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UN Commission for Social Development

6th December, 2023

UN Commission for Social Development

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Context

  • India's permanent representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj, chaired a briefing in preparation for the 62nd UN Commission for Social Development.

United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)

Establishment

  • The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was established by the UN General Assembly in December 1992.

Purpose

  • To ensure effective follow-up of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Earth Summit.

CSD Responsibilities

  • The Commission is responsible for reviewing progress in the implementation of Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development.

Other responsibilities

  • Providing policy guidance to follow up the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) at the local, national, regional and international levels.

CSD Meetings

  • The CSD meets annually in New York, in two-year cycles, with each cycle focusing on clusters of specific thematic and cross-sectoral issues.

Participation

  • The CSD has opened its sessions to broad participation from both governmental and non-governmental actors.

CSD Membership & Bureau

  • As a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), CSD has 53 member States (about one-third of the members are elected every year).
  • Each session of the CSD elects a Bureau, comprised of a Chair and four vice-Chairs.

READ ABOUT:

ECOSOC

https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/un-economic-and-social-council-15

https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/un-economic-and-social-council

AGENDA-21

https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/the-breakthrough-agenda

RIO DECLARATION:

https://www.iasgyan.in/ig-uploads/pdf/Eco_Env_file_extra.pdf

PRACTICE QUESTION

Q. Consider the following statements:

1.    United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) is responsible for reviewing progress in the implementation of Agenda 21.

2.    United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) has 95 member States.

3.    The CSD meets annually in New York, in two-year cycles, with each cycle focusing on clusters of specific thematic and cross-sectoral issues.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

A) 1 and 3 only

B) 2 only

C) 3 only

D) All

Answer: A) 1 and 3 only