On 4th November, the second World Summit on Social Development, held at Doha in Qatar, the UN passed the Doha Political Declaration that urged states to include quality education as one of the principal elements in poverty reduction policies.

The declaration urges countries to adopt poverty reduction policies that are mindful of the needs of children and urges countries to establish jobs that pay a living wage based on the macroeconomic policies. These macroeconomic policies must take into consideration the situation of the nation and the role that the private and the general populations play in the economy.

“Although the number of individuals above the poverty line has increased by more than a billion, and more people have gained access to health, education, and social protection, he cautioned that the present-day world is high in uncertainty, polarized, and beset with human misery,” as officially stated in a press release by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations. 

The Declaration encourages multinational companies to offer the required financial aid and technical aid to continue creating jobs. Besides the creation of jobs, the UN also promised to put resources into quality vocational and digital literacy education of the youth and older people.

This has been encouraged by the UN through a combination of poverty, unemployment, and social exclusion over the last 30 years since the original World Summit on Social Development. The Declaration is in agreement with the UN 2030 Sustainable Development goals that aim at establishing the shared blueprint of peace and prosperity in both developed and developing countries.

In 2024, the UN adopted the Pact of the Future that reaffirmed the principles of international law in the countries and the need to “save future generations from the pain of war.”