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".

Draft Resolutions

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

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.

 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