A 'society for all.' (speech by Margaret Anstee, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna)"Social problems are on everyone's lips", said Margaret Anstee Dame Margaret Joan Anstee, DCMG (b. June 25, 1926) served at the United Nations for over four decades (1952-93), rising to the rank of Under-Secretary General in 1987. She worked on operational programmes of economic and social development in all regions of the world, mostly with , Director-General director-general Noun pl directors-general a person in overall charge of certain large organizations of the UN Office at Vienna Vienna, city and province, Austria Vienna (vēĕn`ə), Ger. Wien, city and province (1991 pop. 1,539,848), 160 sq mi (414 sq km), capital and largest city of Austria and administrative seat of Lower Austria, NE Austria, on , "and yet occupy a low place in national and international priorities." It is in the social area that progress is likely to be made in "breaking the log-jam of international cooperation on economic and social matters", because social problems are "common to all" and common approaches, suited to individual countries' needs, can be adopted "without threatening, or appearing to threaten, other countries' interests". She spoke on 30 January at a three-day information meeting in Moscow on the subject: "United Nations Towards the Year 2000". Ms. Anstee outlined a policy framework for the 1990s and beyond to deal with the emerging social development perspective in the United Nations. Social development must be the "cornerstone cornerstone Ceremonial building block, dated or otherwise inscribed, usually placed in an outer wall of a building to commemorate its dedication. Often the stone is hollowed out to contain newspapers, photographs, or other documents reflecting current customs, with a view to ", she said, of any effective development strategy. It should forge forge Open furnace for heating metal ore and metal for working and forming, or a workshop containing forge hearths and related equipment. From earliest times, smiths (see smithing) heated iron in forges and formed it by hammering on an anvil. a sense of community and shared values, respect the equal worth of individuals, allow for individual initiative and enterprise, and create a "society for all" that cares about its "casualties" and its "marginalized" members. |
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