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Commission for Social Development
46th Session, 6 to 15 February 2008, New York

Statements by Date
   
 
Tuesday 5 February 2008
 
1st meeting - Civil Society Forum: Making Copenhagen Work
 
  bullet Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
  H.E. Mr. Alexei Tulbure, Chairman of the Commission
  Mr. Johan Scholvinck, Director Division for Social Policy and Development
  Civil Society Declaration
   
Wednesday 6 February 2008
 
2nd meeting - Opening of the Session - Video video
 

Opening remarks by H.E. Mr. Alexei Tulbure Chairman of the Commission


Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro Deputy Secretary-General's Remarks


Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs


Mr. Johan Scholvinck, Director Division for Social Policy and Development

Mr. Carlos Tomada, Keynote Speaker, Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Protection of the Government of Argentina (Spanish Version)
   
NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council:
  International Trade Union Confederation
International Council on Social Welfare

3rd meeting - Panel Discussion on Promoting Full Employment And Decent
Work For All
 
 
Mr. Assane Diop, Executive Director, Social Protection Sector, International Labour Organization
 
Mr. Vladimir Spidla, European Union Commissioner for Employment Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission
 
Ms. Sudha Pillai, Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, India
 
Mr. Daniel Funes de Rioja, Employer Vice-Chairperson of the ILO Governing Body and Chairperson of the Employers’ Group
 
Ms. Sanja Crnkovic-Pozaic, Director of CEPOR – SMEs and Entrepreneurship Policy Centre of Croatia
 
Ms. Gladys Branche of the Sierra Leone Labour Congress
   
NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council:
  Society of Catholic Medical Missionaries
European Youth Forum
International Trade Union Confederation
International Trade Union Organizations
Leonard Cheshire International
 
Thursday 7 February 2008
 
4th meeting - General discussion by the representatives of:
 

bullet Finland
bullet United Arab Emirates
bullet Japan
bullet Russian Federation (Russian)
bullet Italy
bullet Turkey
bullet Slovakia
bullet Chile
bullet Antigua and Barbuda (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China)
bullet Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union)
bullet Zambia (on behalf of the Southern African Development Community)
bullet Dominican Republic (on behalf of the Rio Group)
bullet Brazil
bullet El Salvador
bullet Belarus
bullet Pakistan
bullet Algeria (French)
bullet Syrian Arab Republic
(Arabic)

 
Representatives of:
  - International Organization for Migration
- International Labour Organization
   
NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council:
  - Society of Catholic Medical Missionaries
- International Movement ATD Fourth World
- Droit a l’energie SOS futur.

5th meeting - General discussion by the representatives of:
  bullet Namibia
bullet Moldova
bullet Bangladesh
bullet United States
bullet Mexico (Spanish)
bullet China
bullet India
bullet Cuba
bullet United Republic of Tanzania
bullet Indonesia
bullet Netherlands
bullet Republic of Korea
bullet Jamaica

bullet Switzerland | French | English |
bullet Israel
bullet Senegal
bullet Nicaragua
bullet Philippines
bullet Sudan (Arabic)
bullet Zambia
bullet Yemen
(Arabic)
bullet Holy See
   
NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council:
  International Federation of Associations of the Elderly
 
Friday 8 February 2008
 
6th meeting - Review of relevant United Nations plans and programmes of action pertaining to the situation of social groups
 
bullet Sheikha Hess Al-Thani, Special Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for Social Development | English | Arabic |
   
General discussion by the representatives of:
  bullet Egypt | Arabic | English |
bullet Peru
bullet Angola
bullet Norway
bullet Romania
bullet Islamic Republic of Iran
bullet Colombia
bullet Argentina (on behalf of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR))
   
Representatives of:
  - Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Inter-Parliamentary Union
- United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
- United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA)

7th meeting - Panel discussion on Review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing: regional perspective:
Video video
  Moderator: Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
 
Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
 
Mr. Marek Belka, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
 
Mr. Jose Luis Machinea, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
 
Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
 
Mr. Francois Farah, Chief, Social Development Division, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
   
 
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