A/RES/58/130 challenges, including serious financial crises, insecurity, poverty, exclusion and inequality in income growth and distribution, education and health, Noting that the Commission for Social Development, at its forty-third session in 2005, will consider as its priority theme “Review of the further implementation of the World Summit for Social Development and the outcome of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly”, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General; 4 2. Reaffirms the need to take effective measures to implement the commitments made by heads of State and Government at the World Summit for Social Development, contained in the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action,1 which established a new consensus to place people at the centre of development policies and pledged to eradicate poverty, promote full and productive employment and foster social integration so as to achieve stable, safe and just societies for all; Also reaffirms the decisions on further action and initiatives to accelerate 3. social development for all, adopted by the General Assembly at its twenty-fourth special session and contained in the further initiatives for social development;2 4. Further reaffirms that the aim of social integration is to create a “society for all”, in which every individual, each with rights and responsibilities, has an active role to play, and that such an inclusive society must be based on respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms, cultural and religious diversity, social justice and the special needs of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, democratic participation and the rule of law; Recognizes the need to promote respect for human rights and 5. fundamental freedoms in order to address the most pressing social needs of people living in poverty, including through the design and development of appropriate mechanisms to strengthen and consolidate democratic institutions and governance; Reaffirms the commitment to gender equality and to strengthening 6. policies and programmes that improve, ensure and broaden the full participation of women in all spheres of political, economic, social and cultural life, as equal partners, and to improving their access to all resources needed for the full exercise of all their human rights and fundamental freedoms by removing persistent barriers; Stresses that, in addition to social policies, progress in the realization of 7. long-term goals, such as equity, social cohesion and an adequate accumulation of human capital, requires supportive and coherent short-term and long-term economic policies at the national and international levels; Emphasizes the importance of integrating economic and social policies in 8. promoting human resources development and enhancing the process of development, invites the Economic and Social Council, at the highest possible level, to assess the effectiveness of such integration and make recommendations in this regard to the General Assembly, requests the Commission for Social Development to continue giving particular attention to this issue in its forthcoming sessions, and invites the different entities of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, to take into account the integration of economic and social policies in their respective domains; _______________ 4 2 A/58/172.