Side event with Chair of the 51st Session of the UN Commission for Social Development explores the question of empowerment
New York—7 February 2013—
The Baha'i International Community hosted a panel discussion on the Commission's priority theme—promoting people's empowerment through poverty eradication, social integration and decent work and employment for all. Panelists included H.E. Mrs. Sewa Lamsal Adhikari, Chargé d'Affaires, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Commission and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Nepalese Mission; Ms. Rosa Kornfeld Matte, Director of the National Service of Older People, Chile; Ms. Corinne Woods, Director of the UN Millennium Campaign; and Mr. Yao Ngoran, Chief of the Civil Society and Outreach Unit of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.