Report of the Commission for Social Development on Its 59th Session and Provisional Agenda and Documentation for the 60th Session

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 19b Social development, published in 2021.

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

At its 8th plenary meeting, on 8 June 2021, the Economic and Social Council:

(a) Took note of the report of the Commission for Social Development on its fifty-ninth session;46

(b) Approved the provisional agenda and documentation for the sixtieth session of the Commission as set out below:

Election of officers.

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters.

Follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development and the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly:

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the social dimensions of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development

45 Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-sixth Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/76/38).

46 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2021, Supplement No. 6 (E/2021/26).

Priority theme: Inclusive and resilient recovery from COVID-19 for sustainable livelihoods,

well-being and dignity for all: eradicating poverty and hunger in all its forms and dimensions to achieve the 2030 Agenda

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the priority theme

Review of relevant United Nations plans and programmes of action pertaining to the situation of social groups:

Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities: the way forward, a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond;

World Programme of Action for Youth;

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Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002;

Family issues, policies and programmes;

Documentation

Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes

Report of the Secretary-General on a preliminary assessment of the fourth review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002

Emerging issues: (to be determined).

Documentation

Note by the Secretary-General on emerging issues

Programme questions and other matters.

Documentation

Note by the Secretariat on the proposed programme plan for 2023

Provisional agenda for the sixty-first session of the Commission.

Adoption of the report of the Commission on its sixtieth session.

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What’s in this document?

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