was proposed by the Africa Group to
serve as one of the three vice-chairmen, while Belarus was
nominated by the Eastern European Group to serve as
Rapporteur. There were no announced candidates from either
the Asia Group or the Western European Group to fill the
other two vice-chairmanships - positions that eventually will
need to be occupied before the start of the 46th session.

PROVISIONAL
AGENDA
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3. Committee members then considered the provisional agenda
proposed for the 46th session. USUN M/R Off raised a number
of concerns, as per Department guidance, including the
continued utility of CPC's review of past program performance
reports, which typically have not been completed by CPC in a
timely manner for their effective use in preparation of the
next biennium budget. The representative from South Africa,
supported by several other delegations, strongly argued in
favor of retaining CPC's consideration of the 2004-2005
performance report in the agenda for the 45th session.


4. USUN M/R Off next questioned the rationale for selecting
the Joint Inspection Unit report on NEPAD (proposed agenda
item # 5) for inclusion on the CPC's 46th session agenda.
M/R Off proposed that if a particular report, rather than
other JIU studies, were to be the one identified for review
by CPC, then perhaps the CPC's consideration of this report
could be merged with the proposed agenda item on
"coordination questions: New Partnership for Africa's
Development" (agenda item # 4b). Again, the representative
from South Africa, this time supported by the delegates from
Cuba, Pakistan and Algeria, defended inclusion of both
proposed agenda items #4b and #5 during CPC's 46th session,
since the suggested merging of the two items would diminish
the perceived importance given by the CPC to the NEPAD
program and, separately, the work of the JIU. With no
support from other delegations for U.S. concerns, M/R Off did
not further debate the matter.


5. The newly-elected CPC Chair brought the meeting to a
close by recommending that the proposed provisional agenda be
used by CPC Bureau members, in coordination with Secretariat
officials, to develop a detailed program of work for the 46th
CPC session. Jamaica also requested that both the Asia Group
and WEOG propose candidates to fill the remaining
vice-chairmanships of the Committee prior to the mid-August
commencement of CPC's substantive session.


6. COMMENT: USUN M/R Off was not able to win support from
the representative of Japan to eliminate CPC consideration of
the UN system Chief Executives Board for Coordination, as
instructed, because Japan was not represented at the June 21
CPC organizational session. M/R Off also did not use the
occasion of the June 21 meeting to announce the intention of
the USG not to seek re-election to the CPC for the 2007-2009


term. Such an announcement can be made when the substantive
sessions begins August 14, 2006. END COMMENT.
BOLTON