Social development : programme Trends and Prospects

Abstract

This statement covers, very briefly, the general trends in the work of the Social Affairs Section of the secretariat, since its establishment in 1959s and it dwells, in particular, on the programme of work and projects sponsored by the Social Affairs Section during the past year, since the last Session of the Commission In this connexion, the attention of the Committee is drawn to Resolution 88 of the Fifth- Session, whose timely requests to the Executive Secretary, in the substantive fields of planning, organization and financing of social welfare programmes within the framework of national development plans, have provided not only a new basis for the work of the Section but also the impetus for a critical review of the policy objectives and priorities of the Section's work programme, in relation to the entire field of social development in Africa.