Convening of a world summit for social development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
1992
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SymbolA/RES/47/92
TitleConvening of a world summit for social development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.
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Summary
Decides to convene a World Summit for Social Development at the level of heads of State or Government to be held early in 1995; accepts with deep appreciation the generous offer to the Government of Denmark to act as host to the Summit; decides to establish a Preparatory Committee open to the participation of all Member States of UN and members of the specialized agencies, with the participation of observers in accordance with the established practice of the General Assembly; decides that the Preparatory Committee shall hold an organizational session for 1 week in Apr. 1993 and 3 substantive sessions in 1994; decides that the Preparatory Committee, at its organizational session, shall elect, with due regard to equitable geographical representation, a Bureau, of which the host country, Denmark, shall be an ex officio member; requests the Secretary-General to establish an ad hoc secretariat unit to assist in the work of the Preparatory Committee; requests the organs, organizations and programmes of the UN system, as well as other intergovernmental organizations to contribute fully to the preparations for the summit; invites the Secretary-General to establish a trust fund for the financing of the Summit; decides that the resources of the trust fund should be utilized to finance the participation of the least developed countries in the Summit.
Action note1992-12-16
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 89th meeting
Meeting record
A/47/PV.89
Agenda information
A/47/251 93a Questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family. SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Date[New York] : UN, 1993.
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5 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 89th plenary meeting, 16 Dec. 1992.