People's security : globalizing social progress

Contents: --Dimensions of people's security. 1) Security and poverty. 2) Security and the workforce. 3) Security and the excluded. 4) Security and civil society. --People's security on the global stage: the social summit. 1) The birth of the social summit. 2) Consultations toward consensus. --Security and international engagement. 1) Secure livelihoods. 2) Private-public partnerships. 3) A political summit. 4) Education and knowledge. 5) Values and ethics. --Security challenges in the new millennium. 1) Ensuring progress: toward the social summit review in 2000. 2) Integrating the multilateral system. 3) A world civil society movement. 4) Representation and participation. 5) Democracy and equality. 6) Partnerships for people. 7) A General Assembly of Initiatives. --Annex. The South-North Conference on "The International Monetary System and the new international order", Arusha, Tanzania, july 1980
inaugural session, south american peace commission, april 1987 proposal for peace and cooperation on borders in South America: former President's Study Group, august 1990. South American Assembly for Peace and Democratic Security, november 1990.

Contiene discursos pronunciados por el Sr. Juan Somavia en su calidad de Representante Permanente de Chile ante las Naciones Unidas (1990-1999), agrupados en cuatro temas: Dimensiones de la seguridad de las personas; La seguridad de las personas en el escenario global: la Cumbre Social; Seguridad y compromiso internacional; y Cambios en la seguridad en el nuevo milenio.