At its 31st plenary meeting, on 11 July 2003, the Economic and Social Council took note of the following documents:
(a) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Extension of waterrelated technical cooperation projects to end-beneficiaries: bridging the gap between the normative and the operational in the United Nations system (case studies in two African countries)”;18
13 E/2003/100.
14 E/2003/L.5.
15 E/2003/88.
16 See DP/2003/26.
17 See DP/FPA/2003/5.
18 A/57/497.
(b) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting his comments and those of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on the report of the Joint Inspection Unit;19
(c) Annual reports of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund to the Economic and Social Council;20
(d) Annual report of the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, 2002;21
(e) Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund on its first regular session of 2003;22
(f) Report of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme on its first, second and third regular sessions and annual session of 2002;23
(g) Annual report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund to the Economic and Social Council;24
(h) Report of the Secretary-General on comprehensive statistical data on operational activities for development for the year 2001;25
(i) Decisions adopted by the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund at its annual session of 2003;26
(j) Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund on its second regular session of 2002;27
(k) Report of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund on its first regular session of 2003;28
(l) Report of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Population Fund on strengthening consultations with the Member States on
19 A/57/497/Add.1.
20 E/2003/13.
21 See E/2003/14.
22 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2003, Supplement No. 14 (E/2003/34/Rev.1), part one.
23 Ibid., Supplement No. 16 (E/2003/36).
24 E/2003/48, part one.
25 E/2003/57.
26 E/2003/L.8.
27 DP/2003/1.
28 DP/2003/9.
the Human Development Report, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 57/264;29
(m) Report of the High-level Committee on the Review of Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries.30