Golden Jubilee Year 1961-2011 Sustainable Development is the environmental, economic and social well-being for today and tomorrow The concept of development includes respect for all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural, as an inherent and constitutive part of development, not a contingent aspect, nor even an instrumental dimension. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that the ‘recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world’. The greater the inequality, the less the “trickle-down” effect and the more the abuse of human rights. Poverty and inequality inhibit growth, depress domestic demand, hinder national economic development and infringes on basic human rights for a decent living and for freedom from want. Equitable social development can however enhance human dignity and curb the sheer structural distortions of biased policies and institutions that produce exclusion, marginalization, and vulnerability, a serious time threat for any protection, promotion or upholding of basic human rights for development.
MSSS STRIVES TO ACHIEVE ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL EQUITY STANDARDS THROUGH ITS VARIOUS VARIOUS SOCIO SOCIO-ECONOMICECONOMIC-POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMMES BY INCULCATING INCULCATING THE ORGANIZATIONAL COMPETENCIES COMPETENCIES AT THE SELF HELP GROUP LEVEL TO THE CENTRAL LEVEL.
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