SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION URGED TO RENEW COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVING GOAL OF FULL EMPLOYMENT
Press Release
SOC/4417/
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION URGED TO RENEW COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVING GOAL OF FULL EMPLOYMENT
19970228 CORRECTIONIn Press Release SOC/4417 issued on 26 February, the second full paragraph on page 4 should read as follows:
CLAUDE VIMONT (France) said that the concept of full employment needed to be updated. The new situations of underemployment and salary levels below which workers could survive needed further analysis. Further study was also needed on the consequences of the loss of unemployment benefits. The follow- up to the Copenhagen Summit had called for the development of socially productive activities creating social skills. More should be done for poor and disadvantaged workers. While most countries acknowledged the right of young girls to be educated, their studies were often interrupted so that they could perform household chores for their families. It was necessary that they be able to complete their studies.
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