Social Justice in an Open World: The Role of the United Nations
combating unemployment and social exclusion in our societies, and emphasize the role of higher education and scientific research in all plans of social development; Develop broad-based education programmes that promote and strengthen respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to development, promote the values of tolerance, responsibility and respect for the diversity and rights of others, and provide training in peaceful conflict resolution, in recognition of the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2005); Focus on learning acquisition and outcome, broaden the means and scope of basic education, enhance the environment for learning and strengthen partnerships among Governments, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, local communities, religious groups and families to achieve the goal of education for all; Establish or strengthen both school-based and community-based health education programmes for children, adolescents and adults ... ; Expedite efforts to achieve the goals of national Health-for-All strategies, based on equality and social justice in line with the Alma-Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care ... ; Strive to ensure that persons with disabilities have access to rehabilitation and other independent living services and assistive technology . .. ; Ensure an integrated and intersectoral approach so as to provide for the protection and promotion of health for all in economic and social development . ..; Seek to attain the maternal and child health objectives, especially the objectives of reducing child and maternal mortality, of the World Summit for Children, the United Conference on Environment and Development and the International Conference on Population and Development; Strengthen national efforts to address more effectively the growing HIV/ AIDS pandemic by providing necessary education and prevention services, working to ensure that appropriate care and support services are available and accessible to those affected by HIVIAIDS, and taking all necessary steps to eliminate every form of discrimination against and isolation of those living with HIVIAIDS; Promote, in all educational and health policies and programmes, environmental awareness, including awareness of unsustainable patterns of consumption and production. At the international level, we will: 102