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After the social summit
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"The World Summit for Social Development has provided an invaluable opportunity to focus international attention on issues of poverty, unemployment and social disintegration. The event itself is over. But a process has been set in motion that can bring together groups around the world to work toward reversing the trends of polarization and fraying solidarity that have so conspicuously marked the past several decades. UNRISD is committed to supporting the work of the Social Summit. For two years preceding the event in Copenhagen, the Institute dedicated a large part of its staff time and resources to facilitating discussion of some of the critical issues prompting the organization of that conference. The UNRISD Occasional Paper and Briefing Paper series, for example, provided concise analysis of such subjects as the roots of ethnic conflict, the social implications of structural adjustment programmes, the relation between social organization and environmental deterioration, and the policy dilemmas posed by the growth of the international trade in illicit drugs. Through international conferences and seminars, UNRISD also brought together hundreds of people involved in the Summit preparatory process — including members of governmental and nongovernmental delegations, academics, journalists and the interested public — to debate problems of urgent public policy concern. In its report for the Social Summit, States of Disarray, the Institute presented a broad ranging exploration of the social effects of globalization. And through its programme on Rethinking Social Development, distinguished social scientists and writers were drawn into a discussion of the nature of socio-economic and cultural change at the end of the twentieth century. With the conclusion of the Summit meetings in mid-March 1995 and the adoption of a Declaration and Programme of Action, a new phase of work is beginning. Individuals, groups and institutions committed to furthering the goals of the Summit are currently evaluating the outcome of the conference, considering the strengths and weaknesses of the Programme of Action and discussing the strategies they will adopt to carry the implementation process forward. The meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in Geneva, during June and July 1995, constituted an early and important element in the official follow-up to the Social Summit. The agenda of the high level segment of the Council included debate on follow-up activities, in which representatives of both governments and accredited non-governmental organizations participated."(pg i)
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1995-07-04
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