A/RES/60/130 advanced without addressing the challenges of inequality within and between countries and that the failure to address this inequality predicament will ensure that social justice and better living conditions for all people will remain elusive and that communities, countries and regions will remain vulnerable to social, political and economic upheaval; Welcomes the outcome of the ten-year review of the World Summit for 3. Social Development, which took place during the forty-third session of the Commission for Social Development, in February 2005; 7 4. Also welcomes the reaffirmation by Governments of their will and commitment to continue implementing the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action,1 in particular to eradicate poverty, promote full and productive employment and foster social integration to achieve stable, safe and just societies for all; Reaffirms the recognition that the implementation of the Copenhagen 5. commitments and the attainment of the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,3 are mutually reinforcing and that the Copenhagen commitments are crucial to a coherent, people-centred approach to development; Recognizes that, while action taken to implement the outcomes of the 6. major United Nations summits, conferences and special sessions in the economic, social and related fields held during the past ten years will further promote social development, strengthened and effective international and regional cooperation and assistance for development and progress towards increased participation, greater social justice and improved equity in societies will also be required; Also recognizes that the broad concept of social development affirmed by 7. the World Summit for Social Development and the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly has been weakened in national and international policymaking and that, while poverty eradication is a central part of development policy and discourse, further attention should be given to the other commitments agreed to at the Summit, in particular those concerning employment and social integration, which have also suffered from a general disconnect between economic and social policymaking; Emphasizes that poverty eradication policies should attack poverty by 8. addressing its root and structural causes and manifestations, and that equity and the reduction of inequalities need to be incorporated in those policies; Reaffirms the commitment to employment policies that promote full and 9. productive employment and decent work for all under conditions of equity, equality, security and dignity, and also reaffirms that employment creation should be incorporated into macroeconomic policies; 10. Reaffirms also that social integration policies should seek to reduce inequalities, promote access to basic social services, education and health care, increase the participation and integration of social groups and address the challenges posed by globalization and market-driven reforms on social development in order for all people in all countries to benefit from globalization; _______________ 7 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 6 (E/2005/26), chap. I, sect. A; see also Economic and Social Council decision 2005/234. 2