Commission for Social Development

Forty-sixth Session

13^th Meeting (PM)

Social development commission suspends session

 

The Commission for Social Development this evening suspended its forty-sixth session without taking action on six draft resolutions related to the theme of its first-ever policy review cycle:  “full employment and decent work for all”.

Commission Chairman Alexei Tulbure (Moldova) said that delegations were still negotiating several texts –- which also dealt with ageing and persons with disabilities -- and that that the 46-member body would consult with the Secretariat on finding one more day for the conclusion of its substantive work.

The Commission had been meeting at Headquarters since 6 February, following up the first of its two-year action-oriented implementation cycles on “promoting full employment and decent work for all”, aiming to devise policy options and practical measures that States could use to implement internationally agreed goals for gainful employment and productive work.  The Commission’s forty-fifth session, the implementation cycle’s “review segment”, identified constraints, best practices and possible approaches for achieving full employment and reversing trends towards low-paying, insecure and temporary jobs.

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