The session comprised two segments: the high-level segment, on 11 December, and the senior officials segment, on 12 and 13 December. During the high-level segment, representatives of member States discussed the progress made in implementing the Declaration on Navigating Policy with Data to Leave No One Behind, which had been endorsed by the Commission in its resolution 75/9. They also reflected on priority actions that require resources, initiative, engagement or other investment by Governments, as well as participation by the whole of society, to put the region fully on track to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The senior officials segment included dialogues on building agile statistical systems that are fit for the future as an emerging priority issue for the region and discussed the progress made in implementing the decisions taken by the Committee at its eighth session.

The ninth session of the Committee on Statistics was held in conjunction with the twentieth session of the Governing Council of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific. Both events were part of the Asia-Pacific Statistics Week 2024, held, under the theme “The power of data”, in Bangkok from 9 to 13 December. Various expert group meetings and side events, including the Institute’s nineteenth management seminar for heads of national statistical offices, were held to complement and enrich the discussions at the Committee and Governing Council sessions.

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