Social issues

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SOC/4530

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT BEGINS GENERAL READING OF DRAFT CONCLUSIONS; ELECTS VICE-CHAIRMAN FOR CURRENT SESSION

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SOC/4529

BROAD SUPPORT FOR SECOND WORLD ASSEMBLY ON AGEING EXPRESSED IN COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Speakers Stress Need to Update 1982 International Plan of Action on Ageing

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SOC/4528

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF DISABLED PERSONS CONSISTENTLY VIOLATED AROUND WORLD, COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TOLD

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SOC/4527

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES DEBATE ON CONTRIBUTING TO REVIEW OF WORLD SUMMIT IMPLEMENTATION

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SOC/4526

THREAT OF HIV/AIDS, EMPLOYMENT, IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBALIZATION AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Discussion Continues on Commission's Contribution To Review, Appraisal of World Social Summit Agreements

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SOC/4525

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OPENS THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION, WITH THEME OF CONTRIBUTING TO REVIEW OF 1995 SOCIAL SUMMIT

Under-Secretary-General Nitin Desai Tells Commission Summit Anticipated Concerns Now at Top of Global Agenda

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SOC/4524

COMMISSION ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO HOLD THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 8 - 17 FEBRUARY

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SOC/4522

ASIA-PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON EFA 2000 ASSESSMENT TO BE HELD IN BANGKOK FROM 17 TO 20 JANUARY

BANGKOK, 12 January (UN Information Service) -- In 1990, at Jomtien, Thailand, 155 nations committed themselves to not only make every school-age child complete their elementary education, but halve the number of adult illiterates by the year 2000.

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SOC/4520

PANEL DISCUSSION CALLS INTERCIVILIZATIONAL DIALOGUE TIMELY AS WORLD ENTERS NEW ERA OF INTERDEPENDENCE, GLOBALIZATION

World Bank Speaker Warns that Dialogue is Difficult Due to Rising Inequity Among Countries; Calls for “Profound Engagement”

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SOC/4514

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL SESSION ON WORLD SOCIAL SUMMIT ADOPTS DECISIONS ON NGO PARTICIPATION