One keynote speaker would specifically address the statistical aspects of improving monitoring and reporting on implementation.

Clearly, reporting mechanisms between national statistical systems and international agencies need to be improved, including much better coordination within national statistical systems than that which currently pertains.

In the regular health related statistical reporting there do not exist data on the number of abortions.

The focus is on the reporting of statistics on women and men by countries to the international statistical system.

In the third reporting period, the proportion of States maintaining statistical data on investigations, prosecutions and convictions related to money laundering and on seized and confiscated proceeds was broadly similar to the proportion in earlier reporting periods.

Only 38 per cent of States indicated that they did not have such statistical data, compared with 45 per cent for the second reporting period.

In general, the analysis shows a sharp disparity in reporting between geographic regions and across development groups that are reflective of the differences in overall national statistical capacity.

The task force, after reporting progress to the bureau of the Voorburg Group at the end of 2005, will provide a briefing to the Statistical Commission in 2006.

At the 2004 Plenary, the Working Group on Statistics was tasked to undertake a study, in consultation with Participants, of aspects of national methodologies which constrain statistical reporting.

Secondly, several new groups of stateless persons who had not previously been brought to the attention of the Office's statistical reporting unit were included in the final report on 2004.

Particular focus has been made on the improvement of statistical reporting, data assessment and on the continued implementation of peer review, enhancing cooperation with international organizations, representatives of industry and civil society.

Designating one or more statistical units to implement statistical programmes, including one unit that coordinates the statistical work of the organization and represents the organization in international statistical meetings

Statistical services

Statistical Commission

Statistical tables

Statistical data.

Statistical information.

Statistical Commission

Forty four per cent of States indicated that they had statistical data on convictions for money laundering offences, compared with the 45 per cent for the second reporting period and 38 for the first.

There is almost no statistical assessment nor the means to make statistical assessments.

Requests development partners, including the United Nations system, to provide assistance to national statistical bodies of the least developed countries in order to strengthen monitoring and reporting on the implementation of the Programme of Action

Basic statistical data

(ii) Statistical Commission

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The compilation was prepared in response to numerous requests by State, scientific and public organizations many international organizations and the State Statistical Committee reporting to the Government, with the support and assistance of UNDP in Tajikistan.

This is higher than the provisional figure provided in the Office's Global Report 2004 as statistical data used for the Global Report is estimated on figures available for the beginning of the reporting period in question.

In 2006, the Statistics Division will conduct a comprehensive review of country practices in compilation and reporting of international merchandise trade statistics in order to assess their compliance with the current recommendations of the Statistical Commission.

The national statistical offices responsible for industrial statistics look for advice and guidance from the Statistical Commission for the development and organization of their statistical system.

Annex 1 Statistical data

Statistical data on prostitution

(a) Inadequate statistical capacity

INE National Statistical Institute

International Statistical Institute (ISI)

Calls upon development partners, including organizations of the United Nations system, to provide assistance to national statistical bodies of the least developed countries in order to strengthen monitoring and reporting on the implementation of the Programme of Action

In 2004, the State Statistical Committee did work to introduce gender indices into statistical reports on agriculture.

This is done by assessing national statistical capacity to report gender statistics to the international statistical system.

Recommendations for national statistical agencies

Statistical Office of Estonia, www.stat.ee

Principles governing international statistical activities

Statistical metadata and data quality

The light reporting mechanism has been launched to all donors supporting statistical development in Africa, and a summary report of the findings of this exercise will be presented at the second FASDev meeting, scheduled in Addis Ababa for February 2006.

Annual updates of the UNIDO statistical databases Technical cooperation projects in industrial statistics Advisory services to the international statistical community for the production and dissemination of statistical information at the national and international levels.

(d) Providing advisory services on gender statistical needs assessment and gender characteristics of data in national and regional statistical databases.