About the Task Force
In October 1995, the United Nations Administrative Committee on Coordination
(ACC) established the Task Force on Basic Social Services for All (TFBSSA)
to help coordinate the response of the United Nations system to the
recommendations of the recent United Nations conferences and summits.
The unifying theme of the system-wide action plan, on which the Task Force
is based, is the provision of assistance to countries for a concerted
attack on poverty. The members of the Task Force are: the United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA), which serves as Chair; the United Nations
Secretariat (Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy
Analysis (DESIPA), Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable
Development (DPCSD) and Department of Humanitarian Affairs (DHA)); regional
commissions (Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Economic Commission
for Europe (ECE), Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC), Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
and Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)); Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); International Labour
Organization (ILO); International Monetary Fund (IMF); Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); United Nations
Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat); United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF); United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM); United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP); United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP); United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO);
United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP); United
Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near
East (UNRWA); World Bank; World Food Programme (WFP); and World
Health Organization (WHO).
The Task Force on Basic Social Services for All is part of a
broader United Nations initiative to galvanize the system around
priority goals and objectives emerging from the recent United
Nations conferences, and to rationalize and strengthen the system's
follow-up mechanisms for delivery of coordinated assistance at the
country and regional levels. For further information regarding specific
indicators, contact the offices of agencies cited as the source.
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