12. 根据最近几年的惯例，主席团赞同主席的建议，邀请秘书长、人口基金执行主任和人口司司长在第四十九届会议开幕式上发言。考虑到会议的特别主题，主席还提议邀请统计委员会主席在议程项目 3 下作简短发言，强调委员会工作在实现 2030 年可持续发展议程方面的重要性。
12. In keeping with the practice of recent years, the Bureau endorsed the proposal by the Chair to invite the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of UNFPA and the Director of the Population Division to speak at the opening of the forty-ninth session. In view of the special theme of the session, the Chair proposed also to invite the Chair of the Statistical Commission to make a brief statement under agenda item 3, to underline the importance of the work of the Commission in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.