The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) suspended its 2006 substantive session on 28 July after adopting a number of resolutions and decisions.

These related to issues such as ECOSOC’s role in the integrated and coordinated implementation of the outcomes of major United Nations conferences and summits, follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development, the Information and Communication Technologies Task Force, the Commission on Science and Technology for Development, the Commission on Sustainable Development, and the United Nations Forum on Forests. In connection with the latter, the Council adopted a decision calling for 2011 to be proclaimed the International Year of Forests. It deferred consideration of a number of remaining issues to a resumed substantive session, for which the dates have not yet been set.
Links to further information
ECOSOC news release, 28 July 2006
UN news, press releases and meeting summaries from ECOSOC’s 2006 Substantive Session, July 2006