text: changes resulting fromeconomic stabilization andstructural adjustment policies, socialimplications ofexternal debtproblems, changing patterns ofincome distribution andsocialbenefits, consequences ofunemployment andunderemployment, eradication ofpoverty, malnutrition, humanresource development, social /... 1 Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library4A/C.5/45/4 English Page4 implications oftechnological change, effective organization andimplementation ofmajorsocial services andtheimpact ofthereduction ofdefence expenditures indeveloped anddeveloping countries andthecorresponding shiftofresources forthestrengthening ofsocial andeconomic programmes. 10.Otheractivities tobeundertaken include acquired immunodeficiencysyndrome (AIDS), itsevolution andrelationship toeconomic andsocial conditions;monitoring selected indicators forthesocio-economic advancement ofwomen;follow-up tothestudyonhousing andeconomic adjustment; interrelationshipbetween economic andsocialprogress andanenvironmentally sounddevelopmentprocess; andidentification andanalysis ofsocio-economic indicators forthemonitoring ofthenewinternational development strategy (inco-operation withtheStatistical Office andtheCentre forSocial Development andHumanitarian Affairs). 11.Thestudies andreports produced asaresultoftheresearch undertakenpresent acomprehensive andintegrated viewofeconomic andsocialsectors,complementing andanalysing issues fromdifferent economic andsocialperspectives. Amongthosestudies isareport ontheworldsocialsituation whichdrawsonallpartsoftheprogramme "Global development issues andpolicies", thePopulation programme, theStatistics programme, theworkoftheCentre forSocialDevelopment andHumanitarian Affairs, theregional commissions andotherpartsoftheUnited Nations system. B.Centre forSocial Development andHumanitarian Affairs 12.Following thetransfer oftheCentre forSocial Development andHumanitarianAffairs toVienna in1979,thereportoftheGroupofHigh-level IntergovernmentalExperts toReview theEfficiency oftheAdministrative andFinancial Functioning oftheUnited Nations 11aswellasGeneral Assembly resolution 41/213ef19Decemoer 1986,theSecretary-General decided totransfer, effective1March1987,theremaining responsibilities forglobalsocialanalysis andreporting totheUnited Nations OfficeatVienna andtomakeVienna thenucleus for allactivities relating tosocialpolicy andsocial development, including drugabusecontrol. 13.Thatarrangement, astheSecretary-General reported (A/42/234, para.30(g)),clustered together important interrelated activities inthesocialfieldthathadpreviously beendealtwithinalessunified manner andwastoenable theOrganization tospeakwithaclearer andmorecoherent voiceonmajorsocialissues, including manythatareperceived worldwideascentral todevelopment in itsmostprofound senseandtotheattainment ofpolitical andsocialstabilitybasedonjustice. Theessential linkages withtheeconomic activities oftheOrganization weretobeassured through closeco-operation withtheDepartment of International Economic andSocialAffairs. 14.Inhisfinalreport ontheimplementation ofresolution 41/213, theSecretary-General confirmed "theconcentration ofUnited Nations activities onsocialpolicy anddevelopment undertheDirector-General oftheUnited NationsOfficeatVienna" (A/44/222, para.74). I•.. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryAlC.5/45/4 English Page5 15.Theseresponsibilities oftheCentre forSocial Development andHumanitarian Affairs located attheUnited Nations OfficeatVienna arereflected in programme 25:Globalsocial issues andp~licies; programme 26:Integration of social groups; progr~me 27:Advancement ofWomen; andprogramme 29:Crime prevention andcriminal justice, ofmajorprogramme V,"International co-operation forsocial development", oftheproposed medium-term planfortheperiod 1992-1997. 16.Themainfocusofresponsibilities forglobalsocialissues underprogramme 25 requires theCentre toanalyse emerging social issuesinordertofocusattention onkeyproblems ofinternational concern, toidentify linksbetween national, regional andinternational action andtoincrease awareness ofspecific areasfor international co-operation.
analysis: The text discusses various issues related to social development, economic policies, and international cooperation. It highlights the importance of addressing poverty, unemployment, and social inequality, and the need for sustainable development. The text also mentions the role of the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs in analyzing emerging social issues and promoting international cooperation.