Two Commissions

Both the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) focusing on “poverty eradication”, and the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) focusing on “Access and participation of women and girls in education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work”, will take place during the month of February.  UNANIMA International has submitted written statements to be included in the official documents of each session. You can find them on our website. We will have a delegation of approximately 20 women from six of our member congregations attending the CSW session.

Parallel events

UNANIMA International is co-sponsoring side events at the Commission for Social Development.  On February 14, “Poverty and Trafficking: Fishing in the Stream of Migration” will be offered during the noon recess of the government sessions. During the Commission on the Status of Women, the Coalition against Trafficking in Women will work with us to offer education on “Corporate Responsibility: The Internet and Sex Trafficking.”

UN CSocD 49

49th session of the UN Commission for Social Development

Theme: Poverty Eradication
Location: UN Headquarters, New York, USA

Reception for Participants in the Civil Society Forum of CSocD 49

Reception for the participants in the Civil Society Forum for the 49th session of the Commission for Social Development

Location: TBA
Convened by: Civil Society Forum

Side Event: “Poverty and Trafficking: Fishing in the Stream of Migration”

Location: NLB, Conference Room C
Sponsored by: UNANIMA International

Civil Society Forum Preparation for CSocD 49

Civil Society Forum to prepare for the 49th session of the Commission for Social Development

Location: TBA
Convened by: Civil Society Forum

Luncheon for the Bureau of CSocD 49

Luncheon for the Bureau of the 49th session of the Commission for Social Development

Location: TBA
Convened by: NGO Committee on Social Development

For further information

For further information on the outcomes of the Commission on Social Development in February and the Commission on the Status of Women in March.

The 48th Session of the Commission for Social Development

The 48th session of the Commission for Social Development finished its deliberations on 19 February in an extended session which allowed them to reach consensus on four resolutions to be passed on to the General Assembly: on social integration, on the Madrid Plan of Action on Aging, on the New Economic Programme for Africa (NEPAD), and mainstreaming disability in the development agenda.  This is the first time since the 1995 World Summit on Social Development that the commission has passed a resolution relating to social integration and it comes at a time of strong forces working for exclusion of peoples.

The NGO committee of which UNANIMA is a member made an important contribution to the deliberations through a survey taken from members around the world on good practices promoting social integration and inclusion.  Louise Cleary was part of a small committee responsible for the collation and publication of this report.  For survey and the results.

The outcomes of CSocD 48 can be found Division for Social Affairs website.

Upcoming Commissions

• The 48th Session of the Commission on Social Development begins for NGOs on 2 February 2010, with a civil society forum where NGOs will be briefed on the commission’s theme of social integration and finalize a civil society declaration to be delivered the first day of the commission. Louise Cleary worked with the collation of an NGO survey on good practices of social integration.  The executive summary of this survey has been printed and will be distributed to the governments at the commission.Coalition Coordinator, Catherine Ferguson, will be one of the persons assisting with NGO orientation on the first day of the commission and will be speaking on a panel on 10 February to discuss how NGO grassroots projects have been affected by the global economic crisis.
• The54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 1–12 March 2010.  Because the UNANIMA International board meeting occurs from 4-6 March many of the board members will also participate in part of the commission meetings.  UNANIMA International is the lead sponsor of a panel discussion entitled “If there is no demand there would be no supply.”  Catherine will be one of the speakers and will discuss UNANIMA’s STOP THE DEMAND campaign.