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Highlights from Tuesday,
11 April
 In
the afternoon, Working Group I finished an initial reading
of Commitment 8, on structural adjustment programmes. In the
evening, Working Group I began discussion on Commitment 9,
on resource allocation. Working Group II debated Commitment
4, on social integration, in the morning. In the afternoon
and evening, Working Group II addressed Commitment 5, on gender
equality, and Commitment 6, on education.
 See
below
for
coverage of a side event on Debt, Poverty Eradication and
the Copenhagen Commitments, including photos and RealAudio
Working
Group I Chair Maquieira. Delegates considered the Chair's
text on designing national policies for people living in poverty
by incorporating social development and PSR goals. On improving
coordination between international organizations, chair Maquieira
said the issue of reducing negative SAP impacts be related
to ECOSOC and Bretton Woods institutes and that improving
social development be linked to the WTO.
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Linkages Coverage of the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen