Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly A/RES/72/141 poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner, and to building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and see king to address their unfinished business, 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, 3 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 priority theme for the 2017–2018 review and policy cycle, which shall allow the Commission for Social Development to contribute to the work of the Council, will be “Strategies for eradicating poverty to achieve sustainable development for all ”, 4 Recalling the ministerial declaration adopted at the high-level segment of the 2017 session of the Economic and Social Council on the annual theme “Eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions through promoting sustainable development, expanding opportunities and addressing related challenges” and the ministerial declaration of the 2017 high-level political forum on sustainable development, convened under the auspices of the Council, on the theme “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world”, 5 Reaffirming that the Declaration on the Right to Development 6 also informs the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, along with other relevant instruments, such as the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, 7 Agenda 2063 adopted by the African Union and the International Labour Organization Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization, 8 and reaffirming also the strong political commitment to address the challenge of financing and creating an enabling environment at all levels for sustainable development in the spirit of global partnership and solidarity, Noting that the decent work agenda of the International Labour Organization, with its four strategic objectives, has an important r ole to play in achieving the objective of social protection, as reaffirmed in the International Labour Organization Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization, in which the particular role of the Organization in promoting fair globalization and its responsibility to assist its members in their efforts were acknowledged, as well as in the Global Jobs Pact, Reaffirming the need to achieve sustainable development by promoting sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth, creating greater op portunities for all, reducing inequalities within and among countries, raising basic standards of __________________ 3 4 5 6 7 8 2/14 Economic and Social Council resolution 2016/6, para. 3. Ibid., para. 6. Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-second Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/72/3), chap. VI, sect. E. Resolution 41/128, annex. Resolution 69/313, annex. A/63/538-E/2009/4, annex. 17-22927