The information in the report is supplemented by presentation in tabular form. The data are presented in tabular form. The report indicates that under its UNDP segment, the Board considered business plans, country cooperation frameworks and administrative-related matters. The United Nations Development Assistance Framework process in India is noted. Decisions adopted are listed and concern UNDP business plans, assistance to East Timor and funding.
Annexes contain a list of contributions and pledges plus a list of decisions adopted at the meeting.
Those decisions concern activities and the budget for the General Assembly special session on follow-up to the World Summit for Children in 2001, modifications to the budget process, reports on field visits, the Maurice Pate Award for 2000 and the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Mr. Civili said the present segment would review progress in gearing programming processes and execution and evaluation arrangements for operational activities to maximize the support of the system s activities in national development and national efforts to further the follow-up to global conferences at the country level. He believed that it would be increasingly important for the Council to reinforce those kinds of linkages in selecting themes for its various segments and in conducting deliberations under its various agenda items. That was a key condition to ensure that the different segments of the Council, at any given session, reinforced each other, and helped maximize the overall impact of that body s work in development. He said one of the key subjects covered in the addendum was the impact evaluation process.