6. 根据委员会的建议和理事会的决定，委员会第四十九届会议主席团在 2015年年中着手审查工作方法。在其 6 月和 9 月第 1 和第 2 次会议上，主席团核可了审查委员会工作方法的下列协商程序：(a) 秘书处发送给所有会员国的调查问卷；(b) 按区域集团分类，与会员国举行一系列非正式会议；(c) 至少一次会议对所有会员国开放。9 月 18 日，秘书处与主席团、人口基金和区域委员会协商，向所有会员国发送一份关于工作方法的调查问卷，向联合国相关实体、国际组织和具有经济及社会理事会咨商地位的非政府组织发去一套关于同一议题的五个开放式问题。问卷和问题也张贴在人口司网站上。提交答复的截止日期最初定在 2015年 10 月 23 日，随后又延至 10 月 30 日。
6. In accordance with the recommendation of the Commission and the decision of the Council, the Bureau of the forty-ninth session of the Commission began work on the review of the methods of work in mid-2015. At its first and second meetings, in June and September, the Bureau endorsed the following course of the consultation process for the review of the methods of work of the Commission: (a) a questionnaire to be sent by the Secretariat to all Member States; (b) a se ries of informal meetings with Member States by regional group; (c) at least one meeting open to all Member States. On 18 September, the Secretariat, in consultation with the Bureau, UNFPA and the regional commissions, sent a questionnaire on the methods of work to all Members States and a set of five open-ended questions on the same topic to relevant United Nations entities, international organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council. The questionnaires and questions were also posted on the website of the Population Division. The deadline for submitting responses in both cases was first set for 23 October 2015 and then extended to 30 October.