10-year review of the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome of the 24th special session of the General AssemblyCommission for Social Development 43rd session New York,9-18 February 2005

Social Summit+5General Assembly 24th special session Geneva,26 June-1 July 2000

At this meeting the States members of the United Nations took part in the appraisal and follow-up to the objectives of the World Summit on Social Development and set the following challenges: to confirm each country's responsibility in relation to the Copenhagen accords; convincing the North-South axis of the need for a solid system of basic social services; sound principles for social policies; particular attention to the role of women in social policy; and the role of civil society as a critical partner in the quest for solutions.

Source: ECLAC

World Summit for Social Development Copenhagen,11-12 March 1995

World events in the mid-1990s formed the backdrop for the World Summit for Social Development. The discussion revolved around globalization, dramatic changes in the world economy, poverty, unemployment and social disintegration. These phenomena highlighted the need to give renewed priority to the social aspects of development, with emphasis on the least developed and most isolated countries.

Commitments:

• Creating an economic, political, social, cultural and legal environment that will enable people to achieve social development.
• Eradicating poverty in the world through decisive actions and international cooperation.
• Promoting full employment as a basic priority of economic and social policy.
• Promoting social integration and the promotion and protection of all human rights.
• Achieving equality between women and men.
• Promoting and attaining the goals of universal and equitable access to quality education and access for all to primary health care.
• Accelerating the economic, social and human development of Africa and the least developed countries.
• Ensuring that structural adjustment programmes include social development goals.
• Significantly increasing the resources allocated to social development.
• Improving and strengthening the framework for international cooperation in a spirit of partnership.

In order to achieve these commitments, the Summit participants proposed a Programme of Action based on the three main themes of poverty eradication, expansion of productive employment and reduction of unemployment, and social integration. The Member States also adopted the Copenhagen Declaration.

Source: ECLAC