The Second World Summit for Social Development Introduces Renewed Social Pact
The Draft Political Declaration of the Second World Summit for Social Development (WSS- D2), to be adopted in Doha in November 2025, comes thirty years after the Copenhagen Summit and on the 80th anniversary of the United Nations. It sets out a renewed global commitment to eradicate poverty, achieve full and productive employment and decent work, and foster social integration.
The Declaration states clearly that “we recognize that the three core themes of social development, namely, poverty 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”. This holistic recognition is significant, yet the Declaration’s treatment of family oriented issues remains limited and requires more explicit articulation.
Families are central to achieving each of these three objectives, yet they often appear in global documents as peripheral beneficiaries rather
than as active partners in development
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