CSocD55 focuses on strategies for eradicating poverty
01st February 2017
© Tushar Sharma, Photoshare: Female health workers perform routine check-ups for children, mothers, and pregnant women of the remote village Kishorimohanpur, located in the Sunderbans delta region of India.
The 55th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD55) opened on Wednesday 1 February at UN Headquarters in New York.
CSocD55 will focus on the priority theme of strategies for eradicating poverty to achieve sustainable development for all.
Commission members will discuss the programme of work and hold high-level panels on specific themes, such as engaging youth in promoting policies to eradicate poverty. The Commission will discuss two draft resolutions and adopt a report of its work at the end of the session.