Social issues

28 February 1997

Press Release
SOC/4420

VIABILITY OF MICRO-CREDIT PROGRAMMES IN CREATING EMPLOYMENT STRESSED BY BANGLADESH IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

19970228 UNCTAD Says Slow Economic Growth, High Interest Rates, Loss of Labour Union Power, Technological Change among Main Reasons for High Unemployment

28 February 1997

Press Release
SOC/4421

DEBT BURDEN AND UNEQUAL TERMS OF TRADE NEGATIVELY AFFECTING SOCIAL PROGRAMMES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, SPEAKERS TELL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

19970228 Debate on Productive Employment and Sustainable Livelihoods Concludes

27 February 1997

Press Release
SOC/4418

NON-INFLATIONARY ECONOMIC GROWTH IN AUSTRALIA, DEVELOPMENT OF HUGE INFORMAL SECTOR IN GHANA AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED BY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

19970227 As Consideration of 'Productive Employment And Sustainable Livelihoods', Session's Priority Theme, Continues

27 February 1997

Press Release
SOC/4419

27 February 1997

Press Release
SOC/4415/

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT REVIEWS ACTIVITIES OF ACC TASK FORCES IN DIALOGUE WITH AGENCY OFFICIALS CORRECTION

19970227

In Press Release SOC/4415 of 25 February, the statements of the representatives of the Netherlands and Nicaragua were incorrectly attributed. Their paragraphs should have read as follows:

26 February 1997

Press Release
SOC/4416

26 February 1997

Press Release
SOC/4417

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION URGED TO RENEW COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVING GOAL OF FULL EMPLOYMENT

19970226 'Job Security' Must Be Replaced By Efforts to Promote 'Employability Security', United States Says

25 February 1997

Press Release
SOC/4414

FULL EMPLOYMENT IS DESIRABLE, ACHIEVABLE GOAL, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD

19970225

Full employment should remain a central objective of public policy, the Commission for Social Development was told this morning as it began its thirty-fifth session under the priority theme "productive employment and sustainable livelihoods".

25 February 1997

Press Release
SOC/4415

21 February 1997

Press Release
SOC/4413

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO HOLD THIRTY-FIFTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 25 FEBRUARY - 6 MARCH

19970221 Background Release 'Productive Employment' Major Theme to Be Discussed; 1997 Report on World Social Situation, Issued Every Four Years, to Be Presented