In progress at UNHQ

Social issues


SOC/4674
13/04/2005
Press Release
SOC/4674

Ad Hoc Committee on Convention

on Persons with Disabilities

1st Meeting (PM)


AD HOC COMMITTEE ON DISABILITIES CONVENTION ELECTS

 

DON MCKAY OF NEW ZEALAND AS CHAIRMAN

 


The General Assembly Committee charged with drafting the first-ever convention on the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities elected a new Chairman in a brief organizational meeting today.

SOC/4671
17/02/2005
Press Release
SOC/4671

Commission for Social Development

Forty-third Session

13th Meeting (PM)


Social development commission hears introduction of drafts

 

on disability, African social objectives

 


The Commission for Social Development held a brief meeting this afternoon to hear the introduction of several draft texts which it expects to approve tomorrow at the close of its annual substantive session.

SOC/4668
14/02/2005
Press Release
SOC/4668

Commission for Social Development

Forty-third Session

8th & 9th Meetings (AM & PM)


SPEAKERS CALL FOR TARGETED ACTION AGAINST POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL EXCLUSION,


AS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONCLUDES HIGH-LEVEL DISCUSSION


Morning Panel Highlights Need

For Commitment to World Programme of Action for Youth

SOC/4667
11/02/2005
Press Release
SOC/4667

Commission for Social Development

Forty-third Session

6th & 7th Meetings (AM & PM)


DECLARATION APPROVED AT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION’S HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT


CALLS FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT TO VISION FOR MORE JUST, EQUITABLE WORLD


Ten-Year Review of Copenhagen World Summit Continues at Headquarters

SOC/4665
10/02/2005
Press Release
SOC/4665

‘CARING COMMUNITIES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY – IMAGINING THE POSSIBLE’


SUBJECT OF HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE 11 FEBRUARY

 


An international conference -- “Caring Communities for the 21st Century:  Imagining the Possible” -- will be held on Friday, 11 February at the United Nations Headquarters in Conference Room 1, from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m.

SOC/4661
10/02/2005
Press Release
SOC/4661

Commission for Social Development

Forty-third Session

4th & 5th Meetings (AM & PM)


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OPENS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION,


STRESSING IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF ECONOMIC POLICIES


21 Government Ministers Review Progress towards Millennium Development Goals