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E/CN.5/2002/6
United Nations
Commission for Social
Development
Report on the fortieth session
(11-21 and 27 February 2002)
Economic and Social Council
Official Records, 2002
Supplement No. 6

Economic and Social Council
Official Records, 2002
Supplement No. 6

Commission for Social Development
Report on the fortieth session
(11-21 and 27 February 2002)

United Nations, New York, 2002

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Summary
At its fortieth session, the Commission for Social Development considered two
topics under its agenda and multi-year programme of work, namely the priority
theme, .Integration of social and economic policy., and the review of relevant
United Nations plans and programmes of action pertaining to the situation of social
groups.
With regard to the priority theme, the Commission adopted a resolution in
which it took note of the report of the Secretary-General on the subject, invited the
Economic and Social Council to examine the importance of integrating social and
economic policy in promoting human resources development and enhancing the
process of development and decided to adopt agreed conclusions on the integration
of social and economic policy and to transmit them to the Council as a contribution
to the high-level segment of its substantive session of 2002, as well as to the third
session of the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit for Sustainable
Development, to be held from 25 March to 5 April 2002.
The agreed conclusions contain analysis and recommendations for action to
promote the integration of social and economic policy at the national and
international levels, and, inter alia: call for broadening the scope of macroeconomic
policy; stress the need for enhanced social impact analysis and assessments as tools
to promote more participatory and people-centred policy-making processes;
emphasize the productive nature of social investments; and encourage broad
participation in the formulation of economic policies as well as the building of
partnerships between Governments and all other relevant actors, including social
partners, in the development process. They also provide guidelines for Governments
in adopting holistic, integrated, comprehensive and consistent public policies and for
the United Nations system and multilateral and bilateral donors in assisting and
strengthening their cooperation with developing countries and countries with
economies in transition in the development of social and economic policies.
In connection with its review of plans and programmes of action pertaining to
the situation of social groups, the Commission recommended to the General
Assembly, through the Economic and Social Council, the adoption of a draft
resolution concerning the preparations for and observance of the tenth anniversary of
the International Year of the Family, in which the Assembly would, inter alia:
reaffirm its invitation to all States to take prompt action to establish national
mechanisms to prepare for, observe and follow up the tenth anniversary; call for a
concerted promotional, information and media campaign at the national, regional and
international levels; decide to devote one plenary meeting at its fifty-ninth session, in
2004, to the observance of the tenth anniversary; and invite the Secretary-General to
continue to play an active role in facilitating international cooperation within the
framework of the follow-up to the International Year of the Family.
The Commission also recommended to the Economic and Social Council the
adoption of two draft resolutions on disability. By a resolution entitled
.Comprehensive and integral international convention to promote and protect the
rights and dignity of persons with disabilities., the Council would, inter alia:
recommend that the Ad Hoc Committee established to consider proposals for a
comprehensive and integral international convention to protect and promote the
rights and dignity of persons with disabilities take into account the relationship of

such a convention with the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for
Persons with Disabilities; and encourage Member States to provide adequate
financial resources to ensure the necessary expertise and the participation of
international disability organizations in the work of the Ad Hoc Committee. By a
resolution entitled .Further promotion of equalization of opportunities by, for and
with persons with disabilities and protection of their human rights., the Council
would, inter alia: welcome the work of the Special Rapporteur on Disability of the
Commission for Social Development and take note of his third periodic report;
decide to renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for a period through 2005;
and request the Secretary-General to strengthen and improve mechanisms for
consultation and coordination of relevant United Nations bodies, the specialized
agencies and related organizations to further implement the Standard Rules, as well
as to seek the views of Member States on the proposals of the report of the Special
Rapporteur.
The Commission further recommended to the Economic and Social Council the
adoption of a decision on the organization of work of the Commission for Social
Development, by which elections of the new Chairman and other members of the
Bureau of the Commission would be held immediately following the closure of the
Commission.s regular session, rather than at the beginning.
A keynote presentation, a panel discussion with invited experts and a special
segment with entities of the United Nations system were held on the priority theme
.Integration of social and economic policy.. A dialogue with non-governmental
organizations was also held.
Finally, the Commission recommended that the Economic and Social Council
approve the provisional agenda and documentation for its forty-first session in 2003.

Contents
Chapter Page
I. Matters calling for action by the Economic and Social Council or brought to its attention . . . 1
A. Draft resolution to be recommended by the Council for adoption by the General
Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
B. Draft resolutions for adoption by the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
C. Draft decisions for adoption by the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
D. Resolution and decision brought to the attention of the Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
II. Follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development and the twenty-fourth special
session of the General Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
III. Provisional agenda for the forty-first session of the Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
IV. Adoption of the report of the Commission on its fortieth session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
V. Organization of the session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
A. Opening and duration of the session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
B. Attendance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
C. Election of officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
D. Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
E. Organization of work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
F. Organizational matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
G. Proposed revisions to the medium-term plan for the period 2002-2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
H. Keynote speaker on the priority theme of the integration of social and economic policy 24
I. Resumed session of the Commission for Social Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
J. Non-governmental organizations dialogue segment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
K. Presentations by entities of the United Nations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
L. Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Annexes
I. Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
II. List of documents before the Commission at its fortieth session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Chapter I
Matters calling for action by the
Economic and Social Council or
brought to its attention
A. Draft resolution to be recommended by
the Council for adoption by the
General Assembly
1. The Commission for Social Development
recommends to the Economic and Social Council the
approval of the following draft resolution for adoption
by the General Assembly:
Draft resolution
Preparation for and observance of the tenth
anniversary of the International Year of the
Family*
The Economic and Social Council,
Recommends to the General Assembly the
adoption of the following draft resolution:
.The General Assembly,
.Recalling its resolutions 44/82 of 8
December 1989, 46/92 of 16 December 1991,
47/237 of 20 September 1993, 50/142 of 21
December 1995, 52/81 of 12 December 1997,
54/124 of 17 December 1999 and 56/113 of 19
December 2001 concerning the proclamation,
preparations for and observance of the
International Year of the Family and its tenth
anniversary,
.Recognizing that the follow-up to the
International Year of the Family is an integral
part of the agenda and of the multi-year
programme of work of the Commission for Social
Development until 2004,
.Noting that the family-related provisions
of the outcomes of the United Nations summits
and conferences of the 1990s and their follow-up
processes continue to provide policy guidance on
ways to strengthen family-centred components of
policies and programmes as part of an integrated
comprehensive approach to development,
.Recalling that relevant United Nations
instruments on human rights as well as relevant
global plans and programmes of action call for
the widest possible protection and assistance to
be accorded to the family, bearing in mind that in
different cultural, political and social systems,
various forms of the family exist,
.Emphasizing that equality between women
and men and respect for the human rights of all
family members is essential to family well-being
and to society at large, and noting the importance
of reconciliation of work and family life,
.Aware that families are affected by social
and economic changes expressing themselves in
trends that are observable worldwide and that the
causes and consequences of those trends
concerning families have to be identified and
analysed,
.Recognizing the important role of nongovernmental
organizations, at both the local and
national levels, working in the interest of
families,
.Having considered the report of the
Secretary-General on the preparations for the
observance of the tenth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family,1
.1. Takes note of the report of the
Secretary-General and the recommendations
contained therein;
.2. Reaffirms its invitation to all States to
take prompt action to establish national
mechanisms, as appropriate, to prepare for,
observe and follow up the tenth anniversary of
the International Year of the Family, in particular
for the purpose of planning, stimulating and
harmonizing the activities of the governmental
and non-governmental agencies and organizations
concerned with the preparation for and
observance of the tenth anniversary, and to
cooperate with the Secretary-General in
achieving the objectives of the tenth anniversary;
.3. Calls upon all United Nations bodies,
the specialized agencies, the regional
commissions and the intergovernmental and nongovernmental
organizations concerned, in
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particular family-related organizations, to make
every possible effort towards the implementation
of the objectives of the tenth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family by integrating
the family perspective into the planning and
decision-making processes;
.4. Decides that the major activities for
the observance of the tenth anniversary should be
concentrated at the local, national and regional
levels and that the United Nations system should
assist Governments in these efforts;
.5. Takes note of the major study on the
most important trends affecting families to be
submitted to the General Assembly at the
commencement of the tenth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family in December
2003;
.6. Calls for a concerted promotional,
informational and media campaign on behalf of
the tenth anniversary of the International Year of
the Family at the national, regional and
international levels;
.7. Invites the Secretary-General to
launch the tenth anniversary of the International
Year of the Family in early December 2003;
.8. Decides to devote one plenary meeting
at its fifty-ninth session, in 2004, to the
observance of the tenth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family, building upon
the events to be held on 15 May 2004 on the
occasion of the International Day of Families;
.9. Invites the Secretary-General to
continue to play an active role in facilitating
international cooperation within the framework of
the follow-up to the International Year of the
Family, to facilitate the exchange of experiences
and information among Governments on effective
policies and strategies, to facilitate technical
assistance, with a focus on least developed and
developing countries, and to encourage the
organization of subregional and interregional
meetings and relevant research;
.10. Requests the Secretary-General to
report to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth
session through the Commission for Social
Development and the Economic and Social
Council on the preparation for the tenth
anniversary of the International Year of the
Family at all levels..
B. Draft resolutions for adoption by
the Council
2. The Commission for Social Development
recommends to the Economic and Social Council the
adoption of the following draft resolutions:
Draft resolution I
Further promotion of equalization of
opportunities by, for and with persons with
disabilities and protection of their human rights*
The Economic and Social Council,
Recalling the purposes and principles of the
Charter of the United Nations and reaffirming the
obligations contained in the relevant human rights
instruments, including the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Recalling also General Assembly resolutions
37/52 of 3 December 1982, by which it adopted the
World Programme of Action concerning Disabled
Persons,2 48/96 of 20 December 1993, by which it
adopted the Standard Rules on the Equalization of
Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, and 56/115
of 19 December 2001,
Recalling further Economic and Social Council
resolution 2000/10 of 27 July 2000 on equalization of
opportunities for persons with disabilities and
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/51 of
25 April 2000 on the human rights of persons with
disabilities,3 and other relevant resolutions of the
General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council
and its functional commissions,
Taking note of general comment No. 5 of the
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
on persons with disabilities of 25 November 1994,4
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* For the discussion, see chap. II, paras. 41-54.
2 A/37/351/Add.1 and Corr.1, annex, sect. VIII,
recommendation I (IV).
3 See Official Records of the Economic and Social
Council, 2000, Supplement No. 3 (E/2000/23), chap. II,
sect. A.
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Recalling General Assembly resolution 56/168 of
19 December 2001, by which it decided to establish an
Ad Hoc Committee to consider proposals for a
comprehensive and integral international convention to
protect and promote the rights and dignity of persons
with disabilities,
Recalling also Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2000/51, in which it requested a study on the
adequacy of instruments in respect of the protection
and monitoring of the human rights of persons with
disabilities,
Welcoming the cooperation between the
Commission on Human Rights and the Special
Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for Social
Development in sharing experiences and knowledge,
Noting with grave concern that persons with
disabilities are, in some circumstances, among the
poorest of the poor and that they continue to be
excluded from the benefits of development, such as
education and access to gainful employment,
Mindful of the need to adopt and implement
effective strategies and policies to promote the rights
and the full and effective participation of persons with
disabilities in economic, social, cultural and political
life, on the basis of equality, in order to achieve a
society for all,
Noting with satisfaction that the Standard Rules
play an increasingly important role in the equalization
of opportunities for persons with disabilities and that
the issue of human rights and dignity of persons with
disabilities is being addressed and promoted in an
increasing number of forums,
Noting the important efforts of Governments to
implement the Standard Rules,
Noting also the important contributions made by
various national and regional forums, expert group
meetings and other activities in promoting the
implementation of the Standard Rules,
Appreciating the active role played by nongovernmental
organizations, in particular organizations
of persons with disabilities, in cooperation with
Governments and relevant intergovernmental bodies
and organizations, to promote awareness and support
implementation and evaluation of the Standard Rules at
the national, regional and international levels,
1. Welcomes the work of the Special
Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for Social
Development, takes note of his third periodic report,
including the elaboration of recommendations for
future action, and supports his proposals of
mainstreaming disability issues;5
2. Takes note with appreciation of the
important efforts made by Governments as well as nongovernmental
organizations and academic institutions
during the missions of the Special Rapporteur to build
capacities to implement the Standard Rules on the
Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with
Disabilities at the national, regional and interregional
levels;
3. Welcomes the many initiatives and actions
of Governments to implement further the goal of full
participation and equality for persons with disabilities,
in accordance with the Standard Rules, and the
significant role played by the United Nations system,
including the Bretton Woods institutions, as well as
non-governmental organizations, in this regard;
4. Urges Governments, intergovernmental
organizations and non-governmental organizations to
take practical action to create greater awareness and
support for the further implementation of the Standard
Rules, to suggest measures for the further promotion
and protection of the human rights of persons with
disabilities, to improve cooperation within the United
Nations system in the field of disability and to find
forms for future monitoring of the Standard Rules;
5. Urges Governments to ensure that persons
with disabilities have equal access to education, health,
employment, social services, housing, public transport,
information, legal protection and political decisionmaking
processes;
6. Invites multilateral development agencies,
in the light of the Standard Rules, to pay due attention
to disability-related human rights issues in connection
with the projects they fund;
7. Requests the Secretary-General to
strengthen and improve mechanisms for consultation,
the exchange of information and coordination, as
appropriate, and active participation of the relevant
United Nations bodies, the specialized agencies and
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related organizations to further implement the Standard
Rules;
8. Invites the relevant bodies and organizations
of the United Nations system, including relevant
human rights treaty bodies within the respective
mandates, and urges the regional commissions,
intergovernmental organizations, as well as nongovernmental
organizations, in particular organizations
of persons with disabilities, to work closely with the
United Nations programme on persons with disabilities
to promote the rights of persons with disabilities,
including activities at the field level, by sharing
knowledge, experiences, results and recommendations
concerning persons with disabilities;
9. Encourages Governments, the United
Nations system, including the Bretton Woods
institutions, to enhance cooperation with organizations
of persons with disabilities and other organizations
concerned with disability issues so as to implement the
Standard Rules in an effective and coordinated manner;
10. Encourages States parties to the relevant
treaty bodies to include in their reports specific
information on persons with disabilities so as to ensure
that the human rights of persons with disabilities are
appropriately addressed, noting that general comment
No. 5 of the Committee on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights could serve as a mainstreaming model
on disability issues;
11. Decides to renew the mandate for the
Special Rapporteur through 2005 to further the
promotion and monitoring of the Standard Rules in
accordance with the provisions set down in section 4 of
the Standard Rules, including the human rights
dimensions of disability;
12. Requests the Secretary-General to seek the
views of Member States on the proposals in the report
of the Special Rapporteur, especially on the suggested
supplement to the Standard Rules, and to submit a
substantive report to the Commission at its fortysecond
session;
13. Recommends that the Ad Hoc Committee set
up by the General Assembly by its resolution 56/168
consider proposals for a convention, taking into
account the relationship with relevant human rights
instruments and the Standard Rules, and, in so doing,
carefully study the report and proposals made by the
Special Rapporteur at the fortieth session of the
Commission for Social Development5 and the study
commissioned by the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as the
views of the Member States, international
organizations and non-governmental organizations, in
particular organizations of persons with disabilities, on
these proposals;
14. Encourages Governments, the United
Nations system, including the Bretton Woods
institutions, as well as non-governmental
organizations, in particular organizations of persons
with disabilities, to take active part in the work of the
Ad Hoc Committee, in accordance with the standard
practice of the General Assembly;
15. Further encourages Governments, as well
as non-governmental organizations and the private
sector, to continue to contribute to the United Nations
Voluntary Fund on Disability in order to support the
activities of the Special Rapporteur as well as new and
expanded initiatives to strengthen national capacities
for equalization of opportunities by, for and with
persons with disabilities.
Draft resolution II
Comprehensive and integral international
convention to promote and protect the rights
and dignity of persons with disabilities*
The Economic and Social Council,
Reaffirming the outcome of the major United
Nations conferences and summits and their respective
follow-up reviews, in particular as they pertain to the
promotion of the rights and well-being of persons with
disabilities on an equal and participatory basis,
Noting the important role of Governments in the
promotion and protection of all human rights of
persons with disabilities,
Underlining the important contribution of the
Commission on Human Rights and the Commission for
Social Development to the elaboration of a
comprehensive and integral international convention to
protect and promote the rights and dignity of persons
with disabilities,
Acknowledging the important role of nongovernmental
organizations in the promotion and
protection of the human rights of persons with
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disabilities, and noting, in this regard, their work in
promoting the elaboration of an international
convention on the rights of persons with disabilities,
Deeply concerned about the disadvantaged and
vulnerable situation faced by six hundred million
persons with disabilities around the world,
1. Welcomes the adoption of resolution 56/168
of 19 December 2001, by which the General Assembly
decided to establish an Ad Hoc Committee open to the
participation of all Member States and observers to the
United Nations, to consider proposals for a
comprehensive and integral international convention to
protect and promote the rights and dignity of persons
with disabilities, based on the holistic approach in the
work done in the field of social development, human
rights and non-discrimination and taking into account
the recommendations of the Commission on Human
Rights and the Commission for Social Development;
2. Notes with appreciation the valuable work
undertaken by the Special Rapporteur on Disability,
and also takes note of his final report for the period
2000-2002,6 in particular his recommendations relating
to the international convention, as part of efforts to
strengthen the international framework for the
protection of persons with disabilities;
3. Underlines the importance of receiving, as
soon as possible, the contributions requested by the
General Assembly from States, relevant bodies and
organizations of the United Nations system, including
relevant human rights treaty bodies, the regional
commissions and the Special Rapporteur of the
Commission for Social Development on monitoring the
implementation of the Standard Rules on the
Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with
Disabilities, as well as intergovernmental and nongovernmental
organizations with an interest in the
matter to the work entrusted to the Ad Hoc Committee,
based on the practice of the United Nations;
4. Underlines also the importance of the
request to the Secretary-General, with the support of
the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights and the Division for Social Policy
and Development of the Secretariat, for the submission
to the Ad Hoc Committee, prior to its first session, of a
compilation of existing international legal instruments,
documents and programmes that directly or indirectly
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address the situation of persons with disabilities, to
include those of conferences, summits, meetings or
international or regional seminars convened by the
United Nations and intergovernmental and nongovernmental
organizations;
5. Further underlines the importance of the
request made by the General Assembly to the
Secretary-General, to provide the Ad Hoc Committee
with the outcome of the study undertaken pursuant to
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/51 and
the final report presented by the Special Rapporteur of
the Commission for Social Development on disability
to that Commission;7
6. Recommends that the Ad Hoc Committee,
when considering proposals for a convention, take into
account the relationship of the proposed convention
with the Standard Rules on the Equalization of
Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities;
7. Encourages Member States to provide
adequate financial resources to ensure necessary
expertise and the participation of international
disability organizations in the work of the Ad Hoc
Committee, in accordance with the standard practice of
the General Assembly;
8. Decides to remain seized of this matter.
C. Draft decisions for adoption by
the Council
3. The Commission for Social Development
recommends to the Economic and Social Council the
adoption of the following draft decisions:
Draft decision I*
Organizational matters
In order to improve the work of the Commission for
Social Development, the Economic and Social Council
decides:
(a) That the terms of office of the members of the
Commission will be for four regular sessions of the
Commission, to begin immediately after the conclusion of
work of the Commission.s regular session held after 1
January following their election by the Council and to end
at the conclusion of the regular session held after 1
January following the election of the States that are to
succeed them as members of the Commission, unless they
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(b) To extend the terms of office of those
members of the Commission whose terms are to expire on
31 December 2002 until the conclusion of the forty-first
session of the Commission, of those members whose
terms are to expire on 31 December 2003 until the
conclusion of the forty-second session of the Commission
and of those members whose terms are to expire on 31
December 2004 until the conclusion of the forty-third
session of the Commission;
(c) That the Commission, immediately following
the closure of a regular session, will hold the first meeting
of its subsequent regular session for the sole purpose of
electing the new Chairman and other members of the
Bureau, in accordance with rule 15 of the rules of
procedure of the functional commissions of the Council;
(d) That, in this context, the provisions of General
Assembly resolution 1798 (XVII) of 11 December 1962
will apply only to the substantive part of the
Commission.s sessions.
Draft decision II
Report of the Commission for Social
Development on its fortieth session and
provisional agenda and documentation for the
forty-first session of the Commission
The Economic and Social Council:
(a) Takes note of the report of the Commission
for Social Development on its fortieth session and
endorses the resolutions and decisions adopted by the
Commission;
(b) Approves the provisional agenda and
documentation for the forty-first session of the
Commission set out below.
Provisional agenda and documentation for the
forty-first session of the Commission for Social
Development
1. Election of officers.
2. Adoption of the agenda and other
organizational matters.
3. Follow-up to the World Summit for Social
Development and the twenty-fourth special
session of the General Assembly:
(a) Priority theme: .National and
international cooperation for social
development.. Under this theme, the
following specific topics will be
considered:
(i) Sharing of experiences and
practices in social development;
(ii) Forging partnerships for social
development;
(iii) Social responsibility of the
private sector;
(iv) Impact of employment strategies
on social development;
(v) Policies and role of international
financial institutions and their
effect on national social
development strategies;
(b) Review of relevant United Nations
plans and programmes of action
pertaining to the situation of social
groups:
(i) Review of the global situation of
youth;
(ii) Preparations for and observance
of the tenth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family;
(iii) World Programme of Action
concerning Disabled Persons.
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General on national and
international cooperation for social development
Report of the Secretary-General: World Youth
Report 2003
Report of the Secretary-General on preparations
for and observance of the tenth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family
Report of the Secretary-General on the World
Programme of Action concerning Disabled
Persons
4. Programme questions and other matters:
* The draft decision was adopted by the Economic and
Social Council on 13 February 2002, as decision
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(a) Programme performance and
implementation;
(b) Proposed programme of work for the
biennium 2002-2003;
(c) United Nations Research Institute for
Social Development.
Documentation
Note by the Secretary-General on the draft
programme of work of the Division for Social
Policy and Development for the biennium 2004-
2005
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the
report of the Board of the United Nations
Research Institute for Social Development
Note by the Secretary-General on the nomination
of members of the Board of the United Nations
Research Institute for Social Development
5. Provisional agenda for the forty-second
session of the Commission.
6. Adoption of the report of the Commission
on its forty-first session.
D. Resolution and decision brought to the
attention of the Council
4. The following resolution and decision adopted by
the Commission for Social Development are brought to
the attention of the Economic and Social Council:
Resolution 40/1
Integration of social and economic policy
The Commission for Social Development,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 55/46 of
29 November 2000, in which the Assembly invited,
inter alia, the Commission for Social Development to
take, on a priority basis, all steps necessary to ensure
the effective implementation of all commitments and
undertakings in the Copenhagen Declaration on Social
Development7 and Programme of Action8 and in the
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7 Report of the World Summit for Social Development,
Copenhagen, 6-12 March 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1,
annex I.
8 Ibid., annex II.
outcome document of the twenty-fourth special
session,
Recalling also Economic and Social Council
resolution 2001/27, in which the Council invited the
functional commissions to provide concise, actionoriented
input to its annual high-level and/or
coordination segments,
Having considered the priority theme for its
fortieth session, .Integration of Social and Economic
Policy.,
1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-
General on the integration of social and economic
policy;9
2. Invites the Economic and Social Council, at
its high-level segment, to examine the importance of
integrating social and economic policy in promoting
human resources development and enhancing the
process of development;
3. Decides to adopt the following agreed
conclusions and to transmit them to the Economic and
Social Council for its consideration and as a
contribution to the high-level segment of its
substantive session of 2002;
4. Also decides to transmit these agreed
conclusions to the third session of the Preparatory
Committee for the World Summit for Sustainable
Development, which is to be held from 25 March to 5
April 2002.
Annex
Agreed conclusions on the integration of social
and economic policy
1. The Commission reiterated the objectives and
actions adopted at the World Summit for Social
Development, held in Copenhagen in 1995, and during
its follow-up at the twenty-fourth special session of the
General Assembly held in Geneva from 26 June to
1 July 2000. It also recalled the Millennium
Declaration and the development goals contained
therein, adopted by the General Assembly in
September 2000. These goals are derived to a large
extent from the commitments undertaken at the
Copenhagen Summit and the further actions and
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initiatives adopted at the twenty-fourth special session
of the General Assembly.
2. To achieve these objectives and actions, it is
important to recognize the interdependence between
social and economic policies and promote their
integration while ensuring sustainable development,
promoting the eradication of poverty, economic
growth, full employment and social integration and
ensuring access for all to social services. It is also
important to broaden the scope of sound
macroeconomic policy to integrate social and
economic policy.
3. The maintenance of peace and security within
and among nations, democracy, the rule of law, the
promotion and protection of all human rights and
fundamental freedoms, including the right to
development, good governance at the national and
international levels, gender equality, full respect for
fundamental principles and rights at work and the
rights of migrant workers are some of the essential
elements for the realization of social and peoplecentred
sustainable development. Social development
requires not only economic activity but also reduction
in the inequality in the distribution of wealth and more
equitable distribution of the benefits of economic
growth within and among nations, including the
realization of an open, equitable, secure, nondiscriminatory,
predictable, transparent and multilateral
rule-based international trading system, maximizing
opportunities and guaranteeing social justice and
recognizing the interrelationship between social
development and economic growth.
4. Investments in the social sector, including
education, health, shelter, nutrition and social
protection/social security, are productive. The
establishment and enhancement by Governments of
social security systems and access to basic social
services for all should form an important component of
policies for social development. Social safety nets
should not preclude the creation of a comprehensive
social protection/social security system.
5. Integration of social and economic policies
requires better understanding of the causal linkages
between macroeconomic policy and social impact as
well as feeding of the results back into policy
development at the national level. Social impact
analysis and assessments are useful tools to promote a
more participatory and people-centred process of
policy-making as well as a way to provide a social
perspective for policy conceptualization and analysis.
6. The Commission notes the recommendations
made in the Secretary-General.s report on the
integration of social and economic policy, inter alia, on
the formulation and implementation of public policy,
including macroeconomic policy, from inception to ex
post evaluation. To achieve this, it is important to
promote sound institutions, open and transparent public
policy and consensus-building among all partners. The
aim should be to encourage broad participation in the
formulation of economic policies as well as the
building of partnerships between Governments and all
other relevant actors, including social partners, in the
development process. While the objectives of social
development are universal, there is no single model for
achieving these objectives. The primary responsibility
for the well-being of citizens rests with national
Governments. An enabling international environment is
important for the success of efforts at the national
level.
7. Globalization and continuing rapid technological
advances offer unprecedented opportunities for social
and economic development. At the same time, they
continue to present serious challenges within and
among societies. Considerable obstacles to further
integration and full participation in the global economy
remain for developing countries, in particular the least
developed countries, as well as for some countries with
economies in transition. Further efforts should be made
to eliminate the obstacles facing the integration of
developing countries in the global economy.
8. The Commission thus invites Governments to
adopt holistic, integrated, comprehensive and
consistent public policies to further development,
eradicate poverty, fulfil the commitments undertaken at
the Copenhagen Summit and the further actions and
initiatives adopted at the twenty-fourth special session
of the General Assembly and attain the Millennium
Declaration development goals by:
(a) Integrating social and economic policies in
order to eradicate poverty, promote full employment,
enhance social integration, achieve equality between
women and men, ensure access to basic social services
for all, reduce inequality and mitigate adverse impacts
of economic shocks;
(b) Promoting a gender-sensitive and
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communities, non-governmental organizations and
social partners, as well as vulnerable or disadvantaged
groups, in the formulation and implementation of
development strategies;
(c) Creating and/or strengthening institutions
for social and economic research, evaluation and
policy-making;
(d) Promoting strategies that favour sustainable
and stable economic growth benefiting all, poverty
eradication, full employment and social integration as
an integral part of social development;
(e) Improving and restructuring, as appropriate,
national tax regimes and their administration in order
to establish an equitable and efficient system that
supports social development policies and programmes
and, inter alia, takes measures to reduce tax evasion;
(f) Incorporating social impact analysis into the
budget formulation process and improving efficiency
and effectiveness in Government expenditures;
(g) Continuing to promote and enhance, as
appropriate, effective measures, including fiscal and
financial sector reforms, for better domestic resource
mobilization and reallocating public resources for
investment in social development;
(h) Developing or strengthening mechanisms to
promote broad-based dialogue and coordination among
all Government bodies responsible for socio-economic
policy formulation;
(i) Pursuing pro-poor and gender sensitive
policies, including microcredit and other financial
instruments, asset-building, access to resources,
information and knowledge, and the strengthening of
the links between different sectors of the economy;
(j) Linking social sector expenditure to the
achievement of the social development goals included
in the outcome documents of the World Summit for
Social Development, the twenty-fourth special session
of the General Assembly as well as the Millennium
Declaration;
(k) Developing policy tools necessary for
applying an integrated and holistic approach to social
and economic policy and incorporating social
assessment into policy analysis to improve the
efficiency and effectiveness of policies, the
coordination of activities and programme
implementation;
(l) Forging constructive partnerships with the
private sector and non-governmental organizations to
contribute to the financing and provision of social
services in order to complement their efforts;
(m) Bearing in mind that corporations must
abide by national legislation, encouraging corporate
social responsibility so that it contributes to social
development goals.
9. The Commission also invites the relevant funds
and programmes, organizations and the specialized
agencies of the United Nations system, including the
international financial institutions, as well as
multilateral and bilateral donors to continue assisting
and strengthening their cooperation with the
developing countries, in particular the least developed
countries, as well as countries with economies in
transition in their social and economic development
efforts by:
(a) Strengthening the capacity of developing
countries and countries with economies in transition to
address the obstacles that hinder their participation in
an increasingly globalized economy;
(b) Providing technical and financial assistance,
upon request, to strengthen national capacities in the
integration of social and economic policy and to
achieve social development objectives;
(c) Recognizing that a substantial increase in
official development assistance and other resources
will be required if developing countries are to achieve
the internationally agreed development goals and
objectives, including those contained in the
Millennium Declaration; to build support for official
development assistance, cooperating to further improve
policies and development strategies, both nationally
and internationally, to enhance aid effectiveness;
(d) Urging developed countries that have not
done so to make concrete efforts towards the target of
0.7 per cent of gross national product as official
development assistance to developing countries and
0.15 to 0.20 per cent of gross national product of
developed countries to least developed countries, as
reconfirmed at the Third United Nations Conference on
Least Developed Countries, and encouraging
developing countries to build on progress achieved in
ensuring that official development assistance is used
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(e) Implementing development oriented and
durable solutions to external debt and debt servicing
problems of developing countries;
(f) Stressing that the United Nations
development system, in order to ensure national
ownership of its operational activities for development,
should integrate its country level operations with
national policies and programmes for development and
poverty eradication, including, as appropriate, national
poverty reduction strategies, under the leadership of
the government;
(g) Supporting and conducting research,
particularly empirical research and social impact
assessment, to evaluate the interaction between social
and economic policies, to reconcile policy agendas and
to examine more closely the mechanisms by which
social expenditures act as a productive factor in social
and economic development;
(h) Ensuring coordination and the full and
active participation of the funds, programmes and the
specialized agencies of the United Nations system in
the efforts to promote social development;
(i) Promoting and facilitating greater regional
cooperation and sharing of experiences within the
United Nations system, including the Regional
Commissions, and within other regional organizations.
10. The Commission encourages the ongoing work of
the organizations of the United Nations system on the
social dimension of globalization and notes the efforts
of the International Labour Organization Working
Party in this regard.
11. The Commission welcomes the convening of the
International Conference on Financing for
Development and recognizes the importance of its
objectives, in relation to social development.
Decision 40/101
Chairman’s summary of the high-level panel
discussion on the integration of social and
economic policy
The Commission for Social Development decides
to include in the report on its fortieth session the
Chairman.s summary of the high-level
intergovernmental and expert panel discussion on the
priority theme .Integration of social and economic
policy..
Chapter II
Follow-up to the World Summit for
Social Development and the
twenty-fourth special session of the
General Assembly
5. The Commission for Social Development
considered item 3 of its agenda (Follow-up to the
World Summit for Social Development and the twentyfourth
special session of the General Assembly: (a)
Priority theme: integration of social and economic
policy; (b) Review of relevant United Nations plans
and programmes of action pertaining to the situation of
social groups) at its 1st to 11th meetings, from 11 to 21
and on 27 February 2002.
6. The Commission had before it the following
documents:
(a) Report of the Secretary-General on the
follow-up to the International Year of the Family in
2004 (E/CN.5/2002/2);
(b) Report of the Secretary-General on the
integration of social and economic policy
(E/CN.5/2002/3);
(c) Note by the Secretary-General on
monitoring the implementation of the Standard Rules
on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with
Disabilities (E/CN.5/2002/4);
(d) Letter dated 11 February 2002 from the
Permanent Representative of the People.s Republic of
China to the United Nations addressed to the
Secretary-General (E/CN.5/2002/5).
7. At the 1st meeting, on 11 February, the Director
of the Division for Social Policy and Development of
the Department of Economic and Social Affairs made
an introductory statement.
Priority theme: integration of social
and economic policy
8. The Commission considered item 3 (a) of its
agenda at its 1st to 6th and at its 11th meetings, from
11 to 13 and on 21 and 27 February 2002.
9. At the 1st meeting, on 11 February, the keynote
speaker, Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Executive
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America and the Caribbean, addressed the
Commission.
10. At the 3rd meeting, on 12 February, statements
were made by the representatives of Venezuela (on
behalf of the States Members of the United Nations
that are members of the Group of 77 and China), Spain
(on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations
that are members of the European Union as well as the
Central and Eastern European States associated with
the Union, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania,
Slovakia, Slovenia and other associated States, Cyprus,
Malta and Turkey), Sweden, China, Morocco, the
Republic of Korea, Argentina, Croatia, El Salvador and
Bangladesh.
11. At the same meeting, a statement was made by
the Council of Europe, an intergovernmental
organization.
12. At the 4th meeting, on 12 February, statements
were made by the representatives of the Russian
Federation, Mexico, the Czech Republic, the United
States of America, Thailand, Belarus, the Democratic
People.s Republic of Korea and Indonesia, as well as
by the observers for Cuba and Malaysia.
13. At the same meeting, the representative of the
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
(UNAIDS) made a statement.
14. Also at the same meeting, a statement was made
by the representative of the International Organization
of Employers, a non-governmental organization.
15. At the 5th meeting, on 13 February, statements
were made by the representatives of Japan and
Jamaica, as well as by the observer for Chile.
16. At the 6th meeting, on 13 February, statements
were made by the representatives of Ghana,
Switzerland and South Africa, as well as by the
observers for Suriname, Malawi and Mali.
High-level governmental and expert
panel discussion on priority theme:
integration of social and economic
policy
17. At the 2nd meeting, on 11 February 2002, the
following members of the expert panel addressed the
Commission: Ms. Roxana Viquez Salazar, Executive
Director and Chair of the Board of Directors, Instituto
Mixto de Ayuda Social (IMAS), Costa Rica;
Mr. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile, Governor of the
Central Bank of the Republic of Uganda; Mr. Benedict
Clements, Deputy Division Chief, Fiscal Affairs
Department of the International Monetary Fund; and
Mr. Peter Marris, Professor of Sociology, Yale
University.
18. At the same meeting, questions were posed and
comments were made by the representatives of Benin,
Morocco, Bangladesh and Algeria, as well as the
observer for Uganda and the representative of the
International Labour Organization, to which the
panellists responded.
19. Also at the same meeting, the Executive
Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean made a statement.
Action taken by the Commission
Draft agreed conclusions on the integration of
social and economic policy
20. At the resumed 11th meeting, on 27 February, the
Commission had before it a draft text contained in an
informal paper, in English only, entitled .Agreed
conclusions on the integration of social and economic
policy. submitted by the Vice-Chairman of the
Commission, Mr. Muhammed Mowla (Bangladesh) on
the basis of informal consultations.
21. At the same meeting, the Commission adopted
the draft agreed conclusions, as contained in the
informal paper (see chap. I, sect. D, resolution 40/1,
annex).
Draft resolution
22. At the resumed 11th meeting, on 27 February, the
Commission had before it a draft enabling resolution
contained in an informal paper, in English only, by
which the Commission would transmit the agreed
conclusions on the integration of social and economic
policy to the Economic and Social Council, as well as
to the third session of the Preparatory Committee for
the World Summit for Sustainable Development.
23. At the same meeting, the Commission adopted
the draft resolution (see chap. I, sect. D, resolution
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Chairman’s summary of the high-level
governmental and expert panel
discussion
24. At its 11th meeting, on 21 February, on the
proposal of the Chairman, the Commission decided to
include in its report the Chairman.s summary of the
high-level governmental and expert panel discussion
on the priority theme .Integration of social and
economic policy. (see chap. I, sect. D, decision
40/101).
25. The Chairman.s summary of the high-level
governmental and expert panel discussion on
integration of social and economic policy is set out
below:
Introduction
1. It is now widely recognized that
development objectives should encompass not
only increases in national income per capita but
also a broad range of social objectives, including
creating productive employment; improvements
in health standards and educational attainment;
access to basic services as well as human rights.
A much more holistic vision of development is
now held by policy makers in developing
countries and by their development partners.
Based on this vision, there is a growing
consensus that there is a need for further
integration of social and economic policies.
The macroeconomic environment
2. A stable macroeconomic environment and
sustained economic growth are necessary, but not
sufficient, conditions for social development. It is
commonly recognized that properly
conceptualized and implemented macroeconomic
policies are crucial to establishing these
conditions. However, the opinions differ as to the
degree of priority that should be placed on
macroeconomic policy and stability. Some
emphasize that, even in an integrated policy
framework, macroeconomic policies aimed at
controlling inflation and maintaining fiscal and
external balances should not be compromised in
the name of meeting public funding for social
services or creating employment. However, the
negative consequences of structural adjustment
programmes have led many to question the
narrow approach to macroeconomic stabilization
and to stress the need to give social objectives
equal, if not greater, weight in the formulation of
macroeconomic policy. The choice taken often
reflects prevailing values and conditions at the
national level.
3. There is also a common understanding that
the social impact of economic growth depends
not only on the rate of that growth, but also its
quality. Equity-enhancing growth spreads the
benefits of growth more broadly among the
population and is thus more favourable to social
development. It has been pointed out that the
Bretton Woods institutions have recently adopted
strategies and operational frameworks that more
fully integrate social objectives such as poverty
reduction, social safety nets and participation
with economic stabilization and structural
adjustment.
Basic social services
4. The provision of basic social services, such
as primary education, health care and rural water
and sanitation, is an important social policy
objective to combat poverty and increase overall
well-being. It is also an important economic
policy objective to support long-term economic
growth. There is a basic consensus that, due to
the public good aspect of these services,
government has a critical role to play in their
provision.
5. Higher social sector spending is an
important part of improving the provision of
social services and increasing its coverage. In the
context of poverty eradication efforts, many
developing countries are allocating more to
education, health care and other activities that
may be considered as poverty reducing, both as a
percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) and
as a share of total government spending.
However, increased spending is only one
dimension and is not sufficient for poverty
eradication or the improvement of other social
indicators. Targeting and efficiency of spending is
also necessary. It was also indicated that some
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6. In order to fund basic social services,
Governments must put in place an effective tax
administration and tax policies that broaden the
tax base in a manner that least distorts resource
allocation and does not, therefore, impede
economic efficiency and growth. Donor aid and
debt relief can contribute to the resources
required for public services, but some argue that
there are limits to the extent to which it is
possible for countries to absorb foreign aid
without adverse macroeconomic effects. If too
large a share of public expenditure is funded from
donor inflows, it is argued there is a risk that the
real exchange rate will appreciate to levels that
erode the competitiveness of producers of export
goods, thereby adversely affecting economic
growth.
7. In order to avoid inflationary or
destabilizing fiscal deficits, it is essential to
integrate the planning for social development
goals into an economic and budgetary framework
that will deliver economic growth and
macroeconomic stability. Given the overall
budgetary constraints facing Governments,
particularly in developing countries, it is also
necessary to give priority to the key social sectors
in the allocation of budgetary resources.
Prioritizing public expenditure and cutting back
low priority areas calls for Governments to make
hard choices. Failure to prioritize will simply
mean that all sectors of the budget, including the
key sectors for eradicating poverty, will be
underfunded and will not be able to deliver the
services required. Such failure will, in its turn,
negatively affect macroeconomic stability and
economic growth.
Governance, public expenditure and
management
8. Higher public spending on poverty-reducing
activities in the social sectors, such as education
or health is necessary, but it must be accompanied
by greater specificity and more effective prioritysetting
when deciding where the budgets are
going to be allocated. There are cases where the
poor reap a disproportionately small share of the
benefits from education and health spending,
some studies showing a weak link between
government social spending and poverty
reduction. The limited scope for reallocating a
large portion of government spending to povertyreducing
activities in the short run also
underscores the need for improvements in this
area.
9. Increased emphasis should also be given to
improvements in public expenditure management
and transparency. To ensure that the increases in
spending actually benefit the poor, it is important
to ensure that public resources are used for their
intended purposes. A number of countries are
working on the strengthening of budget
formulation by strengthening budget
classification, with a view to better identifying
and tracking poverty reduction activities and
other social spending. Strengthening budget
execution is also an important measure, most
notably with respect to the operations of the
treasury and improving expenditure procedures.
In the area of budget reporting, programmes have
emphasized more rigorous auditing.
Globalization and trade
10. While there is general agreement that
globalization presents developing countries with
both new opportunities and challenges, widely
different views are held when it comes to the
impact of globalization on social development.
One view emphasizes the new sources of
instability and vulnerability, including the
volatility of financial flows, the pressures of
international competition on wages and risks to
the environment, brought on by capital flows and
trade liberalization and the global competition for
private investment. This view questions whether
developing countries are benefiting from
globalization and whether financial and trade
liberalization is in their best interest. However,
another view focuses more attention on the
growth and wealth-enhancing opportunities
offered by the general trend of freer trade and
financial flows accompanying globalization and
sees integration into the world economy as the
best prospect for accelerating growth in
developing countries, and thus favourable to
poverty reduction.
11. Independent of these two views is the
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textiles, as well as developed country agricultural
subsidies, are to the detriment of developing
countries. This affects their efforts at poverty
reduction. Therefore, the current international
trade rules need to be reformed to be more
responsive to the situation of developing
countries.
Frameworks for the integration of social
and economic policies
12. Some countries have achieved high levels of
social development by adopting carefully crafted
socio-economic policies. For example, Costa
Rica has advanced significantly in raising its
social development indicators and in reducing the
percentage of its population living in poverty.
While social investment spending played a large
role, there were several other contributing factors
that allowed Costa Rica to improve its
investments and to ameliorate its social indicators
even though its social investment per capita is
lower than some other countries in the region.
These contributing factors include:
(a) Leadership with a clear political
vision and a sustained commitment on the part of
the country and its citizens;
(b) Agreement among actors in the
process of development to pursue a model of
development that promotes equality, making
education and health care public and universal for
all citizens. There is an investment fund financed
from universal payroll tax and relatively high
business taxes. These revenues (about 2.5 per
cent of the country.s GDP) are directed to finance
social programmes;
(c) Economic stability, with the private
sector as a strong partner in development;
(d) Effective conflict management and
social stability: consultations and negotiations are
conducted and decisions are taken in a manner to
avoid conflict. A strong culture of democratic
institutions and few conflicts in the successive
changes of governments have permanently
promoted dialogue and consensus-building and
have also led to private sector investment
confidence. In addition, since the 1940s, there has
been no army in Costa Rica, as a result of which
more resources are directed to social expenditure.
13. Another approach is demonstrated by
Uganda. In Uganda, economic and social policies
are integrated through the Comprehensive
Development Framework, called the Poverty
Eradication Action Plan (PEAP). PEAP, which
was designed after extensive consultations with
civil society, provides a coherent framework for
designing, integrating and implementing the
policies, including economic and social policies,
needed to meet the nation.s development
objectives. The Plan sets out the structural
policies identified as crucial for acceleration of
economic growth, such as reform of the utility
sector and commercial justice system, and
incorporates other sector-specific policies that
have been drawn up by the stakeholders in each
sector. PEAP outlines a strategy for the
eradication of mass poverty by 2017, which
entails sustainable economic growth and
structural transformation of the economy to raise
per capita incomes, combined with improved
access to basic social services, such as primary
education, health care, and water and sanitation.
PEAP also emphasizes the modernization of
agriculture, as this is the sector where the
majority of poor people in Uganda earn their
living.
14. Doubts were expressed by some participants
as to whether emphasis on liberalization of
economic policy environment and globalization,
coupled with development of Western style
redistributive policies (taxes to fund social
spending) could effectively be applied to
developing countries. An alternative approach
was to emphasize investments that combine
social and economic objectives into one, with a
strong emphasis on the micro and community
level. Examples of this are the extension of
micro-credit, particularly to women; increasing
the productivity of non-market activities, which
are currently excluded from official economic
statistics but nonetheless greatly impact quality of
life, such as growing food for the family,
gathering water and fuel wood, and care of
children and the elderly; using cooperatives as an
alternative to foreign investment; and promoting
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Conclusions
15. The debate highlighted the fact that social
policy is an integral part of economic policy, with
the reverse being also true, and revealed a rich
menu of public actions to achieve socio-economic
objectives and goals. The need to introduce social
considerations into macroeconomic reforms was
emphasized. While different opinions were
expressed regarding distributional impacts of
economic policy, the participants recognized
linkages between investment in human capital
and economic growth as well as importance of
integrated approach for poverty eradication,
employment promotion and social integration.
Review of relevant United Nations
plans and programmes of action
pertaining to the situation of
social groups
26. The Commission considered sub-item 3 (b) of its
agenda (Review of relevant United Nations plans and
programmes of action pertaining to the situation of
social groups: (i) Commission for Social Development
acting as the preparatory committee for the Second
World Assembly on Ageing; (ii) Report on the Third
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Disability; (iii)
Preparations for and observance of the tenth
anniversary of the International Year of the Family) at
its 7th to 11th meetings, on 14, 15, 20, 21 and 27
February 2002.
27. At the 7th meeting, on 14 February, a statement
was made by the Chairman of the Preparatory
Committee for the Second World Assembly on Ageing,
Mr. Felipe Paolillo (Uruguay).
Presentation by and dialogue with the
Special Rapporteur of the Commission
for Social Development on monitoring
and implementation of the Standard
Rules on Equalization of Opportunities
for Persons with Disabilities
28. Also at the 7th meeting, the Special Rapporteur
of the Commission for Social Development on
monitoring and implementation of the Standard Rules
on Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with
Disabilities, Bengt Lindqvist, addressed the
Commission, after which statements were made by the
representatives of Indonesia, Spain (on behalf of the
States Members of the United Nations that are
members of the European Union), Algeria, the United
States of America, Thailand and Mexico, as well as the
observers for Portugal and Cuba participating in the
dialogue.
29. At the same meeting, statements were made by
the representatives of Spain (on behalf of the States
Members of the United Nations that are members of
the European Union as well as the Central and Eastern
European States associated with the Union, Bulgaria,
the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia,
Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia; other
associated States, Cyprus, Malta and Turkey and
Liechtenstein as a member of the European Free Trade
Association and of the European Economic Area),
Mexico and Sweden.
30. Also at the same meeting, statements were made
by the representatives of the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations.
31. Also at the 7th meeting, statements were made by
the representatives of the following non-governmental
organizations in consultative status with the Economic
and Social Council: Inclusion International, the World
Blind Union and the World Federation of the Deaf.
32. At the 8th meeting, on 14 February, statements
were made by the representatives of the Philippines
and China.
33. Also at the 8th meeting, statements were made by
the representatives of the Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the Economic
and Social Commission for Western Asia.
34. At the same meeting, statements were made by
the representatives of the following non-governmental
organizations in consultative status with the Economic
and Social Council: International Council on Alcohol
and Addiction, PRODEFA, International Federation for
Home Economics and International Society for
Traumatic Stress Studies.
35. At the 9th meeting, on 15 February, statements
were made by the representatives of the Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, Thailand, the Russian Federation,
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observers for India, Malaysia, Zambia, Mali and
Suriname.
Action taken by the Commission
36. At the 10th meeting, on 20 February, the
representative of Benin introduced a draft resolution
(E/CN.5/2002/L.3) entitled .Preparation for the
observance of the tenth anniversary of the International
Year of the Family., which read as follows:
The Commission for Social Development
recommends to the Economic and Social Council the
adoption of the following draft resolution:
Preparation for and observance of the tenth
anniversary of the International Year of
the Family
The Economic and Social Council,
Recommends to the General Assembly the
adoption of the following draft resolution:
.The General Assembly,
.Recalling its resolutions 44/82 of 8
December 1989, 46/92 of 16 December 1991,
47/237 of 20 September 1993, 50/142 of 21
December 1995, 52/81 of 12 December 1997,
54/124 of 17 December 1999 and 56/113 of 19
December 2001 concerning the proclamation,
preparations for and observance of the
International Year of the Family and its tenth
anniversary,
.Recognizing that the follow-up to the
International Year of the Family is an integral
part of the agenda and of the multi-year
programme of work of the Commission for Social
Development until 2004,
.Noting that the family-related provisions
of the outcomes of the world conferences of the
1990s continue to provide policy guidance on
ways to strengthen family-centred components of
policies and programmes as part of an integrated
comprehensive approach to development,
.Recalling that major United Nations
instruments on human rights as well as relevant
global plans and programmes of action call for
the widest possible protection and assistance to
be accorded to the family,
.Emphasizing that equality between women
and men and respect for the human rights of all
family members is essential to family well-being
and to society at large,
.Aware that families are affected by social
change expressing itself in trends that are
observable worldwide and that the causes and
consequences of those trends concerning families
have to be identified and analysed,
.Having considered the report of the
Secretary-General on the preparations for the
observance of the tenth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family,
.1. Takes note of the report of the
Secretary-General and the recommendations
contained therein;
.2. Reaffirms its invitation to all States to
take prompt action to establish national
mechanisms, such as coordinating committees, to
prepare for, observe and follow up the tenth
anniversary of the International Year of the
Family, in particular for the purpose of planning,
stimulating and harmonizing the activities of the
governmental and non-governmental agencies
and organizations concerned with the preparation
for and observance of the tenth anniversary and
to cooperate with the Secretary-General in
achieving the objectives of the tenth anniversary;
.3. Calls upon all United Nations bodies,
the specialized agencies, the regional
commissions and the intergovernmental and nongovernmental
organizations concerned, in
particular family-related organizations, to make
every possible effort towards the implementation
of the objectives of the tenth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family by integrating
the family perspective into the planning and
decision-making processes;
.4. Decides that the major activities for
the observance of the tenth anniversary should be
concentrated at the local, national and regional
levels and assisted by the United Nations and its
system of organizations;
.5. Encourages a major study on most
important trends affecting families to be
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International Year of the Family in December
2003;
.6. Calls for a concerted promotional and
information campaign on behalf of the tenth
anniversary of the International Year of the
Family at the national, regional and international
levels, with the strong participation of the mass
media;
.7. Decides to devote one plenary meeting
at its fifty-eighth session, in early December
2003, to launching the tenth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family;
.8. Also decides to devote two plenary
meetings at its fifty-ninth session, in 2004, to the
observance of the tenth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family, and to designate
those meetings as an international conference on
families in keeping with the procedures and
practices of the General Assembly;
.9. Urges the Secretary-General to
continue to play an active role in facilitating
international cooperation within the framework of
the follow-up to the International Year of the
Family, to facilitate the exchange of experiences
and information among Governments on effective
policies and strategies, to facilitate technical
assistance, with a focus on least developed and
developing countries, and to encourage the
organization of subregional and interregional
meetings and relevant research;
.10. Requests the Secretary-General to
report to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth
session through the Commission for Social
Development and the Economic and Social
Council on the preparation for the tenth
anniversary of the International Year of the
Family at all levels..
37. At the 11th meeting, on 21 February, the
Commission had before it, in an informal paper (in
English only), a draft resolution submitted by the Vice-
Chairman, Ms. Nicole Elisha (Benin), on the basis of
informal consultations on draft resolution
E/CN.5/2002/L.3, entitled .Preparation for the
observance of the tenth anniversary of the International
Year of the Family..
38. At the same meeting, a statement was made by
the Vice-Chairman, Ms. Nicole Elisha (Benin).
39. At the same meeting, statements were made by
the representative of the Russian Federation, as well as
by the observer for India.
40. Also at the same meeting, the Commission
adopted the draft resolution, as contained in the
informal paper, after which the draft resolution
contained in document E/CN.5/2002/L.3 was
withdrawn (see chap. I, sect. A).
Further promotion of equalization of
opportunities by, for and with persons
with disabilities and protection of their
human rights
41. At the 10th meeting, on 20 February, the
representative of Sweden, on behalf of Austria,
Belgium,* Denmark, Finland,* France, Germany,
Greece,* Ireland,* Italy, Luxembourg,* the
Netherlands,* Norway,* Portugal,* Spain, Sweden and
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland,* introduced a draft resolution
(E/CN.5/2002/L.4) entitled .Further promotion of
equalization of opportunities by, for and with persons
with disabilities, and protection of the human rights of
persons with disabilities., which read as follows:
The Commission for Social Development
recommends to the Economic and Social Council the
adoption of the following draft resolution:
Further promotion of equalization of
opportunities by, for and with persons with
disabilities, and protection of the human rights
of persons with disabilities
.The Economic and Social Council,
.Recalling General Assembly resolutions
37/52 of 3 December 1982, by which it adopted
the World Programme of Action concerning
Disabled Persons, 48/96 of 20 December 1993,
by which it adopted the Standard Rules on the
Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with
Disabilities, and 56/115 of 19 December 2001,
.Recalling also Economic and Social
Council resolution 2000/10 of 27 July 2000 on
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* Non-member participating in accordance with rule 69 of
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equalization of opportunities for persons with
disabilities and Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2000/51 of 25 April 2000 on the
human rights of persons with disabilities, and
other relevant resolutions of the General
Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and
its functional commissions,
.Recalling further general comment No. 5
of the Committee on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights on persons with disabilities of 25
November 1994,
.Recalling the purposes and principles of
the Charter of the United Nations and reaffirming
the obligations contained in relevant human
rights instruments,
.Mindful of the important role played by the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women and the
Convention on the Rights of the Child,
.Recalling General Assembly resolution
56/168 of 19 December 2001, by which it decided
to establish an Ad Hoc Committee to consider
proposals for a comprehensive and integral
international convention to protect and promote
the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities,
.Recalling the Commission on Human
Rights resolution 2000/51, in which it requested a
study on the adequacy of instruments in respect
of the protection and monitoring of the human
rights of persons with disabilities,
.Welcoming the cooperation between the
Commission on Human Rights and the Special
Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for
Social Development in sharing experiences and
knowledge,
.Noting with grave concern that persons
with disabilities in some circumstances are
among the poorest of the poor and continue to be
excluded from the benefits of development, such
as education and access to gainful employment,
.Mindful of the need to adopt and
implement effective strategies and policies to
promote the rights and the full and effective
participation of persons with disabilities in
economic, social, cultural and political life, on
the basis of equality, in order to achieve a society
for all,
.Noting with satisfaction that the Standard
Rules play an increasingly important role in the
equalization of opportunities for persons with
disabilities and that the issue of human rights and
dignity of persons with disabilities is being
addressed and promoted in an increasing number
of forums,
.Appreciating the active role played by nongovernmental
organizations, including
organizations of persons with disabilities, in
cooperation with Governments and relevant
intergovernmental bodies and organizations, to
promote awareness and support implementation
and evaluation of the Standard Rules at the
national, regional and international levels,
.1. Welcomes the work of the Special
Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for
Social Development, takes note with appreciation
of his third periodic report, including the
elaboration of recommendations for future action
and supports his proposals of mainstreaming
disabilities issues;
.2. Takes note with appreciation of the
important efforts of Governments as well as nongovernmental
organizations and academic
institutions during the missions of the Special
Rapporteur to build capacities to implement the
Standard Rules on the Equalization of
Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities at the
national, regional and interregional levels;
.3. Welcomes the many initiatives and
actions of Governments, relevant United Nations
bodies and organizations, including the Bretton
Woods institutions, as well as non-governmental
organizations to implement further the goal of
full participation and equality for persons with
disabilities in accordance with the Standard
Rules;
.4. Urges Governments, intergovernmental
organizations and non-governmental organizations
to take practical action to create greater awareness
and support for the further implementation of the
Standard Rules, to suggest measures for the
further promotion and protection of the human
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cooperation within the United Nations system in
the field of disability and to find forms for future
monitoring of the Standard Rules;
.5. Urges Governments to ensure that
persons with disabilities have the same access to
education, health, employment, social services,
housing, public transport and information;
.6. Invites multilateral development
agencies, in the light of the Standard Rules, to
pay due attention to disability-related human
rights issues in connection with the projects they
fund;
.7. Requests the Secretary-General to
strengthen and improve mechanisms for
consultation, the exchange of information and
coordination, as appropriate, and active
participation of the relevant United Nations
bodies, specialized agencies and related
organizations to further implement the Standard
Rules;
.8. Invites the relevant bodies and
organizations of the United Nations system,
including relevant human rights treaty bodies
within the respective mandates, and urges
the regional commissions, intergovernmental
organizations, and non-governmental organizations
to work closely with the United Nations
Programme on persons with disabilities to
promote the rights of persons with disabilities,
including activities at the field level, by sharing
knowledge, experiences, findings and
recommendations concerning persons with
disabilities;
.9. Encourages the United Nations
system, the Bretton Woods institutions and
Governments to enhance cooperation with
organizations of persons with disabilities or
concerned with disabilities issues so as to
implement the Standard Rules in an effective and
coordinated manner;
.10. Encourages States parties to the
relevant treaty bodies to include in their reports
specific information on persons with disabilities
to ensure that the human rights of persons with
disabilities are appropriately addressed; general
comment No. 5 of the Committee on the
Economic Social and Cultural Rights could serve
as a mainstreaming model on disability issues;
.11. Decides to renew the mandate for the
Special Rapporteur for a period through the year
2005 to further the promotion and monitoring of
the Standard Rules in accordance with the
provisions set down in section 4 of the Standard
Rules, including the human rights dimensions of
disability, and to submit to the Commission on
Human Rights the report of the Special
Rapporteur and the considerations of the
Commission for Social Development thereon;
.12. Requests the Secretary-General to seek
the views of Member States on the proposals in
the report of the Special Rapporteur, especially
on the suggested supplement to the Standard
Rules, and to submit a substantive report to the
Commission at its forty-second session;
.13. Recommends that the Ad Hoc
Committee, set up by the General Assembly in its
resolution 56/168 consider ways to ensure the
continued use, promotion and monitoring of the
Standard Rules, to study existing human rights
instruments and to reflect on how they can be
strengthened, to consider the elaboration of a
convention taking into account the relationship
with the Standard Rules and in so doing to
carefully study the report and proposals made by
the Special Rapporteur at the fortieth session of
the Commission for Social Development6 and the
study commissioned by Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
as well as the views of the Member States, the
international organizations and the nongovernmental
organizations on these proposals;
.14. Encourages Governments, relevant
United Nations bodies and organizations,
including the Bretton Woods institutions, as well
as non-governmental organizations to take active
part in the work of the Ad Hoc Committee;
.15. Also encourages Governments, as well
as non-governmental organizations and the
private sector, to continue to contribute to the
United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability in
order to support the activities of the Special
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equalization of opportunities by, for and with
persons with disabilities..
42. At the 11th meeting, on 21 February, the
representative of Sweden orally revised operative
paragraph 13 of the draft resolution by replacing the
existing text with the following:
.13. Recommends that the Ad Hoc
Committee, set up by General Assembly
resolution 56/158, consider proposals for a
convention taking into account the relationship
with relevant Human Rights instruments and the
Standard Rules and in doing so carefully study
the report and proposals made by the Special
Rapporteur at the fortieth session of the
Commission for Social Development and the
study commissioned by Office of the High
Commissioner of Human Rights, as well as the
views of the Member States, the international
organizations and the non-governmental
organizations on these proposals..
43. Subsequently, the Czech Republic, Jamaica, New
Zealand* and Suriname joined in sponsoring the draft
resolution.
44. At the same meeting, the representative of the
United States of America proposed an oral amendment
to the fifth preambular paragraph whereby the words
.for States Parties. would be added to the end of the
paragraph, so that the paragraph would read:
.Mindful of the important role played by the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women and the
Convention on the Rights of the Child for States
Parties,.
45. Statements were made by the representative of
Sweden, as well as the observer for India.
46. Also at the same meeting, following a statement
made by the Chairman, the Commission decided that
no action would be taken by the Commission on the
draft resolution at that stage.
47. At the resumed 11th meeting, on 27 February, the
representative of Sweden, on behalf of Austria,
Belgium,* the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,*
France, Germany, Greece,* Ireland,* Italy, Jamaica,
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* Non-member participating in accordance with rule 69 of
the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of
the Economic and Social Council (E/5975/Rev.1).
Luxembourg,* the Netherlands,* New Zealand,*
Norway,* Portugal,* Spain, Suriname,* Sweden and the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland,* introduced a revised draft resolution
(E/CN.5/2002/L.4/Rev.1) entitled .Further promotion
of equalization of opportunities by, for and with
persons with disabilities and protection of their human
rights..
48. At the same meeting, the representative of
Sweden orally revised the first preambular paragraph
of the draft resolution, which read:
.Reaffirming the principles and purposes of
the Charter of the United Nations and recalling
the obligations contained in the relevant human
rights instruments,.
to read as follows:
.Recalling the purposes and principles of
the Charter of the United Nations and reaffirming
the obligations contained in the relevant human
rights instruments, including the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women and the Convention on the Rights
of the Child,.
49. A statement in explanation of vote before the vote
was made by the representative of Sweden.
50. Before the vote, statements were made by the
representatives of Benin, the United States of America,
Haiti and Bangladesh.
51. At the same meeting, the representative of the
United States of America proposed a new oral
amendment to the draft resolution whereby the first
preambular paragraph would be replaced by the
following paragraph:
.Reaffirming the principles and purposes of
the Charter of the United Nations, and recalling
the applicable human rights instruments,
including the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the
Convention on the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination, the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women and the Convention on the Rights
of the Child,..
52. Statements were made by the representatives of
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United States of America, as well as by the observers
for Cuba and the Netherlands.
53. Also at the same meeting, the Commission
adopted the first preambular paragraph, as orally
revised by Sweden, by a recorded vote of 34 to 1. The
voting was as follows:
In favour:
Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus,
Benin, China, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Democratic People.s Republic of Korea,
Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El
Salvador, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala,
Haiti, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy,
Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Republic
of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa,
Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Republic of
Tanzania.
Against:
United States of America.
54. The Commission then adopted the revised draft
resolution, as further orally revised, without a vote (see
chap. I, sect. B, draft resolution I).
Comprehensive and integral
international convention to promote
and protect the rights and dignity of
persons with disabilities
55. At the 10th meeting, on 20 February, the
representative of Mexico, on behalf of Chile,* Ecuador,
El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico, introduced a draft
resolution entitled .Comprehensive and integral
international convention to promote and protect the
rights and dignity of persons with disabilities.
(E/CN.5/2002/L.5), which read as follows:
Comprehensive and integral international
convention to promote and protect the rights
and dignity of persons with disabilities
The Commission for Social Development,
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* In accordance with rule 69 of the rules of procedure of
the functional commissions of the Economic and Social
Council.
Taking into account General Assembly resolution
56/168 of 19 December 2001, by which it decided to
establish an Ad Hoc Committee open to the
participation of all Member States and observers of the
United Nations to consider proposal for a
comprehensive and integral international convention to
protect and promote the rights and dignity of persons
with disabilities, based on the holistic approach in the
work done in the field of social development, human
rights and non-discrimination and taking into account
the recommendations of the Commission on Human
Rights and the Commission for Social Development,
Bearing in mind the invitation made by the
General Assembly in its resolution 56/168 to relevant
bodies and organizations of the United Nations system,
as well as intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations with an interest in the matter, to make
contributions to the work entrusted to the Ad Hoc
Committee, based on the practice of the United
Nations,
Taking into account the report of the Special
Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for Social
Development in which he notes that with the adoption
of General Assembly resolution 56/168 the process of
elaborating a convention on the rights of persons with
disabilities has been started,
1. Notes with appreciation the valuable work
undertaken by the Special Rapporteur on Disability and
of his final report for the period 2000-2002, in
particular his recommendations relating to the
preparatory process of elaborating the international
convention;
2. Invites the Special Rapporteur and the panel
of experts to contribute to the work entrusted to the Ad
Hoc Committee by making recommendations regarding
the content and practical measures that should be
considered in the international convention;
3. Underlines the importance of receiving as
soon as possible the contributions request by the
General Assembly of relevant bodies and organizations
of the United Nations system, as well as
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations
with an interest in the matter for the work of the Ad
Hoc Committee, based on the practice of the United
Nations;
4. Requests the Secretary-General, with the
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Commissioner for Human Rights and the Division for
Social Policy and Development of the Secretariat, to
submit to the Ad Hoc Committee prior to its first
session a compilation of existing international legal
instruments, documents and programmes that directly
or indirectly address the situation of persons with
disabilities, to include, inter alia, those of conferences,
summits, meetings or international or regional
seminars convened by the United Nations and
intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations;
5. Invites Member States to provide adequate
financial resources to ensure the necessary expertise
and the participation of international disability
organizations;
6. Decides to remain seized of this matter.
56. At the 11th meeting, on 21 February, the
Commission had before it, in English only, a revised
draft resolution entitled .Comprehensive and integral
international convention to promote and protect the
rights and dignity of persons with disabilities.
submitted on behalf of the sponsors of
E/CN.5/2002/L.5, as well as Argentina, Brazil,* Cuba,*
the Dominican Republic,* Jamaica and South Africa.
57. At the same meeting, a statement was made by
the observer for India.
58. Also at the same meeting, the Commission
adopted the revised draft resolution (see chap. I, sect.
B, draft resolution II).
Chapter III
Provisional agenda for the fortyfirst
session of the Commission
59. At its 11th meeting, on 21 February 2002, the
Commission considered item 4 of its agenda. The
Commission had before it the draft provisional agenda
for the forty-first session (E/CN.5/2002/L.7).
60. At the same meeting, the Secretary of the
Commission read out revisions to the text, as follows:
(a) Under sub-item 3 (b) a new subparagraph
was inserted, which read:
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* Non-member participating in accordance with rule 69 of
the rules of procedure of the functional commissions of
the Economic and Social Council (E/5975/Rev.1).
.(iii) World Programme of Action
concerning Disabled Persons..
(b) Under item 3 as a whole, the following text
was inserted:
Documentation
Report of the Secretary-General on national and
international cooperation for social development
Report of the Secretary-General: World Youth
Report 2003
Report of the Secretary-General on preparations
for and observance of the tenth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family
Report of the Secretary-General on the World
Programme of Action concerning Disabled
Persons
(c) Under item 4, the following text was
inserted:
Documentation
Note by the Secretary-General on the draft
programme of work of the Division for Social
Policy and Development for the biennium 2004-
2005
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the
report of the Board of the United Nations
Research Institute for Social Development
Note by the Secretary-General on the nomination
of members of the Board of the United Nations
Research Institute for Social Development
61. The Commission decided to approve the
provisional agenda for the fortieth session of the
Commission, together with the list of requested
documentation as orally revised (see chap. I, sect. C,
draft decision II).
Chapter IV
Adoption of the report of the
Commission on its fortieth session
62. At the 11th meeting, on 27 February 2002, the
Vice-Chairman acting also as Rapporteur introduced
the draft report of the Commission on its fortieth
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63. The Commission then adopted the report and
entrusted the Rapporteur with its completion.
Chapter V
Organization of the session
A. Opening and duration of the session
64. The Commission for Social Development held its
fortieth session at United Nations Headquarters in New
York from 11 to 21 and 27 February 2002. The
Commission held 11 meetings (1st to 11th) and a
number of informal meetings.
B. Attendance
65. In accordance with Economic and Social Council
resolution 1996/7 of 22 July 1996, the Commission is
composed of 46 States Members of the United Nations,
elected on the principle of equitable geographical
distribution.
66. The session was attended by 46 States Members
of the Commission. Observers for other States
Members of the United Nations and for non-member
States and representatives of the specialized agencies
and intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations also attended. A list of participants is
contained in annex I to the present report.
C. Election of officers
67. At the 1st meeting, on 11 February, the
Commission decided to re-elect as its Bureau of the
fortieth session the Bureau of the thirty-ninth session
of the Commission, which was as follows:
Chairman:
Faith Innerarity (Jamaica)
Vice-Chairmen:
Henrik Hahn (Denmark)
Nicole J. Elisha (Benin)
Muhammed Enayet Mowla (Bangladesh)
Vice-Chairman cum Rapporteur:
Anzhela Korneliouk (Belarus)
D. Agenda
68. At its 1st meeting, on 11 February, the
Commission adopted its provisional agenda for the
session (E/CN.5/2002/1). The agenda was as follows:
1. Election of officers.
2. Adoption of the agenda and other
organizational matters.
3. Follow-up to the World Summit for Social
Development and the twenty-fourth special
session of the General Assembly:
(a) Priority theme: integration of social
and economic policy:
(i) Social aspects of macroeconomic
policies;
(ii) Social assessment as a policy
tool;
(iii) Expenditures in the social sector
as a productive factor;
(b) Review of relevant United Nations
plans and programmes of action
pertaining to the situation of social
groups:
(i) Commission for Social
Development acting as the
Preparatory Committee for the
Second World Assembly on
Ageing;
(ii) Report on the Third Mandate of
the Special Rapporteur on
Disability;
(iii) Preparations for and observance
of the tenth anniversary of the
International Year of the Family.
4. Provisional agenda for the forty-first
session of the Commission.
5. Adoption of the report of the Commission
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E. Organization of work
69. At its 1st meeting, on 11 February, the
Commission approved its organization of work for the
session, as orally revised (see E/CN.5/2002/L.1).
F. Organizational matters
70. At the 1st meeting, on 11 February, the Chairman
of the Commission introduced a draft decision entitled
.Organizational matters. (E/CN.5/2002/L.2).
71. At the same meeting, statements were made by
the representatives of India, Spain (on behalf of the
States Members of the United Nations that are
members of the European Union), Algeria and
Bangladesh.
72. At its 4th meeting, on 12 February, the
Commission adopted the draft decision
(E/CN.5/2002/L.2) and recommended its adoption by
the Economic and Social Council (see chap. I, sect. C,
draft decision I).
73. At the same meeting, statements were made by
the representatives of Spain (on behalf of the States
Members of the United Nations that are members of
the European Union) and Algeria.
74. At its 2nd meeting, on 13 February, the Economic
and Social Council adopted the draft decision, which
was contained in document E/2002/L.3.
G. Proposed revisions to the medium-term
plan for the period 2002-2005
75. At its 1st meeting, on 11 February, the
Commission had before it the proposed revisions to the
medium-term plan for the period 2002-2005 for
subprogramme 3, Social policy and development, of
programme 7, Economic and social affairs, as
contained in the annex to document
E/CN.5/2002/CRP.1.
76. At the same meeting, statements were made by
the representatives of Algeria and Morocco, as well as
by the observer for Cuba.
77. Also at the same meeting, a statement was made
by the Director of the Division for Social Policy and
Development, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, providing clarifications to statements made by
the representatives of Algeria and Morocco, as well as
by the observer for Cuba.
78. At its 7th meeting, on 14 February, the Chairman
requested delegations to provide any comments on
document E/CN.5/2002/CRP.1 in writing. Accordingly,
the United States of America provided the following
comments:
In paragraphs 7.15, 7.16 (e), and 7.17 (e): the
phrase .people who are ageing. should be
changed to .older persons..
79. At the 11th meeting, on 21 February, upon the
proposal of the Chairman, the Commission decided to
transmit to the Committee for Programme and
Coordination the comments made on the proposed
revisions to subprogramme 7.3 of the medium-term
plan for the period 2002-2005.
80. At the same meeting, statements were made by
the representative of Algeria, as well as by the
observers for Cuba and India.
H. Keynote speaker on the priority theme
of the integration of social and
economic policy
81. At the 1st meeting, on 11 February, the keynote
speaker, José Antonio Ocampo, Executive Secretary of
the Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean, addressed the Commission.
I. Resumed session of the Commission for
Social Development
82. At its 11th meeting, on 21 February, the
Commission decided to recommend that the Economic
and Social Council adopt the following draft decision,
which was read out by the Chairman:
.The Commission for Social Development
recommends to the Economic and Social Council
the adoption of the following draft decision:
.The Economic and Social Council decides
to authorize the Commission for Social
Development to hold a resumed session, subject
to the availability of services, for one day, on an
exceptional basis, in order to complete the work
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J. Non-governmental organizations
dialogue segment
83. At its 5th meeting, on 13 February, the
Commission held a dialogue with non-governmental
organizations. Presentations were made by the
following non-governmental organizations in
consultative status with the Economic and Social
Council: International Council on Social Welfare,
Triglav Circle, Centro di Ricerca e Documentazione
Febbraio 74, Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of
the Good Shepherd, Society of Catholic Medical
Missionaries and Sisters of Loretto, after which a
statement was made by the representative of Suriname.
84. At the 6th meeting, on 13 February, statements
were made by the representatives of Ghana,
Switzerland and South Africa, as well as by the
observers for Suriname, Malawi and Mali.
K. Presentations by entities of the
United Nations
85. At the 5th meeting, on 13 February, presentations
were made by the following representatives of the
United Nations system: Mr. John Langmore, Director,
Liaison Office of the International Labour
Organization with the United Nations; Mr. Jacques
Baudot, Coordinator, International Forum for Social
Development; Mr. John Martin, Senior Adviser,
Department of Health and Development, World Health
Organization; Ms. Judith Edstrom, Sector Manager,
Social Development, World Bank; and Mr. Alfatih
Hamad, Deputy Director of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Liaison Office to the United Nations.
86. Also at the same meeting, questions were posed
and comments were made by the representatives of
Mexico and Algeria, as well as by the observers for
Chile and Suriname, to which the entities of the United
Nations responded.
L. Documentation
87. The documents before the Commission at its
fortieth session are listed in annex II to the present
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Annex I
Attendance
Members
Algeria: Abdallah Baali, Mourad Benmehdi, Dalila Samah
Abdelouahab Osmane
Argentina: Arnoldo Listre, Domingo Cullen, Alberto D.Alotto,
Alejandra Ayuso
Austria: Gerard Pfanzelter, Rosa Weiss, Verena Wimmer-Kodat,
Iris Dembsher, Richard Kühnel, Hans Plut
Bangladesh: Iftakhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Muhammed Enayet Mowla,
Samina Naz
Belarus: Sergei Ling, Anzhela Korneliouk
Benin: Joël Wassi Adechi, Nicole J. Elisha
Bulgaria: Lily Valchanova
China: Wang Yinfan, Xie Bohua, Xiao Caiwei, Liu Yunan,
Hu Meiqu, Zhang Meifang
Comoros: Mahmoud Aboud, Mohmaed Souef El Amine
Croatia: Ivan .imonovic, Nino .ganec, Jasna Ognyanovac,
Dubravka .imonovic, Jasmina Vrhovac
Czech Republic: Dagmar Tomková, Dagmar Ratajová, Ivana
Grollová
Democratic People.s
Republic of Korea: Kim Chang Guk, Mun Jong Chol
Denmark: Henrik Bramsen Hahn, Hanne Fugl Eskjaer,
Grethe Fenger Møller
Dominican Republic: Manuel Felix, Ilka Mieses, Mariela Sánchez
Ecuador: Mario Alemán, Silvia Espíndola
El Salvador: José Roberto Andino Salazar, Hazel Escrich,
Carlos Enrique García González
France: Bruno Huisman, François Poinsot, Didier Le Bret,
Hugues Moret
Gabon:
Germany: Hans Schumacher, Christoph Linzbach, Detlef Boldt,
Bettina Cadenbach, Manuel Müller, Elisabeth Heidbrink,
Birgit Zeitz, Dirk Jarré, Stefan Pohlmann
Ghana: Nana Effah-Apenteng, Harold Adlai Agyeman,
Mavis E. Kusorgbor

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Guatemala: Gert Rosenthal, Luis F. Carranza, Karla Samayoa
Guinea:
Haiti: Nixon Myrthil, Nicole Romulus, Nadège M. A. Gordon
Indonesia: Makmur Widodo, Mochamad Slamet Hidayat,
Bali Moniaga, Darmanshah Djumala, Salman Al-Farisi,
Listyowati, Penny D. Herasati
Iran (Islamic Republic of):
Italy: Brunella Borzi, Luigi Mattiolo, Valeria Bernardini
Jamaica: Patricia Durrant, O.Neill Francis, Faith Innerarity
Japan: Eiji Yamamoto, Masaki Yokohama, Rumi Yabuki,
Naoko Hashimoto
Kazakhstan:
Mexico: Luis Alfonso de Alba, Blanca Lilia García López,
Felicia Knaul, Claudia Velasco
Morocco: Mohamed Bennouna, Mohamed Loulichki, Aicha Afifi,
Naima Senhaji
Nigeria: Arthur C. I. Mbanefo, Teniola Olusegun Apata,
Mustapha Betara Aliyu, Adamu Aboki Musa,
G. M. Quist
Peru: Oswaldo de Rivero, Alfredo Chuquihuara,
Carmen-Rosa Arias
Republic of Korea: Sun Joun-yung, Shin On-han, Kang Kyung-wha,
Kim Soo-hyun, Lim Ho-geun, Shin Young-seok
Russian Federation: A. I. Osadchik, V. T. Ponizov, M. Korunova,
A. Rogov, D. V. Kuyazhinskly, E. Ustinov
South Africa: Luvuyo Ndimeni
Spain: Inocencio F. Arias, D. José Manuel López-Barrón,
Ana Maria Menéndez, Paloma Durán, Isabel Codón,
Carmen Castiella, Carlos Ruiz, Delmira Seara,
Isabel Chollet, Mónica Delaguardia, José Luis
Castellanos, Rosa Maria Bravo, Asunción Guerrero,
José Luis Sanz, Ana Pérez
Sudan: Omer Bashir Manis, Tarig Ali Bakhit, Anas El Tayeb
Elgailani Mustafa
Swaziland:
Sweden: Eva Persson Göransson, Mikael Sjöberg, Lars
Blomgren, Carl Leczinsky, Björn Jonzon, Maikki
Lemme,
Kerstin Odman, Catharina Ekelöl, Annika Mansnérus,
Kerstin Jansson, Niklas Jacobsson, Katarina Martholm,
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Switzerland: Stefan Brupbacher, Julius Anderegg
Thailand: Cholchineepan Chiranond, Rarinthip Sirorat,
Kesanee Palanuwongse, Arjaree Sriratanaban
Turkey: Recep Dumanli
United Republic of
Tanzania: Daudi N. Mwakawago, Christine Kapalata
United States of America: Sichan Siv, John Davison, Tina Chung, Carol Colloton,
Avraham Rabby, Herbert Traub, Mary Lou Valdez,
Michelle Zack, Claudia Serwer
Viet Nam: Nguyen Thanh Chau, Dao Quang Vinh, Le Hoai Trung,
Pham Thi Kim Anh
States Members of the United Nations represented by observers
Andorra, Angola, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Botswana, Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chile, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Côte d.Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, Fiji, Finland, Gambia,
Guatemala, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan,
Lesotho, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Monaco,
Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay,
Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Somalia, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Non-member States represented by observers
Holy See
Entities having received a standing invitation to participate as observers in the
sessions and the work of the General Assembly and maintaining permanent
observer missions at Headquarters
Palestine
Specialized agencies
International Labour Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,
World Health Organization, World Bank, United Nations Industrial Development
Organization.
Non-governmental organizations
General consultative status
American Association of Retired Persons, Caritas Internationalis, Franciscans
International, Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Council of North and South of
America, HelpAge International, International Chamber of Commerce, International

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Confederation of Free Trade Unions, International Council of Women, International
Council on Social Welfare, International Federation of Associations of the Elderly,
International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhoods Centres, International
Federation on Ageing, International Movement ATD Fourth World, International
Union of Family Organizations, International Youth and Student Movement for the
United Nations, Soroptimist International, World Blind Union, World Organization
of the Scout Movement, World Veterans Federation, Zonta International.
Special consultative status
Advisory Commission of the Evangelical Church in Germany, AFS Inter-
Cultural Programs, Baha.i International Community, Centro de Ricerca e
Documentazione Febbraio 74, Child Welfare League of America, China Disabled
Person.s Federation, Citizens Coalition for Economic Justice, Commission of the
Churches on International Affairs, Congregation of Our Lady of the Good Shepherd,
Disabled Peoples. International, Federación Agentina Apoyo Familiar, Federation of
Associations of Former International Civil Servants, Friends World Committee for
Consultation, Fundacion pro Derechos de la Familia . PRODEFA, Global
Education Associates, Inclusion International, Institute of Global Education,
International Association of Schools of Social Work, International Catholic Union of
the Press, International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity . CIDSE,
International Federation for Home Economics, International Federation of Social
Workers, International Federation of University Women, International Longevity
Center, International Research Foundation for Development, Inc., International
Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Islamic Women.s Institute of Iran, Italian
Centre of Solidarity, Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, Pax Christi International,
Paz y Cooperación (Peace and Cooperation), Rehabilitation International, Public
Services International, School Sisters of Notre Dame, Sisters of Mercy of the
Americas, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Triglav Circle,
World Alliance of Young Men.s Christian Association, World Information Transfer,
Inc., World Movement of Mothers, World Student Christian Federation, World
Union of Catholic Women.s Organizations, World Young Women.s Christian
Association.
Roster
Armenian International Women.s Association, Armenian Relief Society,
Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, Council on International and
Public Affairs, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, General Board of Global Ministries,
United Methodist Church, Gray Panthers, Institute for Planetary Synthesis, Instituto
de Analises Sociais e Economicas, International Association of Charities,
International Federation for Parent Education, International Humanist and Ethical
Union, International Women.s Tribune Center, Loretto Community, SERVAS
International, UNDA . International Catholic Association for Radio and
Television, United Church Board for World Ministries, World Organization for Early
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Annex II
List of documents before the Commission at its fortieth session
Document number Agenda item Title or description
E/CN.5/2002/1 2 Provisional agenda
E/CN.5/2002/2 3 (b) Report of the Secretary-General on follow-up to the
International Year of the Family in 2004
E/CN.5/2002/3 3 (a) Report of the Secretary-General on the integration of
social and economic policy
E/CN.5/2002/4 3 (b) Note by the Secretary-General on monitoring the
implementation of the Standard Rules on the
Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with
Disabilities
E/CN.5/2002/5 3 (b) Letter dated 11 February 2002 from the Permanent
Representative of the People.s Republic of China to the
United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
E/CN.5/2002/CRP.1 2 Note by the Secretariat on proposed revisions to the
medium-term plan for the period 2002-2005
E/CN.5/2002/L.1 2 Note by the Secretariat on the organization of work of
the session
E/CN.5/2002/L.2* 2 Draft decision submitted by the Bureau of the
Commission on the basis of informal consultations
E/CN.5/2002/L.3 3 (b) (iii) Draft resolution entitled .Preparations for the observance
of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the
Family. submitted by Benin
E/CN.5/2002/L.4 and Rev.1 3 (b) (ii) Draft resolution entitled .Further promotion of
equalization of opportunities by, for and with persons
with disabilities and protection of their human rights
submitted by Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,
Jamaica, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Portugal, Spain, Suriname, Sweden and United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
E/CN.5/2002/L.5 3 (b) (ii) Draft resolution entitled .Comprehensive and integral
international convention to promote and protect the
rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. submitted
by Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico
E/CN.5/2002/L.6 and Add.1 5 Draft report of the Commission on its fortieth session
E/CN.5/2002/L.7 4 Provisional agenda for the forty-first session of the
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Document number Agenda item Title or description
E/CN.5/2002/NGO/1 3 (b) (iii) Statement submitted by the International Council of
Women and Soroptimist International, non-governmental
organizations in consultative status with the Economic and
Social Council; the Baha.i International Community, the
Foundation for the Rights of the Family, the International
Confederation of Christian Family Movements, the
International Council of Jewish Women, the International
Council of Psychologists, the International Council on
Alcohol and Addictions, the International Federation for
Family Development, the International Federation for
Home Economics, the International Kolping Society, the
Italian Centre of Solidarity, the Salvation Army and SOS
Kinderdorf International, non-governmental organizations
in special consultative status with the Economic and
Social Council; and the European Union of Women, the
International Association of Charities and the International
Inner Wheel, non-governmental organizations on the
Roster of the Economic and Social Council
E/CN.5/2002/NGO/2 3 (b) (iii) Statement submitted by the Foundation for the Rights of
the Family, a non-governmental organization in special
consultative status with the Economic and Social Council
E/CN.5/2002/NGO/3 3 (b) (iii) Statement submitted by the following non-governmental
organizations in special consultative status with the
Economic and Social Council: International Federation
for Home Economics on behalf of the undersigned nongovernmental
organizations: Greek Orthodox
Archdiocesan Council, Rotary International, American
Psychological Association, Associated Country Women
of the World, International Federation of Business and
Professional Women, Center for Migration Studies,
Caritas Internationalis, International Kolping Society,
International Federation for Home Economics, World
Federation of Ukrainian Women.s Organization,
International Council of Psychologists, International
Federation of Social Workers, World Family
Organizations, Child Welfare League and International
Movement ATD Fourth World
E/CN.5/2002/NGO/4 3 (b) (iii) Statement submitted by the International Society for
Traumatic Stress Studies, a non-governmental
organization in special consultative status with the
Economic and Social Council