Manila Declaration on the Agenda for Action on Social Development

Social Policy Section
Social Development Division, United Nations ESCAP

Manila Declaration on the Agenda for Action on Social Development in the ESCAP Region

ST/ESCAP/1464

The Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference in Preparation for the World Summit for Social Development was convened at Manila from 12 to 18 October 1994.

The Conference adopted the Manila Declaration on the Agenda for Action on Social Development in the ESCAP Region. The publication presents the full text of the Manila Declaration, and the Agenda, which is annexed to it.

In adopting the Manila Declaration, the Governments of the ESCAP Region have taken a leading position in global efforts to enhance social progress. With the Declaration, they have expressed their firm commitment to accord priority to social development through effective policies, sound measures, appropriate programmes and adequate resources.

The regional Social Development Agenda is closely linked to and builds on the regional Social Development Strategy adopted in 1991. It addresses the three core issues for the World Summit for Social Development: poverty alleviation, employment expansion and social integration. It does so by specifying speicfic, time bound regional social developmengoals and targets and agreeing on concerted action to their attainment. Those goals and targets reinforce and build on existing international agreements and standards.

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