Priority Theme: "Poverty Eradication"

The Fiftieth Session of the Commission for Social Development will be convened from 1 to 10 February 2012 in conference room 4 at the United Nations North Lawn Building (NLB) in New York. The priority theme this year is "Poverty Eradication". 

Report on the fiftieth session (18 February 2011 and 1-10 February 2012) – Supplement No. 6 – 43 pages 
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Draft Resolutions

Chair's Summaries

Statements made at the Session 

Summary of the Session, 2^nd & 3^rd Meetings: Deputy Secretary-General calls for speedy action to create jobs and ensure social protection, 1 February 2012.

Summary of the Session, 4^th & 5^th Meetings: Global Economic woes threaten efforts to eradicate poverty through decent productive work, 2 February 2012.

Summary of the Session, 6^th & 7^th Meeting: Special Rapporteur on Disability calls for full integration into development agenda for rights of persons with disabilities, 3 February 2012.

Summary of the Session, 8th & 9th Meetings: Importance of Tackling Youth Unemployment Emphasized as Commission for Social Development Holds Panel Discussion before Concluding Poverty Discussion, 6 February 2012.

Summary of the Session, 10^th Meeting: Commission for Social Development considers programme intended to make Social Policy Division’s Work ‘More Precise, Transparent, Measurable’, 9 February 2012.

Commission for Social Development approves seven draft resolutions as fiftieth session concludes,10 February 2012 

 Agenda - matrix table (pdf)

Provisional annotated agenda and proposed organization of work,E/CN.5/2012/1: English | Français | Español | Русский | عربي | 汉语

Membership of the session (pdf)

Documents of the session

NGOs Statements 

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Participation at the session

Members of the Bureau