Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development
and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly
A/RES/73/141
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 gl obal challenge and an
indispensable requirement for sustainable development,
Reaffirming the need to achieve sustainable development by promoting
sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth, creating greater opportunities for
all, reducing inequalities within and among countries, 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, povert y
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,
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, 4 including by offering inputs regarding the
effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 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 for
Sustainable Development, proposing an action-oriented resolution with
recommendations to the Council in order to contribute to its work, and that the priority
theme for the 2019 session, which shall allow the Commission to contribute to the
work of the Council, will be “Addressing inequalities and challenges to social
inclusion through fiscal, wage and social protection policies ”, 5
Recalling the ministerial declaration adopted at the high-level segment of the
2018 session of the Economic and Social Council on the annual theme “From global
to local: supporting sustainable and resilient societies in urban and rural
communities” and the ministerial declaration of the 2018 high-level political forum
on sustainable development, convened under the auspices of the Council, on the
theme “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies”, 6
Reaffirming that the Declaration on the Right to Development 7 also informs the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with other relevant instruments,
such as the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on
Financing for Development, 8 Agenda 2063 adopted by the African Union and the
International Labour Organization Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair
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Economic and Social Council resolution 2016/6, para. 3.
5
Economic and Social Council resolution 2018/3, paras. 4 and 9.
6
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-third Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/73/3),
chap. VI, sect. F.
7
Resolution 41/128, annex.
8
Resolution 69/313, annex.
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