UN General Assembly
1996

disadvantaged and dispossessed, with a view to providing them with the necessary support, training and skills for effective participation in our society. In this regard, a Change Management Unit for Poverty Eradication and Equity Building has been established under the authority of a senior Cabinet Minister. The unit is entrusted with the responsibility of formulating an integrated, multi- sectoral and sustained approach to poverty eradication, and ensuring its implementation in all facets of the Government’s economic and social policies. As a complement to this Unit, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago will, on 24 October 1996 — United Nations Day — set up a National Social Development Council to mobilize national action to deal with the homeless and the poor. This innovative approach to poverty eradication is being implemented in close cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme, which has provided timely support in this, the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. In keeping with the spirit of Beijing and the Platform for Action of the Beijing Conference, a vigorous policy and legislative agenda is