This is a report initiated by the Ministry of Social Welfare in collaboration with the members of the National Committee on Social Development and National Institute of Social Development and submitted at the Conference on Social Development. This brochure contain articles by authors on Social development – Past Achievements and Future Challenges; Integration Mechanism in Social Development; People who have disabilities; Internally displaced persons; situation of the elderly in Sri Lanka; Alcoholism and Violence in Sri Lanka – Trends, causes and implications for social development; What are the health, financial and socio-economic burden of child abuse; Women & Gender; and Suicide & Social Development. The Conference addresses mainly on social integration of vulnerable groups in the country.