Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly A/RES/79/146 Agenda 2063 adopted by the African Union, and the International Labour Organization Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization, 14 and reaffirming also the strong political commitment to address the challenge of financing and creating an enabling environment at all levels for sustainable development in the spirit of global partnership and solidarity, Affirming its strong support for fair globalization and the need to translate growth into the reduction of inequalities, eradication of poverty and commitment to strategies and policies that aim to promote full, freely chosen and productive employment and decent work for all and that these strategies and policies should constitute fundamental components of relevant national and international policies and national development strategies, including inequality and poverty reduction strategies, reaffirming that employment creation and decent work for all should be incorporated into macroeconomic policies, taking fully into account the impact and social dimension of globalization, the benefits and costs of which are often unevenly shared and distributed, and noting in this regard that the decent work agenda of the International Labour Organization, with its four strategic objectives, has an important role to play in achieving the objective of social protection and elimination of inequalities, as reaffirmed in the International Labour Organization Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization, Recognizing that social inclusion is a means for achieving social integration and is crucial for fostering stable, safe, harmonious, peaceful and just societies and for improving social cohesion so as to create an environment for development and progress and to leave no one behind, Recognizing also the role that digital technologies can play in making social policies more inclusive, efficient and effective, and the need to establish and leverage synergies between digital transformation and sustainable development, to drive people-centred outcomes, Stressing that bridging all digital divides is a precondition for achieving inclusive and sustainable development, including the goals of eradicating poverty and ending hunger, and the need to close all digital divides, which have been aggravated by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, both between and within countries and including the rural-urban, youth-older persons and gender digital divides, and to promote digital inclusion, by taking into account national and regional contexts and addressing the challenges associated with access, affordability, digital literacy and digital skills and awareness, as well as lifelong access to digital learning opportunities, and by ensuring that the benefits of new technologies are available to all, taking into account the specific social, cultural and linguistic needs of each society and persons of all ages and backgrounds, as well as of those who are in vulnerable situations, particularly persons with disabilities, and noting the efforts to help to bridge digital divides and expand access, including the Connect 2030 Agenda for Global Telecommunication/Information and Communication Technology, including Broadband, for Sustainable Development, Recognizing that bridging all digital divides, between and within countries, requires strengthened international cooperation, to ensure, inter alia, universal and meaningful digital connectivity and affordable access in a safe, secure, transparent and non-discriminatory environment, Emphasizing the need to ensure meaningful connectivity for all, in particular for people living in poverty, people living in rural and remote areas and people living developing countries, to provide them with access to the benefits of information and communication technologies, promote technology sharing on a non-discriminatory __________________ 14 4/20 A/63/538-E/2009/4, annex. 24-24130