Economic and Social Council, Concluding High-Level Segment, Adopts Ministerial Declaration Reaffirming Women's Vital Role as Agents of Development

[Avnish Jolly]

Economic and Social Council, Concluding High-Level Segment, Adopts Ministerial Declaration Reaffirming Women's Vital Role as Agents of Development

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Reaffirming the vital role of women as agents of development, the ministers and heads of delegations participating in the high-level segment of the Economic and Social Council's 2010 substantive session declared today that gender equality, empowerment of women, the full enjoyment of their human rights, and the eradication of poverty were essential to socio-economic development, including achievement of all of the Millennium Development Goals.