In Preparation for the 50th Session of the Commission for Social Development The NGO Committee for Social Development
invites you to the
Civil Society Forum
Co-sponsored by:
United Nations’ DESA’s Division of Social Policy and Development
&
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
The Social Protection Floor Initiative
“Universal access to basic social protection and social services is
necessary to break the cycle of poverty and reduce inequality and social
exclusion. A basic social protection floor is affordable; its benefits need to
be weighed against the potentially high human, social and economic costs
of not investing in social protection.”
“The Global Social Crisis: Report on the World Social Situation 2011”
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs Publication, 2011
January 31, 2012
10 AM – 4 PM
Conference Room 4, North Lawn Building
UN Headquarters, New York.
Register at http://esa.un.org/dspdEsa/absolutefp/civil-society-forum2012.html
Registration for this Forum also requires pre-registration for the Commission at:
http://social.un.org/index/CivilSociety/NGOParticipation/CSocD50Session/OnlinePreRegistration.aspx
This Civil Society Forum is offered in preparation for the Commission on Social Development –
February 1st – 10th, 2012 at the United Nations HQ, NY and the UN Conference on Sustainable
Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 4-6, 2012