The declaration is a political mandate for countries to help more people gain basic health care, housing and education.
World leaders adopted a new set of high-level goals and directions that will force U.N. agencies and donor nations to fundamentally change how they spend aid money over the next several years.
The Second World Summit for Social Development, a U.N.-backed gathering that drew nearly 14,000 attendees to Doha, Qatar, culminated on Thursday with the adoption of the Doha Political Declaration.
The outcome could test the stability of global trading and compound the crisis at the World Trade Organization.
UNCTAD also launched a new platform to stabilize borrower nations and mobilize capital for a costly green transition.
António Guterres highlights 'impossible choice' for debtor nations; new platform for technical reform, not negotiation.
Operationally, UNCTAD, like other organizations, must navigate economic headwinds and severe budget limitations.
The decision on dental amalgam was counterbalanced by the greater challenge of artisanal and small-scale gold mining.
Fractured talks highlight a deep divide over who pays as Indigenous leaders gain unprecedented access to U.N. venue.
Negotiators must finish the financial mechanism and agree on binding measures to phase out toxic chemicals in plastics.
The outcome could test the stability of global trading and compound the crisis at the World Trade Organization.
