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The Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,Recalling General Assembly
resolution of 47/92 of 16 December 1992 on the convening
of a world summit for social development,
Recalling also
Commission resolution 48/5 of 23 April 1992 on the Social
Development Strategy for the ESCAP Region Towards the
Year 2000 and Beyond, and the decision, at its
forty-ninth session, to convene in 1994 a regional
ministerial conference in preparation for the World
Summit for Social Development,
Convinced that
economic growth, social progress and peace are
interdependent and mutually reinforcing elements of
sustained and equitable development, which must serve as
a comprehensive framework for all efforts to achieve a
higher quality of life for the people of Asia and the
Pacific,
Reaffirming its
commitment to accord priority to the alleviation of
poverty, the expansion of productive employment and the
enhancement of social integration throughout the region,
Recognizing the
need for an integrated multisectoral approach, through
comprehensive policies and programmes, and adequate
resources, to address the multitude of interrelated
social and economic issues confronting development policy
makers and planners in the Asian and Pacific region,
Acknowledging the
importance of identifying specific social development
objectives, and setting attainable social development
goals and targets, as a basis for effective action
towards the eradication of poverty, the expansion of
productive employment and the enhancement of social
integration throughout the region,
- Welcomes the
Manila Declaration on the Agenda for Action on
Social Development in the ESCAP Region, adopted
by the Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference
in Preparation for the World Summit for Social
Development, held in Manila from 12 to 18 October
1994, and endorses the Agenda for Action on
Social Development annexed to that Declaration;
- Welcomes also
the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of
Action adopted by the World Summit for Social
Development, convened in Copenhagen from 6 to 12
March 1995, noting in particular the decisions
and recommendations contained therein pertaining
specifically to the regional commissions;
- Welcomes further
the interest of the Government of Sri Lanka in
hosting, in 1996, a meeting of senior officials
on the implementation of the Agenda for Action,
with special reference to the theme of poverty
alleviation;
- Urges all
members and associative members to take early and
effective action to implement the Copenhagen
Declaration and Programme of Action, and the
Manila Declaration and the Agenda for Action,
with specific reference to the goals and targets
contained therein;
- Calls upon all
concerned donor countries and funding agencies,
United Nations bodies and specialized agencies,
and intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations to provide new and innovative
financial support for the implementation of the
Agenda for Action;
- Requests the
Executive Secretary:
(a) To report to the Committee on
Poverty Alleviation through Economic Growth and
Social Development, at its third session to be
held in 1996, on the effectiveness of the steps
taken to implement the Agenda for Action, with
specific reference to poverty alleviation, within
the context of the International Year for the
Eradication of Poverty;
(b) To provide
continuing assistance to members and associate
members in support of their implementation of the
Agenda for Action, with specific reference to
their reaching the goals and targets contained
therein and in the light of the decisions taken
by the World Summit for Social Development;
(c) To convene a
regional ministerial conference on social
development in 1997 to review and assess the
progress achieved towards attaining the goals and
targets of the Agenda for Action, to consider the
means of enhancing regional cooperation in
support of the Agenda for Action, and,
thereafter, to convene further such meetings at a
high political level on a biennial basis, as
called for in the Copenhagen Declaration and
Programme of Action;
(d) To promote an
integrated, intersectoral approach, and ensure
effective coordination of the activities of all
concerned United Nations bodies and specialized
agencies, as well as non-governmental, private
voluntary, and community-based organizations, in
facilitating and monitoring the implementation of
the Agenda for Action;
(e) To report to
the Commission, in 2000, on progress in the
implementation of the Agenda for Action and, on
the basis of consultations with members and
associate members, to recommend further action
and initiatives to achieve the goals and targets
contained therein.
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