The sixty-fourth session of the Commission re-established the Committee on Statistics in the ESCAP conference structure as a subsidiary body dedicated to the development of official statistics in the region. The Committee on Statistics will be convened biennially and has the following broad terms of reference:
Tracking key socio-economic and environmental trends in the ESCAP region, especially progress towards the Millennium Development Goals
Identifying data requirements for economic, social and environmental analysis in accordance with internationally agreed standards and good practices
Capacity-building for national statistical offices in the ESCAP region to produce, disseminate and analyse data in accordance with internationally agreed standards and good practices
The first session of the reconstituted Committee on Statistics will be held from 15 to 17 December 2008 in Bangkok. The agenda will be posted soon in this space.
History of ESCAP statistics
1951-1956
Regional Conference of Statisticians of Asia and the Far East (four sessions)
