UN Commission on Social Development

<body> <p>This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.</p> <table border="1" width="100%" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td width="89%"> <h1 style="line-height: 100%"><font face="Arial Black">UN Commission on Social Development</font></h1> </td> <td width="11%" bgcolor="#0000FF" height="13"><font face="Arial Black"><img align="top" border="0" src="../../wssd/logo.gif" width="75" height="82" alt="Go to www.geneva2000.org"></font></td> </tr> </table> <p style="line-height: 120%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6" align="left"> </p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">The United Nations Commission on Social Development is the body monitoring the implementation of the agreements made at the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen 1995.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">The Commission meets every year at UN Headquarters in New York (spring time). Its draft resolutions and decisions go through the UN Economic and Social Council (early summer) and through the UN General Assembly (autumn) for approval.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Click on the left to access the Commission's reports from 1995 to date.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Click below for more information about the Commission and its work:</font></p> <ul> <li> <p align="left" style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><a href="#Background"><font face="Arial" size="2">Background</font></a></p> <li> <p align="left" style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><a href="#Work Programme"><font face="Arial" size="2">Work Programme</font></a></p> <li> <p align="left" style="line-height: 100%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><a href="#Membership and Secretariat"><font face="Arial" size="2">Membership and Secretariat</font></a></p> </li> </ul> <h4 align="left"> </h4> <h3 align="left"><font face="Arial"><a name="Background">Background</a></font></h3> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">The "Social Commission" was established as a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in 1946. <br> As a result of a comprehensive reappraisal of the role of the Commission it was renamed in 1966 and became the Commission for Social Development, in order to clarify its role as a preparatory body of the Council in the whole range of social development policy. <br> According to its current terms of reference, the Commission is to meet annually for a period of eight working days.</font></p> <h3 align="left"><font face="Arial"><a name="Work Programme">Work Programme</a></font></h3> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">At its special session in May, 1996, the Commission for Social Development decided that the primary substantive item of its agenda for its future sessions would consist of the follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development. This item would include:</font> <ul> <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Consideration of subjects identified in the multi-year programme of work (set out below), including the situation of social groups;</font> <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Review of relevant United Nations plans and programmes of action pertaining to the situation of social groups, as necessary;</font> <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Emerging issues, trends and new approaches to issues affecting social development, as necessary.</font></li> </ul> <p><strong><font face="Arial">Multi-year programme of work</font></strong></p> <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial">1997: Follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development</font></b></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">Theme: "Productive employment and sustainable livelihoods". Under this theme the following specific topics will be considered:</font> <ul> <li><font face="Arial" size="2">The centrality of employment in policy formulation, including a broader recognition of work and employment;</font> <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Improving access to productive resources and infrastructure;</font> <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Enhanced quality of work and employment.</font></li> </ul> <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial">1998: Follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development</font></b></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">Theme: "Promoting social integration and participation of all people, including disadvantaged and vulnerable groups and persons". Under this theme the following specific topics will be considered:</font> <ul> <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Promoting social integration through responsive government, full participation in society, non-discrimination, tolerance, equality and social justice;</font> <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Enhancing social protection, reducing vulnerability and enhancing employment opportunities for groups with specific needs;</font> <li><font face="Arial" size="2">Violence, crime and the problem of illicit drugs and substance abuse as factors of social disintegration.</font></li> </ul> <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial">1999: Follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development</font></b></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">Theme 1: "Social services for all";</font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">Theme 2: "Initiation of the overall review of the implementation of the outcome of the Summit".</font></p> <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial">2000: Follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development</font></b></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">Theme: "Contribution of the Commission to the overall review of the implementation of the outcome of the Summit".</font></p> <h3 align="left"><font face="Arial"><a name="Membership and Secretariat">Membership and Secretariat</a></font></h3> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">The Commission consists of 46 members elected by ECOSOC for terms of office of four years on the following basis: 12 from African states; 10 from Asian states; 5 from Eastern European states; 9 from Latin American and Caribbean states; and 10 from Western European and Other states.</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Secretariat of the United Nations Commission for Social Development<br> United Nations Plaza, Room DC2-1370<br> New York, New York 10017 USA<br> Telephone: + 1 212/963 6763<br> Fax: + 1 212/963 3062</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">For more information about the CSocD, its work programme, membership, etc. please visit the Commission's web-site.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 120%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6" align="left"> </p> <p style="line-height: 120%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6" align="left"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3" align="left"><font face="Arial"><img src="../../wssd/Image2.gif" width="96" height="107" align="right" hspace="6" vspace="6" alt="Go to UNED-UK Home Page"></font></p> </body>