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Commission for Social Development
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Since the convening of the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen in 1995, the Commission for Social Development has been the main UN body for the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action.
The Commission consists of 46 member elected by ECOSOC.
Documentation
The individual documents form the Commission for Social Development carry the following symbols:
E/ Economic and Social Council |
-/CN.5 Commission no 5 = Commission on social Development |
-/year |
-/sequential number |
Ex. E/CN.5/2004/7 Economic and Social Council, Commission for Social Development, 2004, document no 7 |
Information about the structure and work of the Commission and full text documents and reports can be accessed from the official web page of the Commission for Social Development.
Documents in print for the period 1946-1992 are included in the UN collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and in the libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva.
The Commission for Social Development submits an annual report to the ECOSOC in the documentary series Supplements to the Official Records of the Economic and Social Council. A complete collection of these supplements in print will be found in the UN Collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and in the libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva.
Recent supplements are posted as Sessional documents at the ECOSOC official Web page, section ECOSOC reports.
Information about the World Summit for Social Development 1995 with links to to full text documents.
Databases and Indexes
Documents are published electronically from 1993- in the United Nations Document System - ODS.
References to documents with links to full texts for recent years can be retrieved through the UNBISnet -
the online catalogue of the UN Libraries in New York and Geneva.