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Mission
Statement
The
main objective of the Division for Social Policy
and Development is to strengthen international
cooperation for social development, in the context
of the comprehensive and detailed framework of
commitments and policies for action by Governments,
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations
provided by the Copenhagen Declaration on Social
Development and Programme of Action of the World
Summit for Social Development, with particular
attention to the three core issues of poverty
eradication, employment generation and social
integration, in contributing to the creation of
an international community that enables the building
of secure, just, free and harmonious societies
offering opportunities and higher standards of
living for all.
Organizational
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Message
from Mr. Johan Schölvinck, Director
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The Division monitors
national and global socio-economic trends,
helps identify emerging issues, and assesses
their implications for social policy at the
national and international levels. To this
end it:
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promotes common norms and develops policies,
programmes and cooperative actions aimed at
facilitating the implementation in a holistic
manner of the goals of the World Summit for
Social Development (e.g. eradicating poverty,
achieving full employment and strengthening
social integration).
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provides substantive support to the annual
sessions of the Commission for Social Development,
and facilitates the negotiation of agreed
strategies, resolutions, international standards
and norms through the Commission, the Economic
and Social Council, the General Assembly or
other intergovernmental forums.
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supports
decision-making and dialogue on goals, strategies,
policies and programmes, in particular through
strengthening cooperation among all actors
concerned with social development, including
non-governmental organizations, business groups,
unions, academics and civil society.
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supports
the elaboration of a perspective strategy
on ageing in the twenty-first century as a
follow-up to the 1999 observance of the International
Year of Older Persons and for monitoring the
implementation of the United Nations Standard
Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities
for Persons with Disabilities.
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undertakes global comparative studies on cooperatives,
on selected issues in family-sensitive policy
design and in innovations in design, implementation
and evaluation of disability-sensitive policies
and programmes, within a broad human rights
framework.
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provides assistance to the follow-up to the
Lisbon Declaration on Youth Policies and Programmes,
adopted at the World Conference of Ministers
Responsible for Youth in August 1998.
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stresses
the promotion of full, productive, appropriately
and adequately remunerated and freely chosen
employment as a central objective of economic
and social policies.
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assists
developing countries and countries with economies
in transition, at their request, to strengthen
their capacity for planning and managing their
socio-economic development through technical
advisory services, training activities (including
international workshops and seminars) and
field projects.
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