POP/638
25 February 1997
Full employment should remain a central objective of public policy, the Commission for Social Development was told this morning as it began its thirty-fifth session under the priority theme "productive employment and sustainable livelihoods".
Following is the summary of the introductory remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of the second substantive session of the open-ended high-level working group of the General Assembly on the strengthening of the United Nations system, on Monday, 24 February: