Latin American and Caribbean Countries Propose a Global Pact for Inclusive Social Development and Call for Increasing Regional Cooperation to Defeat Poverty and Reduce Inequalities
Countries participating in the Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which concluded today in Brasilia, agreed to take as a region to the Second World Summit for Social Development to be held in Qatar in November the proposal to adopt a global pact for inclusive social development, with a view to attaining the social targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and proactively and effectively addressing the challenges of the coming decades. In the Conference’s resolution, the countries request “the Government of B…