Tale of Two Summits: From Copenhagen’s Spring to Doha’s Desert
Author: Maria Fornella-Oehninger Soroptimist International Representative to the UN, NYHQ From 4–6 November 2025 in Doha, Qatar, Heads of State and Government will meet for the Second World Summit for Social Development, as mandated by UN General Assembly resolutions 78/261 and 78/318. The aim is to reaffirm and accelerate commitments made in the 1995 Copenhagen…
The 10 Commitments of Copenhagen and expectations for the Second World Social Summit
Author: Sarah Ben-Farhat Thirty years after the historic Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development was finalized at the World Summit for Social Development, we are witnessing a dire rise in inequality, accelerated environmental collapse, and cycles of systemic oppression and brutal violence that remain unaddressed. The very conditions the Copenhagen Declaration aimed to transform have not…
Reflections on the 2025 UN Ocean Conference: Linking Ocean Action to Social Development
Author: Marides Santos The 2025 UN Ocean Conference in Nice was a wake-up call—and an opportunity. Yes, progress was made. The Nice Ocean Action Plan was adopted, 50 countries ratified the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), and calls for a moratorium on deep-sea…
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