|
21
February 2003 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION CONCLUDES FORTY-FIRST SESSION WITH ACTION ON TEXTS RELATED
TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT,
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOCIAL OBJECTIVES OF THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR
AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH, DISABLED, AGEING AND FAMILY. Outcome
documents>>
At its forty-first session,
the Commission for Social Development considered two topics under
its agenda and multi-year programme of work, namely the priority theme
"National and International Cooperation for Social Development";
and the review of relevant United Nations plans and programmes of
action pertaining to the situation of social groups.
The Chairman of the
Commission at its forty-first session was H.E. Mr. Iftekhar Ahmed
Chowdhury of Bangladesh. Other members of the Bureau of the Commission
were Mrs. Alejandra Marta Ayuso (Argentina), Ms. Nicole J. Elisha
(Benin), and Ms. Paloma Duran (Spain).
The
Commission adopted its agenda for its forty-first session which
was approved by the Economic and Social Council. F
| S
| C
| A
| R
The
organization
of work of the Commission for Social Development at its forty-first
session, which is contained in the annex to the present note, was
also adopted. It had been prepared pursuant to relevant decisions
of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, to facilitate
the consideration of agenda items within the time frame available
and in accordance with the conference services allocated to the Commission.
F
| S
| C
| A
| R
This report has been prepared in response to decision 2002/237 of the Economic and Social Council, which adopted the agenda of the Commission for Social Development for its forty-first session and identified the priority theme of the Commission as "National and international cooperation for social development". The priority theme includes five sub-themes: (a) "sharing of experiences and practices in social development"; (b) "forging partnerships for social development"; (c) "social responsibility of the private sector"; (d) "impact of employment strategies on social development"; and (e) "policies and role of international financial institutions and their effect on national social development strategies".
Click here for information on two expert group meetings held in preparation of the priority theme of the 41st session.
- Draft programme
of work of the Division for Social Policy and Development
for the biennium 2004-2005 F
| S
| C
| A
| R
- Report
of the the Board of the United Nations Research Institute
for Development (UNRISD) which covers its activities in 2001
and 2002. F
| S
| C
| A
| R
- The ten member board referred are nominated
by the Commission for Social Development and confirmed by the
Economic and Social Council. F
| S
| C
| A
| R
- Click here for the first addendum. F | S | C | A | R
|
