Social issues


SOC/4434
11 February 1998


Press Release
SOC/4434


SPEAKERS CALL FOR CONCRETE STEPS TO PROTECT SOCIETY'S MOST VULNERABLE GROUPS, AS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONTINUES DISCUSSING SOCIAL INTEGRATION

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The Commission for Social Development should call on governments to take concrete steps to protect society's most vulnerable groups, speakers said this afternoon as the Commission continued general discussions on social integration through responsive government and broadening participation.

SOC/4424
7 March 1997


Press Release
SOC/4424


SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONCLUDES THIRTY-FIFTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

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Concluding its thirty-fifth session yesterday night, 6 March, the Commission for Social Development called on countries and the international community to reinstate the attainment of full, productive and freely chosen employment as a central objective of economic and social policies.