(h) Enhancing social cohesion and solidarity by

A new institutional architecture to address social equity and attain social cohesion is urgently called for.

This situation has severely tested peace, social cohesion and stability in the country.

Supporters of Europe s social model claim that what distinguishes it is the importance placed on social cohesion. And, of course, it is as difficult to be against cohesion as it is to be against friendship.

At the social level, we will help improve access to basic services with a view to enhancing equality and social cohesion.

If the integration experience was not successfully managed, however, it could lead to social and cultural conflict and affect social cohesion.

Yet we continue to believe that social cohesion can be limited to that of the nation. European cohesion funds account for only a fraction of a percent of European GDP, whereas about 10 of national income is typically spent on social transfers.

While employment was at the heart of the European Union's social inclusion strategies, many other policies and services were needed to ensure social cohesion.

Equality and social cohesion form the backbone of liberty, justice, and security for European cities. This is why Europe s mayors call upon European institutions to focus on social cohesion with the same commitment that has been invested until now in asylum and border controls.

Our social cohesion is being severely compromised by challenges such as transnational crime, illicit drugs and HIV AIDS.

This new legislation should help minimize property disputes that have the potential to threaten social peace and cohesion.

Preserving history, and cultural heritage both tangible and intangible and all elements which identify local populations and promote social cohesion.

A massive increase in European Commission spending power to achieve greater pan European social cohesion would be politically unacceptable to the richer members, who would have to pay for it. But neither can we accept a situation in which vast resources are spent on national cohesion, while European cohesion lags so woefully behind.

Family Cohesion

Reconfirm that there is an urgent need for structural reforms and policies establishing social cohesion both at national and regional levels.

For the issue of the family not only involves individual families and their members but has a bearing on social cohesion and stability.

The educational revolution is an axis of social cohesion and the road towards equality, the redistribution of income, and the opening of new channels for social mobility, without which democracy will remain incomplete.

We believe that the enhancement of women's position within the Greek society will greatly contribute to the development, competitiveness and social cohesion of our country.

At the national level, a mix of macroeconomic policies that puts social and human development at the centre, together with an appropriate package of targeted policy initiatives, is required to address the issues of poverty, social integration and social cohesion.

Social cohesion has been another area of focus for ECLAC, particularly the formulation of public policy proposals to address the structural heterogeneity prevailing in the region.

In that way, we will find the resources to face yet another challenge that of overcoming poverty and building a nation based on total social cohesion.

2. Also welcomes the ongoing efforts made by the Government addressing the need for attention to be paid to the enhancement of social cohesion across the Territory

The investment on people, the construction of an active welfare state through the modernisation of the European social model, with cohesion and a labour market without exclusions.

They possessed the tools to foster actions to increase the voice, and policy influence of excluded groups in national agendas, to change stereotypes, promote solidarity and social cohesion.

The European Union attached great weight to social cohesion as well as to economic growth and improving labour markets, that had been made clear in the Lisbon goals.

That would provide cohesion and equitable social integration for their societies as well as a real opportunity to eradicate poverty, enabling them to enjoy full, productive and gainful employment.

An educational revolution, the axis of social cohesion, is the path by which we will be able to ensure equity, a fair distribution of income and the opening of new channels of social services, without which democracy remains only half realized.

Affirmation of the core value of culture as an essential foundation for the all around development of the human individual and for the social cohesion of the Ibero American peoples

Recently, in the Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council (March 2004) it has been explicitly recognized that gender equality policies are instruments of social cohesion as well as of growth .

Noting that sport and physical education is a lifelong activity and constitutes a major tool for health and physical development and for acquiring values necessary for social cohesion and intercultural dialogue,

Acknowledging also that sport and physical education can present opportunities for solidarity and cooperation in order to promote tolerance, a culture of peace, social and gender equality, adequate responses to the special needs of persons with disabilities, intercultural dialogue, social cohesion and harmony,

The main aim of this intervention is to disengage gender equality issues from the category of marginal and special issues and to stress their political, economic, social and developmental character, through their direct connection to prevailing national priorities (development, employment, social cohesion).

Governments recognize that domestic violence of any sort, but particularly violence against women and girls, is a social problem, a threat to family stability and cohesion and a violation of human dignity.

They are security with a democratic scope the effective protection of public freedoms transparency as a factor of confidence social cohesion as a principle of democratic sustainability and the independence of institutions.

We stand firm in the fight against terrorism and in our conviction that a sustained and permanent victory depends upon the success of each individual country in the struggle for social cohesion.

7. Stresses that, in addition to social policies, progress in the realization of long term goals, such as equity, social cohesion and an adequate accumulation of human capital, requires supportive and coherent short term and long term economic policies at the national and international levels

Related activities in this area include the flagship report entitled Social Panorama of Latin America 2004 and the seminar organized in November 2004 in cooperation with the European Commission and the Government of Mexico entitled Economic Integration and Social Cohesion Lessons learned and perspectives .

The integration of women usually comprising the majority of the population in political, economic, professional and social activity, on equal terms to men as regards rights, obligations and opportunities, ensures a more representative participation of the whole society, achieving in this way wider social cohesion.

Promoting full and productive employment is a prerequisite for better and more equally distributed income, growth and development, and expanding access to quality jobs is essential for achieving peace, stability and social cohesion.

The key to enabling continued convergence even at a fairly rapid pace is good political governance. Developing country governments must implement policies aimed at managing the impending transformation, while maintaining social solidarity and cohesion.

A key question for the next decade, therefore, is whether the Chinese authorities growth targets will be enough to preserve social cohesion as further economic and political reforms are gradually implemented. As the economic pie grows less rapidly, greater fairness will be crucial to social stability.

Moreover, the development of policies facilitating the integration of women belonging to specific cultural or minority groups into the labour market, in addition to respecting diversity and multiculturalism, reduces social exclusion enhancing at the same time social cohesion, which in turn, is a lever for economic development.

Indeed, if such efforts are designed specifically to ensure equal opportunities for all, regardless of gender or wealth, they will be a boon to the global economy, while promoting social cohesion at the national level.

His presidency has guaranteed political stability and strengthened social cohesion. Indeed, by managing the political process to make the government work for Brazil s people, Lula s administration has made Brazil a truly stable and consensual democracy.

ECLAC and the European Commission will carry out a series of related regional workshops during 2005 2006, and social cohesion will also be the theme for discussion at the Commission's thirty first session in Uruguay in 2006.