Ponti, Marina
Social watch: civil society assessing national commitments - 2000 - p.62-64 - Jun
Marina Ponti argues that the World Summit on Social Development (WSSD), held in March 1995, and the Fourth World Conference on Women, September 1995, committed the governments of the world to an ambitious programme to combat poverty and gender discrimination, promote employment and the integration of the excluded and marginalized groups. In technical jargon these commitments were `not legally binding', unlike the promises made by the governments before the World Trade Organization, or the conditions imposed on the debtor countries by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund. She argues that the indispensable political will to carry out these commitments in each country can only be assured by a citizenship capable of holding governments to their promises. Following the deliberations of the Social Summit and Women's Conference, a group of non-profit organizations initiated the `Social Watch' programme, an annual report to monitor what has actually been carried out. - Reproduced
Civil society
Social watch: civil society assessing national commitments - 2000 - p.62-64 - Jun
Marina Ponti argues that the World Summit on Social Development (WSSD), held in March 1995, and the Fourth World Conference on Women, September 1995, committed the governments of the world to an ambitious programme to combat poverty and gender discrimination, promote employment and the integration of the excluded and marginalized groups. In technical jargon these commitments were `not legally binding', unlike the promises made by the governments before the World Trade Organization, or the conditions imposed on the debtor countries by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund. She argues that the indispensable political will to carry out these commitments in each country can only be assured by a citizenship capable of holding governments to their promises. Following the deliberations of the Social Summit and Women's Conference, a group of non-profit organizations initiated the `Social Watch' programme, an annual report to monitor what has actually been carried out. - Reproduced
Civil society