Commission for Social Development

The Commission for Social Development is a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. It consists of 46 members elected by ECOSOC. Since the convening of the Social Summit in Copenhagen in 1995, the Commission has been the key UN body in charge of the follow-up and implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action. It meets once a year, usually in February. This section of the website provides information on the agenda and working documents for the Commission for Social Development meetings. Each year the Commission considers a “priority theme”. ICSW statements on the priority themes appear below.

ICSW statements on the Priority theme

• 45th Session February 2007
  The priority theme for 2007 is "Promoting full employment and decent work for all". 45th Session February 2007
  - unabridged version (pdf, 163 Kb)
  - short official version (pdf, 75 Kb)
  
  
• 44th Session February 2006
  ICSW Statement on Eradication of Poverty to the UN Commission for Social Development
  - English
  - French
  - Spanish
  
  
• 43rd Session February 2005
  Review of further implementation of the World Summit for Social Development and the outcome of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly
  
  
• 42nd Session February 2004
  Statement on the Priority Theme of the Commission for Social Development Improving Public Sector Effectiveness
  
  
• 39th Session February 2001
  ICSW's comments on documents presented at the Commission for Social Development 2001
  
  ICSW at New York meetings in February
  
  Commission for Social Development, 2001
  
  Provisional agenda of the 39th session
  
  Report of the Secretary-General on enhancing social protection and reducing
  vulnerability in a globalizing world
  
  The role of volunteerism in the promotion of social development: Note by the Secretary-General transmitting a report prepared by United Nations Volunteers on the role of volunteerism in the promotion of social development
  
  Report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the International Year of the Family and the observance of its tenth anniversary in 2004