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Article: Seeking 'a society for all.' (social integration)(includes related article)(World Summit for Social Development)
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- UN Chronicle
- Article date:
- December 1, 1994
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Rapid and fundamental change--technological, economic and cultural --which characterizes the modern world has had both positive and negative repercussions on contemporary society. An important benefit has been the improvement in living standards in some regions and population groups. However, there has also been a disheartening downside, including a global sharpening of social inequalities, fragmentation of societies and polarization of population or income groups.
"Stated differently", noted the Secretary-General in a report on the Social Development Summit, "the suggestion is that societies have lost part of their capacity to balance individual and societal ...