United Nations A/RES/68/135 General Assembly Distr.: General 24 January 2014 Sixty-eighth session Agenda item 27 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2013 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/68/448)] 68/135. Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly The General Assembly, Recalling the World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen from 6 to 12 March 1995, and the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly, entitled “World Summit for Social Development and beyond: achieving social development for all in a globalizing world”, held in Geneva from 26 June to 1 July 2000, Reaffirming that the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development 1 and the further initiatives for social development adopted by the General Assembly at its twentyfourth special session, 2 as well as a continued global dialogue on social development issues, constitute the basic framework for the promotion of social development for all at the national and international levels, Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration 3 and the development goals contained therein, as well as the commitments made at major United Nations summits, conferences and special sessions, including the commitments made at the 2005 World Summit 4 and at the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, 5 and the outcome of the 2013 special event to follow up efforts made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, 6 _______________ 1 Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6–12 March 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II. 2 Resolution S-24/2, annex. 3 Resolution 55/2. 4 Resolution 60/1. 5 Resolution 65/1. 6 Resolution 68/6. 13-44755 (E) *1344755* Please recycle