Social Development Division

Section 15 Emerging Social Issues Division

21.28 This subprogramme is under the responsibility of the Social Development Division.

General functions as a division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Source IBGE, Survey Division, Department of Population and Social Indicators, Union Survey 1992 2001

Opening of the Workshop by Mr. Johan Schölvinck, Director, Division for Social Policy and Development

17.10 Substantive responsibility for the execution of this subprogramme rests with the Social Development Division.

Fourth Coordination Meeting on International Migration (organized by the Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs)

In cooperation with the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Monitoring and Research Division mobilized a network of national statistics offices to collect urban statistics.

15.1 The Emerging Social Issues Division is headed by a Chief who is accountable to the Executive Secretary.

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9.59 The Division for Social Policy and Development will deepen its capacity for policy and substantive support to the Commission for Social Development, including a more integrated approach to social inclusion and emerging issues related to social development.

Ms. Elsa Stamatopoulou, Chief, secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Division for Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, made an introductory statement.

A wide range of factors such as the social and economic context and the legal system may influence the division.

Events on the occasion of the International Day of Disabled Persons (organized by the Global Programme on Disability, Division for Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs)

Poverty factors affect different categories differently, directly or indirectly, individually or in combination (war, transition, post war political and social division).

At the opening of the Workshop, Mr. Johan Schölvinck, Director, Division for Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, made an opening statement.

In the system of social protection, there does not exist a division to urban and rural areas in terms accomplishment of rights.

The Population Division is planning to convene an expert meeting on the social and economic implications of changing population age structures during 2005.

The Committee began its consideration of the item and heard a statement by the Director of the Division for Social Policy and Development.

The Division also provides technical and substantive servicing of related follow up work for the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly.

In this context, the Division for Social Policy and Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs organized regional consultative meetings on the draft convention that brought together Government and civil society representatives.

The report draws from the recent publication, The World's Women Progress in Statistics, produced by the Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Source Prepared by the Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, based on data from the United Nations Demographic Yearbook system (November 2004).

Source Prepared by the Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, based on data from the United Nations Demographic Yearbook system (November 2004).

The Division for Social Policy and Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs continues work on the technical assistance initiative launched in 2003 to support Member States in implementing the Madrid Plan of Action.

The Division and OHCHR also collaborated within the context of the Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs, specifically in the cluster on the advancement of women, for which the Division, together with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), serves as cluster leader.

Announcing vacancies conveys a message by which men and women are presented in different social roles, based on the traditional division of roles between genders.

For example, the Coordinating Council on Gender Problems was created in the Republic of Tajikistan Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, along with a specialized division.

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Various types of social protection, including social assistance and welfare services, as well as social insurance programmes geared at cushioning the risks associated with old age, were explored at length during the regional policy workshop for senior national officials organized by the Division for Social Policy and Development in November 2004 in India (see www.un.org esa socdev htm).

The Division for Family and Women's Affairs of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour sought to improve women's awareness of their rights and to improve their situation.

The project will be executed by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in collaboration with the Statistics Division of the SADC secretariat and in association with ECA.

Keynote address on the theme In search of prosperity a view on national growth strategies , organized by the Division for Sustainable Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Mr. Schölvinck (Director, Division for Social Policy and Development) replied that natural disasters were difficult to predict and it was therefore difficult to develop mechanisms to prevent them.

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It includes the Office of the Executive Secretary, the Cost of Living Division, the Personnel Policies Division and the Salaries and Allowances Division.

The project will be executed by the Statistical Division of ECE in close collaboration with the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the statistical section of ESCAP, in cooperation with the Interstate Statistical Committee of CIS and in collaboration with other CIS countries.