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35th session of the 
Commission for Social Development

New York, 25 February - 6 March 1997

UN : DESA : Gateway to Social Policy and Devt : Commission for Social Development : 1997

Overview

Current membership
2003-2004

National and International Cooperation for Social Development
2003

Integration of social and economic policy
2002

Social protection and volunteering
2001

Review of the Summit
2000

Social services for all
1999

Social integration
1998

Employment
1997

Poverty
1996

At its thirty-fifth session, the Commission for Social Development considered two main topics under its restructured agenda and multi-year programme of work, namely the priority theme "Productive employment and sustainable livelihoods"; and review of relevant United Nations plans and programmes of action pertaining to the situation of social groups.

On the question of productive employment and sustainable livelihoods, the Commission adopted a resolution in which it took note of the report of the Secretary-General prepared in cooperation with the International Labour Organization (E/CN.5/1997/3, see below) and decided to adopt agreed conclusions and transmit them to the Economic and Social Council as a contribution to the high-level segment of its substantive session of 1997 (E/CN.5/1997/11).

The Chairman of the Commission's thirty-sixth session was Mr Ion Gorita (Romania). Its four Vice-Chairmen were: Seyed Hossein Razvani (Islamic Republic of Iran), Aurelio Fernandez (Spain), Ahmed Abdel Halim (Sudan), and Santiago Apunte Franco (Ecuador) who also served as Rapporteur.


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Agenda of the 1997 Commission session
(E/CN.5/1997/1)

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1997 Follow-Up to the World Summit for Social Development
(E/CN.5/1997/2)

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Productive employment and sustainable livelihoods - Priority theme of the 1997 session of the Commission for Social Development (E/CN.5/1997/3)

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Fourth review and appraisal of the implementation of the International Plan of Action on Ageing
(E/CN.5/1997/4)

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Emerging issues, trends and new approaches, and programme activities relating to social development
(E/CN.5/1997/5)

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Emerging issues, trends and new approaches, and programme activities relating to social development
(E/CN.5/1997/5 - Addendum)

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Emerging issues, trends and new approaches, and programme activities relating to social development
(E/CN.5/1997/5 - Corrigendum)

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1997 Report of the World Social Situation
(E/CN.5/1997/8)

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Coordination of the United Nations system activities for poverty eradication
(E/CN.5/1997/9)

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Report of the 1997 session of the Commission for Social Development
(E/CN.5/1997/11)

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