‘CARING COMMUNITIES FOR THE 21^ST 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.

Commission for Social Development

Forty-third Session

4^th & 5^th 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

Commission for Social Development

Forty-third Session

Round table 1 (AM)

Commission for Social Development

Forty-third Session

Round table 3 (AM)

SPEAKERS IN ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION CITE NEED FOR INTEGRATED SOCIAL POLICIES,

GREATER CONSENSUS AMONG GOVERNMENTS, PRIVATE SECTOR, CIVIL SOCIETY

Commission for Social Development

Forty-third Session

2^nd & 3^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

FOCUS ON POVERTY ERADICATION, SOCIAL INTEGRATION, PROMOTION OF FULL EMPLOYMENT,

AS COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OPENS CURRENT SESSION

‘Mixed Record’ of Uneven Progress

Cited in Implementation of Copenhagen Action Programme

COMMITTEE NEGOTIATING TREATY ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

CONCLUDES FIFTH SESSION

The General Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on a convention on the rights of persons with disabilities concluded its fifth session today after reaching further agreements on draft articles addressing access to justice, privacy, family, independent living, full inclusion in the community and other individual rights.

Background Release

COMMITTEE NEGOTIATING TREATY ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

DISCUSSES INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, FREEDOMS

Meeting for its fifth session, the General Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on a convention on the rights of persons with disabilities concluded its first week by discussing draft articles addressing equal recognition before the law, liberty and security of the person and other individual rights.

COMMITTEE NEGOTIATING TREATY ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

OPENS FIFTH SESSION AT UN HEADQUARTERS

The General Assembly Committee drafting the first-ever convention on the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities resumed negotiations today, focusing on the issue of equality and non-discrimination.

COMMITTEE NEGOTIATING TREATY ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

 

TO MEET AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 24 JANUARY - 4 FEBRUARY

Delegates drafting the first-ever convention on the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities will continue negotiations at a two-week session to be held from 24 January to 4 February at United Nations Headquarters (Conference  Room 4).