Social issues


SOC/4440
18 February 1998


Press Release
SOC/4440


ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES TO ILLICIT DRUG CULTIVATION, TRAFFICKING MUST BE CREATED HEAD OF UN DRUG CONTROL OFFICE TELLS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

19980218 Describes Strategies to Eliminate Illicit Cultivation in 10 Years, As Commission Continues Review of 1995 World Summit for Social Development

SOC/4437
13 February 1998


Press Release
SOC/4437


SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION DISCUSSES PROPOSALS FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION ON OLDER PERSONS

19980213

Speakers called for the development of a database on the ageing to house demographic data, as well as information on national policies and programmes, as the Commission for Social Development this morning took up the Secretary- General's report on options for future monitoring of the 1982 International Action Plan on Ageing.