A/RES/62/131
Noting with appreciation the ministerial declaration adopted at the high-level
segment of the substantive session of 2006 of the Economic and Social Council, on
“Creating an environment at the national and international levels conducive to
generating full and productive employment and decent work for all, and its impact
on sustainable development”, 5
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Noting that the decent work agenda of the International Labour Organization,
with its four strategic objectives, is an important instrument to achieve the objective
of full and productive employment and decent work for all,
Emphasizing the need to enhance the role of the Commission for Social
Development in the follow-up and review of the World Summit for Social
Development and the outcome of the twenty-fourth special session of the General
Assembly,
Recognizing that a people-centred approach must be at the centre of economic
and social development,
1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 6
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2.
Welcomes the reaffirmation by Governments of their will and
commitment to continue implementing the Copenhagen Declaration on Social
Development and the Programme of Action,1 in particular to eradicate poverty,
promote full and productive employment and foster social integration to achieve
stable, safe and just societies for all;
0H
Recognizes that the implementation of the Copenhagen commitments
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and the attainment of the internationally agreed development goals, including the
Millennium Development Goals, are mutually reinforcing and that the
Copenhagen commitments are crucial to a coherent people-centred approach to
development;
Reaffirms that the Commission for Social Development continues to have
4.
the primary responsibility for the follow-up and review of the World Summit for
Social Development and the outcome of the twenty-fourth special session of the
General Assembly and that it serves as the main United Nations forum for an
intensified global dialogue on social development issues, and calls upon Member
States, the relevant specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United
Nations system and civil society to enhance their support for its work;
Recognizes that the broad concept of social development affirmed by the
5.
World Summit for Social Development and the twenty-fourth special session of the
General Assembly has been weakened in national and international policymaking
and that, while poverty eradication is a central part of development policy and
discourse, further attention should be given to the other commitments agreed to at
the Summit, in particular those concerning employment and social integration,
which have also suffered from a general disconnect between economic and social
policymaking;
Acknowledges that the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of
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Poverty (1997–2006), launched after the World Summit for Social Development, has
provided the long-term vision for sustained and concerted efforts at the national and
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See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/61/3/Rev.1),
chap. III, para. 50.
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A/62/122.
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