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 than 25 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, Noting the proposal contained in the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Our Common Agenda” 4 to convene a world social summit in 2025, to be discussed and agreed upon by Member States, and emphasizing that the 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 employ ment and social integration the overriding development objectives, and give momentum towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, Recalling its resolution 78/261 of 26 February 2024, entitled “‘World Social Summit’ under the title ‘Second World Summit for Social Development’”, in which it decided to convene the “World Social Summit” in 2025, under the title “the Second World Summit for Social Development”, to address the gaps and recommit to the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action and its implementation and give momentum towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, Reaffirming its resolution 78/318 of 16 July 2024, entitled “Modalities of the ‘World Social Summit’ under the title ‘the Second World Summit for Social Development’”, in which it decided that the “World Social Summit” under the title “the Second World Summit for Social Development” would be held at the level of Heads of State or Government in Qatar from 4 to 6 November 2025, Welcoming the adoption of the political declaration of the 2023 high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the General Assembly at the Sustainable Development Goals Summit, 5 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 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 the political declaration of the high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis, held in New York on 22 September 2023,8 and the political declaration of the high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance, held in New York on 26 September 2024, 9 Reaffirming the need to achieve sustainable development by promoting sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth, reducing inequalities within and among countries, creating greater opportunities for all, including by achieving gender __________________ Resolution 70/1. A/75/982. 5 Resolution 78/1, annex. 6 Resolution 78/3, annex. 7 Resolution 78/4, annex. 8 Resolution 78/5, annex. 9 Resolution 79/2, annex. 3 4 2/20 24-24130