Report of the Consultative Meeting on the Promotion of Social Integration

The basic purpose of the Meeting was to develop with the Regional Commissions a focussed and coordinated approach towards social integration issues at national and regional levels encompassing topics concerning ageing, youth, disabled persons, families, intergenerational relations and conflict prevention. It is expected that cooperation between the United Nations Secretariat and Regional Commissions in this regard will contribute to essential strategic agreement between them, and the strengthening of national capabilities in the formulation and implementation of social development policies and programmes.

The Meeting also responds to a mandate to prepare and observe the Tenth Anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2004), endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly at its session in 1999 and the 2nd World Assembly on Ageing in 2002. In addition, the Meeting addresses concerns developed in the international plans of action for youth, ageing, and disability as well as a new initiative identified by the United Nations General Assembly Special Session 2001 on conflict prevention.

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