ARMENIA ELECTED MEMBER OF UN COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Noyan Tapan
May 30 2007
YEREVAN, MAY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia was elected a member of the
UN Commission for Social Development for the period of 2008-2012 at
the May 24 session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
in New York, NT was informed from the RA MFA press service.
The UN Commission for Social Development was set up in 1966 by ECOSOC
and aims to provide advice to this UN body on social issues of interest
to member states. A working cycle of political and summary sessions
has been worked out, which covers problems of poverty reduction,
job creation, improvement of socioeconomic conditions of elderly and
disabled people and other socioeconomic problems.
Armenia’s membership of this commission will allow the country to
take a more active part in discussions of the above mentioned problems.
The regular 46th sitting of the UN Commission for Social Development
will be held in New York on February 6-15, 2008, and will be dedicated
to issues of full employment and dignified work.