Preparations for the world social summit 1995

Abstract

The General Assembly resolution further stipulates that the preparation of the Summit, including the preparation of the provisional agenda and draft decisions for consideration and adoption by the Summit, is to be entrusted to a Preparatory Committee open to all member States of the United Nations and members of the specialized agencies, with the participation of observers in accordance with the established practice of the General Assembly. The Commission for Social Development is to give consideration to the agenda of the Summit at its thirty-third session in 1993, and the Economic and Social Council is to consider issues related to the Summit at the high-level segment of its substantive session of 1993. The Commission for Social Development considered the question of the World Summit on Social Development at its thirty-third session, held in Vienna during 8 to 17 February 1993, and adopted resolution 33/1 in which it states that the agenda for the Summit should strictly adhere to the agreed core issues as stated in resolution 47/92. The resolution further states that in order to ensure the efficacy of the preparatory process and to avoid duplication and that since the preparations of the Summit have been entrusted to a special Preparatory Committee, it would not be appropriate to convene an extraordinary session of the Commission for Social Development dedicated solely to the Summit