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Draft Political Declaration Rev2: Renewed Vision for Social Development
The Second World Summit on Social Development marks a pivotal moment to accelerate action on social development and reaffirm global commitments. The revised draft of the Political Declaration (Rev2), issued on 15 July 2025, lays out a bold vision for building a just, inclusive, equitable, and sustainable world—thirty years after the original Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development.
The draft underscores the interlinked priorities of poverty eradication, full and productive employment and decent work for all, and social integration. It calls for collective efforts to address systemic challenges—poverty, inequality, unemployment, and social exclusion—while upholding human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The draft also reaffirms the commitment to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the promise to “leave no one behind,” with a focus on the most vulnerable, including women, children, older persons, persons with disabilities, and those in rural or marginalized communities.
Key Highlights
- Poverty Eradication: Commitment to a holistic approach addressing all forms and dimensions of poverty, promoting resilient social protection systems, and supporting innovative initiatives such as the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty.
- Employment and Decent Work: Focus on inclusive economic growth, job creation, lifelong learning, and policies to transition from informal to formal economies, while addressing youth unemployment and gender pay gaps.
- Social Integration: Emphasis on fostering cohesive, equitable societies through inclusive policies, respect for cultural diversity, intergenerational solidarity, and the full participation of Indigenous Peoples and other marginalized groups.
- Cross-Cutting Priorities: Strengthened universal health coverage, food security, digital inclusion, climate resilience, gender equality, adequate housing, and safe, orderly migration pathways.
- Financing: A call for reforming the international financial system, scaling up official development assistance (ODA), and ensuring sustainable financing for social policies and protection systems.
A Call to Action
The draft calls for renewed multilateral cooperation, periodic reviews of progress, and active engagement of all stakeholders—governments, civil society, the private sector, and international organizations—to deliver on the goals of social development.
