Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
and Regional Economic and Social Commissions
Contribution to the Commission for Social Development
February 2005 by International Movement ATD Fourth World, NGO in General Consultative Status with ECOSOC
International Forum for social Development
Contribution of ATD Fourth World
Statement of M Eugen Brand for the International Forum for social Development, United Nations, New York 5-6 October 2004, in Theme 3 : Contribution of the United Nations to the research for equity in an interdependent worldIntroduction
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15-16 November 2006
To mark the end of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty, the Division of Social Policy and Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in collaboration with United Nations agencies and civil society, is organising the International Forum on the Eradication of Poverty. The Forum aims to achieve two major objectives. First, it is intended to send a strong message on the importance of a continued and enhanced commitment to poverty eradication in the run-up to 2015. Second, the Forum will provide a valuable opportunity for forward-looking dialogue among stakeholders on the next steps over the next decade towards the realization of the universal goal of poverty eradication. As the closing event of the first United Nations decade for the eradication of poverty, the Forum will need to address the key developments in policy and practice of the last ten years. However, the main purpose of the Forum is not to reflect on the past but to look forward in order to identify the main challenges ahead and the concrete and sustainable strategies to combat poverty in its various dimensions over the next ten years.
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/poverty/PovertyForum/index.html