Background Release

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SECOND WORLD ASSEMBLY ON AGEING TO MEET

AT HEADQUARTERS, 26 FEBRUARY - 2 MARCH

The Commission for Social Development, acting as the Preparatory Committee for the Second World Assembly on Ageing, will hold its first substantive session from 26 February to 2 March at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The convening of the Second World Assembly, which will be held from 8 to

Commission for Social Development

Thirty-ninth Session

12^th Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CONCLUDES THIRTY-NINTH SESSION

Commission for Social Development

Thirty-ninth Session

10^th Meeting (AM)

DRAFT RESOLUTION ON VOLUNTEERING INTRODUCED IN COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

The Commission for Social Development met this morning to hear the introduction of a draft resolution on “Volunteering and social development”.

Commission for Social Development

Thirty-ninth Session

9^th Meeting (AM)

TOO MUCH CONFIDENCE INVESTED IN UNREGULATED MARKET IN PAST DECADE,

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD

Commission for Social Development

Thirty-ninth Session

8^th Meeting (AM)

SITUATION OF FAMILIES DOMINATES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

COMMISSION DISCUSSION OF SOCIAL GROUPS

Commission for Social Development

Thirty-ninth Session

7^th Meeting (AM)

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT BEGINS CONSIDERATION

OF 2002-2006 WORK PROGRAMME

The Commission for Social Development this morning began consideration of its multi-year programme of work for 2002 to 2006.

The proposed programme of work was submitted by the Commission’s previous Bureau for consideration and adoption.

Commission for Social Development                           SOC/4562/Corr.1

Thirty-ninth Session                                        16 February 2001

Commission for Social Development

Thirty-ninth Session

6^th Meeting (PM)

VOLUNTARY ACTIVITIES MUST SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT GOALS,

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TOLD

Voluntary activities must complement and support national development goals and policies in order to touch the lives of those communities they wished to target, the representative of the Philippines told the Commission for Social Development this afternoon.

Commission for Social Development

Thirty-ninth Session

5^th Meeting (AM)

ACTION BY VOLUNTEERS MUST BE FACTORED INTO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES,

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD

Commission for Social Development

Thirty-ninth Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION RESTS WITH GOVERNMENTS,

S0CIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD