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Social Summit +5

Follow-up activities by the UN system

The Division for Social Policy and Development has initiated a process of inter-agency coordination within the UN system on follow-up to the Summit and the special session. On 1 November 2000, an inter-agency consultation was convened in New York with participation of representatives of more than 20 agencies, funds and programmes to provide an opportunity, on an informal basis, to report on programmes and plans for follow-up to specific mandates and recommendations and to discuss further action on cross-cutting themes.    

Compilation of reports from UN agencies

On the basis of this inter-agency consultation, the Division has prepared a compilation of reports from the UN system.  The Compilation, which was released at the 39th session of the Commission for Social Development on 13 February 2001, contains summaries of reports from 19 entities within the UN system on activities and initiatives undertaken since Geneva to implement the goals of the Summit and the special session.  

The Compilation shows that nearly all parts of the UN system have given careful consideration to the recommendations of the Summit and the special session relevant to their mandates, and several new actions and initiatives have been taken.  The broad involvement in and deep commitment to the implementation of these social development objectives of the organizations of the UN system, which is reflected in the number of actions and initiatives presented in the Compilation, can in part be attributed to the valuable contribution made by these organizations in the preparatory process for the special session.

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  • Report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 

  • Report of the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP)

  • Report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

  • Report of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

    Annex:     "Compendium on UNESCO´s follow-up activities to the World Summit for Social Development"

  • Report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)