This is true both within localities and communities and between communities, nations and regions.

Steps will be taken to provide more information, education and counselling to the communities, and build communes free of social vices.

Work to involve civil society and strengthen communities and neighbourhoods has been carried out through a variety of community forums and targeted programmes.

The needs of the local community and the capacity of communal social welfare institutions determine the many and varied forms of activity of the social welfare centres.

(b) Persons with disabilities have access to a range of in home, residential and other community support services, including personal assistance necessary to support living and inclusion in the community, and to prevent isolation or segregation from the community

Commissioners represented a broad cross section of the community.

(v) Improving nutrition education at the community and home level.

The regional programme will work closely with Governments, the Africa Leadership Forum, and various community groups.

Further, it aims to assist Governments, communities and civil society as a whole.

Communities and non governmental organizations should play their part too.

The attacks on communes in Bururi province seem to have been intended to undermine the morale of various military officers from that area.

They account for at most 4 per cent of the various electoral constituencies (federal, local, communal and European).

To set up custom and tradition observatories within local communities

(b) Support participation and inclusion in the community and all aspects of society, are voluntary, and are available to persons with disabilities as close as possible to their own communities, including in rural areas.

The membership of those councils reflected the size of the various communities in each area.

15. A number of the critical needs of communities in the affected territories exceed their economic resources.

(c) Communities should network at the national, regional and international levels, with a view to drawing on best practices and sharing experience

Tackle actual or potential alienation in their own communities.

(a) Gained the active and wider participation of the countries in the region in the development and implementation of regional programmes as mandated by the Commission

The social care coverage of citizens is different by Entities and by levels of regional organization.

Pursuant to the goals it has established, the Government is upgrading city neighbourhoods and settlements.

(c) Undertakes research and analysis on the economic and social situation of the countries in the region

Review of the regional commissions by the Economic and Social Council

Speakers also noted the importance of creating networks among communities at the national, regional and international levels to help communities to support each other and learn from each other.

250. Community Action Planning is the community based methodology grouping residents within the settlement package of activities for mobilization, capacity building, organization and formation of CDCs to prepare, plan, implement and manage their own housing and social development programmes.

249. For urban settlements the Community Development Councils (CDCs) are the main institutions carrying out activities, supervising overall development work and coordinating with individual households and other community based organizations under the urban housing programme.

(resolution S 26 2, annex)

Thus the culture and traditions of all communities will be protected and preserved.

Efforts continued to enhance the well being of children and youth through various activities in the community based organizations and the community at large, encouraging their participation in constructive activities.

Violence affects the lives of millions of women worldwide, in all strata of the community impeding their ability to participate fully in society.

As stated in Council resolution 1998 46, annex III, the regional commissions are part of the institutional landscape of their regions.

Regional bureaux should strengthen their gender expertise by recruiting regional experts and upgrading staff skills.

Capacity building is needed on all levels, from community to national level policymakers.

In 2004, a 2 million community incentive grant program will help communities take action on family violence and bullying.

12. The forum should allow for direct representation of indigenous peoples, nations and communities, and should provide an interface between communities, States and United Nations agencies.

Hence, the Peacebuilding Commission will be a valuable tool for interaction with civil society, particularly with women and communities, given their role in creating sustainable conditions for peace and reconciliation.

Report of the Secretary General on the major issues and programme activities of the Secretariat and the regional commissions relating to social development and social welfare and specific social groups

Communities have found that decentralization, even if demand driven, is not a panacea for the problem of empowerment of local communities.

In its first year of operation, the programme generated an emphasis on leadership and personal responsibility for community well being within indigenous communities across Australia. Achievements included

In all regions, the role of the media in breaking the silence surrounding violence against children and influencing social norms and community attitudes was emphasized.

Today, the United Nations appeals to all Governments and members of civil society to take action, every year, at the international, regional, national, provincial, community, village, professional, family and individual levels, to defeat torture and tortures everywhere.

UNDP builds the capacity of communities to localize the Millennium Development Goals by providing small grants to community oriented sustainable development projects as well as through community to community learning exchange facilities that encourage the sharing of knowledge and best practices among community based organizations.

The Mission continues to encourage communities to provide information on arms caches.

(f) Coordinate the programmes and projects executed by the different communities in their territory

These are responsibilities we take unto ourselves as a people in our various communities.