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Social dimensions of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (E/CN.5/2010/3)

Attachments

Commission for Social Development
Forty-eighth session
3-12 February 2010
Item 3 of the provisional agenda*
Follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development and
the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly

Summary

In its resolution 2009/20, the Economic and Social Council requested the Secretary-General to submit a report on the social dimensions of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), to be presented for consideration during the forty-eighth session of the Commission for Social Development, while also taking into consideration General Assembly resolution 62/179, entitled "New Partnership for Africa's Development: progress in implementation and international support". The present report reviews the state of progress in the implementation of NEPAD as well as its social dimensions within the context of the converging global food and energy crises, the financial and economic crisis and climate change.