Doha | 4 to 6 November 2025
Summary of the Doha Political Declaration | 2025
The Doha Declaration renews the world’s commitment to social development, built on three interlinked pillars: poverty eradication, full and productive employment and decent work for all, and social inclusion.
Main points include:
- Global recognition that poverty, unemployment, and social exclusion are urgent and structural challenges requiring coordinated, rights-based responses.
- Affirmation that social development and social justice are essential for peace, security, and human rights.
- Reaffirmation of prior commitments, including the 1995 Copenhagen Declaration, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development, and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
- Call for integrated, coherent, and inclusive policies, through whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches involving civil society, social partners, and the private sector.
- Emphasis on financing, urging reform of the global financial architecture, stronger multilateral institutions, and increased resources for social policies, especially in developing countries.
- Implementation and follow-up: the UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD) will serve as the main follow-up body, with comprehensive reviews every five years, starting in 2031.
Selected Translated Excerpts
“We, Heads of State and Government and high representatives, gathered in Doha, Qatar, from 4 to 6 November 2025 for the Second World Summit for Social Development, determined to build a more just, inclusive, equitable, and sustainable world, to address the gaps, assess progress, renew our commitment to the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and its Programme of Action, and give impetus to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”
“We recognize that the three core themes of social development — the eradication of poverty, the promotion of full and productive employment and decent work for all, and social integration — are interrelated and mutually reinforcing, and that an enabling environment must be created for the pursuit of these three goals simultaneously.”
“We commit to take effective measures, including policies and programmes, to address the root causes of poverty and inequality … ensure access to social protection, food security, education, livelihoods, employment, decent work for all, safe drinking water and sanitation, adequate housing, and reliable health systems; and participation in social and cultural life, giving special priority to the needs and rights of women, children, and persons in vulnerable situations.”
“We recognize that digital transformation can contribute to social development … and commit to strengthening investment and cooperation in research, development, innovation, and training in emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, particularly by supporting developing countries, at their request, in line with their priorities and contexts.”
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District 29 UN Committee | Lydia Chaillou | Chair
Zonta Club Meaux et region | Area 01 | France
