Commission for Social Development
45th Session, 7 to 16 February 2007 - New York

"Promoting full employment and decent work for all"

The Commission for Social Development is a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. It consists of 46 members elected by ECOSOC.

Since the convening of the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen in 1995, the Commission has been the key UN body in charge of the follow-up and implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action. As a result of the Summit, the mandate of the Commission was reviewed and its membership expanded from 32 to 46 members in 1996. It meets once a year in New York, usually in February.

Each year since 1995, the Commission has taken up key social development themes as part of its follow-up to the outcome of the Copenhagen Summit. These themes are listed below. The pages contain all documentation of the Commission for each of its sessions since the Summit.

Function	Name	Country
Chairperson:	H.E. Mr. Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi Chairperson-elect	Iran
Vice-Chairpersons:	H.E. Mr. Francis Lorenzo Ms. Hedda Samson Mrs. Joyce Kafanabo Vice-Chairperson-elect - To be determined -	Dominican Republic Netherlands Tanzania Ukraine

Organization of work: See the matrix or click here for the PDF version

Documents:

Provisional annotated agenda and proposed organization of work, E/CN.5/2007/1     E | F | S | C | A

Report of the Secretary-General on Promoting Full Employment and Decent Work for All, E/CN.5/2007/2,    E | F | S | C | A

Report of the Secretary-General on the Follow up to the World Programme of Action for Youth, A/62/61 - E/2007/7,     E | F | S | C | A

Note by the Secretary-General: Monitoring the Implementation of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, E/CN.5/2007/4,     E | F | S | C | A

Note by the Secretary-General on nominations to the Board of the United Nations Research Insitute for Social Development E/CN.5/2007/5,     E | F | S | C | A

Note by the Secretary-General: Report of the Board of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development during 2005-2006 E/CN.5/2007/6,     E | F | S | C | A

Report of the Secretary-General: Major Developments in the Area of Ageing since the Second World Assembly on Ageing, E/CN.5/2007/7,    E | F | S | C | A