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Social development, including questions relating to the world
social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and
the family
Date of
consideration:
3-5 October 2005
Third
Committee report (59th
session):
A/59/492
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Documents:
A/60/61-E/2005/7
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Report of the
Secretary-General on the World Youth Report 2005 (including an
evaluation of the implementation since 1995 of the priority areas
of youth identified in the World Programme of Action)
A/60/117
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Report on the
World Social Situation, 2005
A/60/128
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Report of the
Secretary-General on follow-up to the International Year of
Volunteers
A/60/133
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A/60/133/Corr.1
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Report of the
Secretary-General on a global analysis and evaluation of national
action plans on youth employment
A/60/138
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Report of the
Secretary-General on cooperatives in social development
A/60/155
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Report of the
Secretary-General: follow-up to and celebration of the tenth
anniversary of the International Year of the Family and Beyond
A/60/156 [F]
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Report of the
Secretary-General on making commitments matter: young people's
inputs to the 10-year review of the World Programme of Action for
Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond
A/60/290 [F]
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Report of the
Secretary-General on the implementation of the World Programme of
Action concerning Disabled Persons
A/60/377-E/2005/92
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Identical letters
dated 24 August 2005 from the Permanent Representative of Qatar to
the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, the
President of the General Assembly and the President of the
Economic and Social Council
Summary:
Report on
the World Social Situation
At its
fifty-sixth session, in 2001, the General Assembly requested
the Secretary-General to submit future reports on the world
social situation on a biennial basis (resolution
56/177).
Follow-up
to the International Year of Volunteers
At its
fortieth session, in 1985, the General Assembly invited
Governments to observe annually, on 5 December, an
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social
Development (resolution 40/212).
The General
Assembly proclaimed the year 2001 the International Year of
Volunteers (resolution 52/17).
The General
Assembly considered this item at its fifty-fifth and
fifty-sixth sessions (resolutions 55/57 and 56/38).
At its
fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly requested the
United Nations Volunteers to continue their efforts, together
with other stakeholders, to raise awareness of volunteerism,
increase reference and networking resources available and
provide technical cooperation to developing countries; invited
the United Nations Volunteers to develop a global Internet
volunteer resource based on the International Year of
Volunteers website and on national websites with a view to
enhancing network capabilities and to expanding information,
knowledge and resource management; requested the
Secretary-General to take measures to ensure that the
potential of the International Volunteer Day for Economic and
Social Development in follow-up to the International Year of
Volunteers was fully realized; and also requested the
Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixtieth
session on the implementation of the resolution (resolution
57/106).
Cooperatives in social development
At its
fifty-first session, the General Assembly requested the
Secretary-General to ascertain, in cooperation with the
Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives,
the desirability and feasibility of elaborating United Nations
guidelines aimed at creating a supportive environment for the
development of cooperatives (resolution 51/58).
At its
fifty-sixth session, the General Assembly drew the attention
of Member States to the revised draft guidelines aimed at
creating a supportive environment for the development of
cooperatives (A/56/73-E/2001/68, annex) (resolution 56/114).
At its
fifty-eighth session, the General Assembly urged Governments
to give due consideration to the role and contribution of
cooperatives in the implementation of and follow-up to the
outcomes of the World Summit for Social Development and the
recent United Nations summits and conferences, including their
five-year reviews; and requested the Secretary-General to
submit a report on the implementation of the resolution,
focusing on the role of cooperatives in the eradication of
poverty, to the Assembly at its sixtieth session (resolution
58/131).
Disabled
persons
At its
thirty-seventh session, in 1982, the General Assembly adopted
the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons
(resolution 37/52). The Assembly continued to consider the
question at its thirty-eighth to fifty-sixth sessions
(resolutions 38/28, 39/26, 40/31, 41/106, 42/58, 43/98, 44/70,
45/91, 46/96, 47/88, 48/99, 49/153, 50/144, 52/82, 54/121 and
56/115 and decision 50/442). Periodic reviews of progress in
the implementation of the World Programme of Action were
conducted in 1987, 1992, 1997 and 2003.
At its
fifty-eighth session, the General Assembly welcomed the review
by the Secretary-General in his report on the fourth
quinquennial review and appraisal of the World Programme of
Action, and requested him to submit to the Assembly at its
sixtieth session a report on the implementation of the
resolution (resolution
58/132).
Policies
and programmes involving youth: tenth anniversary of the World
Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond
The General
Assembly considered the question of policies and programmes
involving youth at various sessions, beginning at the fortieth
(resolutions 40/14, 41/97, 41/98, 42/53, 43/94, 44/59, 45/103,
47/85, 49/152, 49/154, 50/81, 52/83, 54/120 and 56/117).
At its
fifty-eighth session, the General Assembly recommended
devoting two plenary meetings at its sixtieth session, in
2005, to review the situation of youth and achievements
attained in the implementation of the World Programme of
Action 10 years after its adoption; requested the
Secretary-General to provide the General Assembly at its
sixtieth session, through the Commission for Social
Development at its forty-third session, with a comprehensive
report including an evaluation of the implementation since
1995 of the priority areas identified in the World Programme
of Action, including actions taken by Member States, United
Nations bodies, specialized agencies, regional commissions and
youth organizations in their multidisciplinary work for and
with youth; and also requested the Secretary-General to
include in the aforementioned report a global analysis and
evaluation of national action plans on youth employment
(resolution
58/133).
At its
fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly decided to convene,
at its sixtieth session, two plenary meetings devoted to the
evaluation of the progress made in the implementation of the
World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and
Beyond, to be held during the general debate of the Third
Committee under the agenda item entitled "Social development,
including questions relating to the world social situation and
to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family"; decided
also to hold, prior to the plenary meetings, an informal,
interactive round-table discussion on the theme "Young people:
making commitments matter", which would be open to the
participation of Member States, observers, organizations of
the United Nations system and non-governmental youth
organizations; urged Member States to consider being
represented by youth representatives to address the plenary on
that occasion, as well as in the above-mentioned round-table
discussion; and noted with appreciation the ongoing efforts of
the United Nations system to solicit input from youth
organizations and young people into the current review of the
World Programme of Action, as requested by the General
Assembly in resolution 58/133, and invited the
Secretary-General to provide an overview of the input gathered
from youth organizations as a supplement to his report to the
Assembly at its sixtieth session (resolution
59/148).
Follow-up
to and celebration of the tenth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family and beyond
At its
forty-fourth session, in 1989, the General Assembly proclaimed
1994 as the International Year of the Family (resolution
44/82).
It considered
the question at its fifty-second, fifty-fourth, fifty-sixth,
fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth sessions (resolutions 52/81,
54/124, 56/113, 57/164 and 58/15).
At its
fifty-ninth session, the General Assembly welcomed the
celebration of the tenth anniversary of the International Year
of the Family on 6 December 2004 at Headquarters (resolution
59/111).
At the same
session, the Assembly, inter alia, urged Governments to
continue to take sustained action at all levels concerning
family issues, including applied studies and research, in
order to promote the role of families in development and
develop concrete measures and approaches to address national
priorities in dealing with family issues; and requested the
Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its sixtieth
session on the implementation of the resolution (resolution
59/147).
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