18. 主席团回顾委员会第 2015/101 号决定，其中委员会决定(a) 第四十九届会议的特别主题将是“加强 2015 年后发展议程人口实例资料库”；(b) 将关于 2017 年第五十届会议特别主题的决定推迟至第四十九届会议，待理事会就 2017 年年会主题做出决定。在决定主题时，主席团注意到委员会近年来的主题以及联合国其他相关机构，特别是大会举办的事件和活动。
18. The Bureau recalled decision 2015/101 of the Commission, by which the Commission had decided (a) that the special theme for its forty-ninth session would be “Strengthening the demographic evidence base for the post-2015 development agenda” and (b) to postpone the decision on the special theme for its fiftieth session, in 2017, until its forty-ninth session pending the decision of the Council on its annual theme for 2017. In deciding on a theme, the Bureau took note of the themes that the Commission had covered in the recent past as well as known events and activities in other relevant bodies of the United Nations, especially the General Assembly.