Giunto alla quarantunesima edizione, il Rapporto Censis sulla situazione sociale del paese quest’anno prosegue la lettura degli elementi positivi dell’andamento socioeconomico del Paese negli ultimi anni. ... Continua

Per uscire dall’attuale stato di “poltiglia” sociale dobbiamo puntare sulle tante minoranze attive nell’economia, nella società e nelle scienze In continuità con gli ultimi anni il Censis conferma una sequenza positiva di lungo periodo (dal rifiuto dell’ipotesi del declino, alla patrimonializzazione, dall’individuazione di schegge di vitalità economica fino al piccolo silenzioso boom descritto lo scorso anno). Oggi si può confermare una visione positiva: sia perché cresce nelle imprese la qualità delle strategie competitive (di nicchia, di offerta sul mercato del lusso, di lavoro su commessa, ecc.); sia perché si va allargando la base territoriale dello sviluppo; sia perché abbiamo finalmente anche noi dopo decenni alcuni importanti big-players. ... Continua

INTERVENTO DELLA COMMISSARIA EUROPEA EMMA BONINO AL 37· CONGRESSO DEL PARTITO RADICALE 7 aprile 1995 A. Testo pronunciato dalla tribuna congressuale. B. Testo scritto e distribuito SOMMARIO.[Viene seguita la traccia del testo effettivamente pronunciato (A). ... Continua

EMMA BONINO, COMISARIA EUROPEA DE PESCA : “NO ACEPTARE UN ACUERDO CUALQUIERA CON CANADA” Entrevista de Xavier Vidal-Folch SUMARIO: Breve retrato político con un par de pinceladas humanas y larga entrevista a la comisaria europea Emma Bonino. ... Continua

ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES Public Hearing Committee on Development and Cooperation Committe on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defense Policy European Parliament, Brussels 21-22 March 1995 Statement by Ms Emma Bonino, member of the European Commission, responsible for Humanitarian Affairs Mr Chairman, You and the Parliament’s rapporteurs, Mr Cunningham and Mr Bertens, have eloquently described the carnage that anti-personnel mines inflict everyday on innocent sufferers throughout the conflict zones of the world. ... Continua

RESOLUTION 1993/12 Resolution E93r012 27 July 1993 43rd plenary meeting Women, environment and development The Economic and Social Council, Taking into account General Assembly resolution 46/167 of 19 December 1991 on women, environment, population and sustainable development, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to include in the report on the effective mobilization and integration of women in development, to be submitted to the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session, a section on the role of women in environment and sustainable development, Recalling Commission on the Status of Women resolution 36/6 of 20 March 1992, in which the Commission, inter alia, urged Governments to adopt laws, policies and programmes to promote women’s participation in the preservation of the environment, and invited the Governments of donor countries, international organizations and relevant non-governmental organizations to ensure that greater attention was given to women’s contributions to environmental protection and management in their cooperation with and assistance to developing countries, Welcoming General Assembly resolution 47/191 of 22 December 1992, in which the Assembly took note of the decision of the Secretary-General to establish a new Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development, headed at the Under-Secretary-General level and called upon the Secretary-General to establish a clearly identifiable, highly qualified and competent secretariat support structure for the Commission on Sustainable Development, the Inter-Agency Committee on Sustainable Development and the High-level Advisory Board, taking into account gender balance at all levels, Welcoming the inclusion of principle 20 in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, according to which women have a vital role in environmental management and development and their full participation is therefore essential to achieving sustainable development, and the integration of gender issues into Agenda 21, including the special focus on women in chapter 24 of Agenda 21, Noting that in Agenda 21, paragraph 24.9, it is recommended that the Secretary-General review the adequacy of all United Nations institutions in meeting development and environment objectives, consider how the environment and development programmes of each body of the United Nations system could be strengthened to implement Agenda 21, consider how to incorporate the role of women in programmes and decisions related to sustainable development, and, in particular, make recommendations to strengthen the capacities of United Nations entities with a special focus on women, such as the Division for the Advancement of Women of the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat, the United Nations Development Fund for Women and the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, Noting also the recommendations and objectives proposed for Governments in Agenda 21, chapter 24, including the objective, contained in paragraph 24.2 (d), to establish by 1995 mechanisms at the national, regional and international levels to assess the implementation and impact of development and environment policies and programmes on women and to ensure their contributions and benefits, Recognizing that the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace will provide significant opportunities for reviewing the current status of women and for establishing priorities for future action, including action in relation to environment and development, 1. ... Continua

RESOLUTION 1993/16 Resolution E93r016 27 July 1993 43rd plenary meeting System-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women The Economic and Social Council, Recalling its resolution 1988/59 of 27 July 1988, by which it requested the Secretary-General, in his capacity as Chairman of the Administrative Committee on Coordination, to initiate the formulation of a system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women for the period 1996-2001, Having considered the note by the Secretariat containing the proposed system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women for the period 1996-2001, Convinced that a system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women can enhance coordination among the organizations of the United Nations system by providing a framework for including advancement of women in individual medium- term plans and programme statements, Bearing in mind the fact that the United Nations planning cycle to which the system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women was matched has changed, and that there has been a general shift to a more strategic form of planning, Recognizing that the Platform for Action to emerge from the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace cannot be reflected in the system-wide medium-term plan for the advancement of women for the period 1996-2001, which must be approved in 1993, 1. ... Continua

RESOLUTION 1993/17 Resolution E93r017 27 July 1993 43rd plenary meeting International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women The Economic and Social Council, Recalling its resolution 1992/21 of 30 July 1992, in which it took note of the report of the Board of Trustees of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women on its twelfth session, Having considered the report of the Board of Trustees of the Institute on its thirteenth session, Recognizing the important role that the Institute could play in the substantive preparations for the Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace, Also recognizing the equally important contributions that the Institute could make in its area of expertise to activities related to the International Year of the Family, the International Conference on Population and Development and the World Summit for Social Development, Reaffirming the continuing need for independent research and related training activities for the advancement of women and the role of the Institute therein, 1. ... Continua