DOHA: Qatar will take part in the 46th session of the Statistical Commission at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from March 3 to 6.
The Qatari delegation is headed by Minister of Development Planning and Statistics H E Dr Saleh bin Mohammed Al Nabit.
He will hold meetings with representatives of international and regional organisations to discuss means of enhancing cooperation and coordination and exchange of experiences and learning in the development of official statistics systems in the country.
He will also meet representatives of ‘Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century’ in his capacity as member of its executive committee.
The Minister will hold meetings with representatives of GCC Statistical Centre, International Monetary Fund, UN Statistics Division, the World Bank, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries, World Tourism Organisation and heads of delegations from member states.
The session’s agenda includes issues that will pave the way for the declaration of the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda, a new road map for sustainable development of countries.
This year, eight global development targets of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) end. The current UN development agenda is centred around MDGs established after UN Millennium Summit in 2000.
The session will discuss papers pertaining to the launch of data revolution to upgrade statistical systems in member countries to meet the needs of data users through regular delivery of statistical information necessary for formulating policies that respond to the requirements of national and international development, and produce and communicate indicators to monitor implementation of development goals regularly and in a timely manner.
Participants will also discuss reports on development and integration of household surveys in the post-2015 development era: Issues and recommendations towards a shared agenda, particularly reports and statistics on health, refugees and internally displaced persons, building businesses statistical records, and the methodology of implementation of Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics and National Accounts.
The World Bank will present a report on the evaluation of the 2011 round of International Comparison Programme. Other issues to be discussed include upgrading national statistical systems to help produce more effective, efficient and internationally coordinated statistics at the lowest possible cost, sustainable and in line with the strategic direction of the global statistical system.
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