Background
What keeps societies together? What identifies and motivates people to coexist voluntarily without the need for permanent external coercion or immediate material interest?
In times of great uncertainty, of cascading crises, and of challenges to societal sustainability, social cohesion takes a central position in the path of Latin American and Caribbean countries towards a sustainable development that leaves no one behind.
In addition to a modest performance in terms of economic and social progress, as well as some setbacks in Latin America’s sustainable development in recent years, …
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Background
The 1995 World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen, was a milestone in the international social development agenda. At the Summit, governments adopted the Copenhagen Declaration and its Program of Action, focusing development on people and making key commitments. Among the main agreements were the eradication of poverty, the promotion of full and productive employment, and the promotion of social integration. Ten commitments for action were defined, covering gender equality, universal access to education and healt…
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Antecedentes
La Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social de 1995, celebrada en Copenhague, representó un hito en la agenda internacional del desarrollo social. En ella, los gobiernos adoptaron la Declaración de Copenhague y su Programa de Acción, centrando el desarrollo en las personas y estableciendo compromisos clave. Entre los principales acuerdos estuvieron la erradicación de la pobreza, la promoción del empleo pleno y productivo, y el fomento de la integración social. Se definieron diez compromisos de acción que abarcaban la igualdad d…
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