{"id":15370,"date":"2016-02-04T19:50:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T19:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=15370"},"modified":"2018-04-22T12:01:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T16:01:28","slug":"new-session-of-un-social-development-commission-ties-social-inclusion-to-2030-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2016\/02\/new-session-of-un-social-development-commission-ties-social-inclusion-to-2030-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"New session of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Social Development Commission ties social inclusion to 2030 Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The adoption of the 2030 Agenda \u2013 which places people and the planet at the centre of global development \u2013 presents new challenges and opportunity for the United Nations Commission on Social Development, a senior Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ official said today, opening the body’s 54th annual session with a call for building on its strengths to foster an integrated approach when addressing social policies.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can enhance your work in promoting progress in social development in the context of the new Agenda. You can integrate your work related to disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, including persons with disabilities, youth, older persons and families, into ensuring that no one is left behind,\u201d said Lenni Montiel, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.<\/p>\n

While \u201cenormous\u201d gains were made since the World Summit for Social Development had resulted in the Copenhagen Declaration in 1995, progress remained uneven \u2014 both within and among countries \u2014 with millions of people still excluded from access to the very rights, services and income-generating activities that underpinned a sustainable future for all.<\/p>\n

As such, the Commission’s<\/a> work is indeed vital to implementation of the new 2030 Agenda<\/a>. Further, it is critical in providing a platform for Member States to deliberate social policies, share experiences, raise awareness and mobilize action. While more than one billion people since 1995 had been helped out of extreme poverty and the proportion of undernourished people in developing regions was down by almost half, progress had been uneven.<\/p>\n

The Commission’s session<\/a>, which runs through 12 February, will conclude the 46-member body’s 2015-2016 review and policy cycle under the priority theme \u201cRethinking and Strengthening Social Development in the Contemporary World.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the first session held after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, it is marked by a new overall context, with discussion focused on the role of social policy in achieving people-centred, inclusive sustainable development for all.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to create over 600 million new jobs by 2030,\u201d he said, or 40 million annually to keep pace with growth in the working age population. Conditions for the 780 million working poor must be improved and rising inequality addressed,\u201d Mr. Montiel said, noting that a lack of equal opportunity for women, youth, those with disabilities, the elderly and indigenous communities meant they could not realize their potential.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Via Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News Centre<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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