Amina J. Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations; Paula Narváez, the President of ECOSOC; the Director-Generals of DESA, UNDP, UN Women, FAO, and WHO; and Juan Somavia, the Chair of the Preparatory Committee of the World Summit for Social Development (1995) will all be present at this high-level seminar, which is being organized by ECLAC and the ILO.Amina J. Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations; Paula Narváez, the President of ECOSOC; the Director-Generals of DESA, UNDP, UN Women, FAO, and WHO; and Juan Somavia, the Chair of the Preparatory Committee of the World Summit for Social Development (1995) will all be present at this high-level seminar, which is being organized by ECLAC and the ILO.
Participants will discuss ways to strengthen international commitments around the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ahead of the Second World Summit for Social Development, which will be held in 2025. This event will take place from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. local time in Chile (GMT-4) and will be broadcast via social media. They will also examine the course that nations have taken following the First World Summit for Social Development, which took place in Copenhagen in 1995, the shifts in global circumstances that have taken place since then, and the key issues that need to be resolved in order to advance more inclusive and harmonious social development worldwide.
Just as the 2030 Agenda outlines, in order to combat poverty and inequality, advance social justice and nondiscrimination, and create more inclusive and sustainable societies where no one is left behind, it is imperative that multilateral and cooperative actions be taken in the context of multiple, overlapping crises in order to review strategies, reaffirm commitments, and mobilize resources.
The United Nations (UN), which unites the international community and its member states, has a crucial role to play in this process. The UN provides a strategic space for actions, reflections, dialogue, and building the trust and commitment necessary to achieve consensus to renew efforts towards inclusive social development at the national, regional, and international levels through its regional economic commissions, agencies, funds, programs, and UN country teams.