Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social
Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the
General Assembly
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equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, and by 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 security
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
learning and training and skills development, extending social protection and
promoting decent work and labour rights, and noting in this regard the convening of
the World of Work Summit: Social Justice for All, held in Geneva on 14 and 15 June
2023, under the auspices of the 111th International Labour Conference,
Emphasizing the need to enhance the role of the Commission for Social
Development in the follow-up to and review of the World Summit for Social
Development and the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly, and
welcoming the decision of the Economic and Social Council that the Commission,
given its mandates and experience in promoting people-centred inclusive
development, will report on social aspects related to the agreed main theme of the
Council in order to contribute to its work, 10 including by offering inputs regarding the
effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda in a holistic and inclusive manner,
Welcoming the decision of the Economic and Social Council that the
Commission for Social Development will consider one priority theme at each session
on the basis of the follow-up to and review of the World Summit for Social
Development and its linkages to the social dimensions of the 2030 Agenda, proposing
an action-oriented resolution with recommendations to the Council in order to
contribute to its work, and that the priority theme for the 2025 session, which shall
allow the Commission to contribute to the work of the Council, will be “Strengthening
solidarity, social inclusion and social cohesion to accelerate the delivery of the
commitments of the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and Programme
of Action of the World Summit for Social Development as well as the implementation
of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”,
Recalling the ministerial declaration adopted at the high-level segment of the
2024 session of the Economic and Social Council and the 2024 high-level political
forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Council on the
theme “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and eradicating
poverty in times of multiple crises: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient, and
innovative solutions”, 11
Reaffirming that the Declaration on the Right to Development 12 also informs the
2030 Agenda, along with other relevant instruments, such as the Addis Ababa Action
Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, 13
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Economic and Social Council resolution 2016/6, para. 3.
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-ninth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/79/3),
chap. VI, sect. D.
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Resolution 41/128, annex.
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Resolution 69/313, annex.
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