Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit
for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth
special session of the General Assembly
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than 20 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,
Welcoming further the convening in New York on 24 and 25 September 2019 of
the high-level political forum on sustainable development under the auspices of the
General Assembly, and its political declaration, 4 aiming to follow up and
comprehensively review progress in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals,
Welcoming the adoption of the political declaration of the high-level meeting on
universal health coverage, held in New York on 23 September 2019, entitled
“Universal health coverage: moving together to build a healthier world”, 5
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, poverty
eradication, full and productive employment and decent wo rk 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, 6 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 2020 session, which shall allow the Commission to contribute to the
work of the Council, will be “Affordable housing and social protection systems for
all to address homelessness”, 7
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
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Resolution 70/1.
Resolution 74/4, annex.
Resolution 74/2.
Economic and Social Council resolution 2016/6, para. 3.
Economic and Social Council resolution 2019/4, paras. 4 and 7.
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