The aim of the present report is to provide information to participants at the seventeenth session of the Conference on the status of implementation of decisions adopted by the Conference at its sixteenth session, held in Libreville from 12 to 16 June 2017, and its seventh special session, held in Nairobi from 17 to 19 September 2018, and of other activities during the reporting period. The report provides a summary of a number of key activities related to the Conference and their associated outcomes and should in no way be considered exhaustive in terms of the activities that may have been undertaken since the sixteenth session. The report also provides information on key documents produced by the secretariat during the intersessional period. Finally, the report highlights a number of considerations for the Conference at its seventeenth session.