Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social
Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the
General Assembly
A/RES/78/174
than 20 years after the convening of the World Summit for Social Development,
progress has been slow and uneven, and major gaps remain,
Welcoming also the adoption, in its entirety, of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development, 3 in which it is recognized that eradicating poverty in all its forms and
dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an
indispensable requirement for sustainable development,
Welcoming further the adoption of the political declaration of the 2023 highlevel political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the
General Assembly at the Sustainable Development Goals Summit, 4 in which Heads
of State and Government emphasized that eradicating poverty in all its forms and
dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an
indispensable requirement for sustainable development,
Noting the proposal contained in the report of the Secretary-General entitled
“Our Common Agenda” 5 to convene a world social summit in 2025, to be discussed
and agreed upon by Member States, including its modalities, title, objectives, scope
and possible outcomes, and emphasizing that the possible summit’s outcome should
have a social development approach, including the need to place people at the centre
of development and the pledge to make poverty eradication, full employment and
social integration the overriding development objectives, and give momentum
towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda,
Noting also the Transforming Education Summit, convened and organized under
the auspices of the Secretary-General in New York on 19 September 2022,
Welcoming the adoption of the political declaration of the General Assembly
high-level meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, held in New
York on 20 September 2023, 6 the political declaration of the high-level meeting on
universal health coverage, held in New York on 21 September 2023, 7 and the political
declaration of the high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis, held in New
York on 22 September 2023, 8
Reaffirming the need to achieve sustainable development by promoting
sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth, creating greater opportunities for
all, reducing inequalities within and among countries, raising basic standards of living
and fostering equitable and inclusive social development and the sustainable
management of natural resources,
Recognizing that the three core themes of social development, namely, poverty
eradication, full and productive employment and decent work for all and social
integration, are interrelated and mutually reinforcing, and that an enabling environment
therefore needs to be created so that all three objectives can be pursued simultaneously,
Recognizing also that social justice for all is the foundation for overcoming
inequalities and advancing a people-centred approach to development and that social
development and social justice cannot be attained in the absence of peace and secur ity
or in the absence of respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Recognizing further the need for integrated, coordinated and coherent action in
support of social justice, including by addressing inequalities and informality,
fostering opportunities for productive employment through education, lifelong
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