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 | For over half a century the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) has represented peak organizations in over seventy countries. Thus tens of thousands of civil society organizations have been represented through ICSW at the UN. As an organization with UN consultative status, ICSW is involved in global discussions concerning issues of social development, social welfare and social justice.
ICSW analyses issues voiced by membership. Through these analyses ICSW develops representative policies to be submitted to the UN. ICSW through itst global and regional structures advocates to governments at the national, regional and global level.
This involvement is especially within UNESCO, ECOSOC and the Commission for Social Development.
This section highlights ICSW submissions to the UN. | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2008 | | | | The UN has made many commitments to full employment and decent work. In 1995 117 world leaders signed the Copenhagen Declaration. It is time to remind member governments of the UN of their adherence to their own commitments. | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 2007 | | | | ICSW's statement to the UN on promoting full employment and decent work for all arises from the fact that global unemployment is rising. This is despite the impressive growth in global gross domestic product (GDP). Economic growth is not translating into new jobs. ICSW draws attention to the poor conditions of work for many employed people. | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 2006 | | | | The ICSW statement is a review of the first UN Decade for the Eradication of Poverty 1997-2006. The findings show that, despite a decade of poverty eradication, there remains a large gap between the commitments, goals and targets for the Decade and the outcomes of current trends on income and human poverty. | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 2005 | | | | ICSW's statement focuses on the World Summit for Social Development (WSSD) that concentrated on four core issues - poverty alleviation, unemployment, social exclusion and an enabling environment for social development. | | | | | |
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