Myanmar
National Committee on Social Development
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The Department is implementing social development programmes in Asia and Pacific as well as ASEAN member countries. With regard social development tasks for Asia and Pacific, the Myanmar Delegation headed by Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement attended the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen, 1995. The National Report on Social Development was submitted to the Conference. In 1997 the Myanmar Delegation headed by Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement also attended the fifth Conference on Social Development in Asia and Pacific which was held in Manila. The Department of Social Welfare is carrying out three social development strategies namely |
poverty alleviation, expension of productive employment and social integration with collective effort of the relevent departments. Regarding with functional co-operation of social development in ASEAN countries, Myanmar National Committee on Social Development was formed with the members of respective departments and social sectors. There are seven sub-committees under the National Committee. The areas of sub-committees are Education, Health, Youth, Disaster, HIV/AIDS, Women and Labour. The Department arranges functional co-operation of social development through seminar, conference, workshop, training and projects. |
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