14,000 delegates<\/a> from around the world were expected to attend.<\/p>\nThe declaration calls for commitments in several areas, including poverty eradication, access to \u201cdecent work\u201d, social integration, gender equality and climate action.<\/p>\n
Guterres noted the progress that has been made over the past three decades.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver one billion people have escaped extreme poverty. Global unemployment is at a near-historic low. Access to healthcare, education and social protection has dramatically expanded. People are living longer, and child and maternal mortality have declined. And more girls are attending school with rising graduation rates for all students,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
However, he insisted that more challenges must be faced, saying the Second World Summit \u201copens at a moment of high global uncertainty, divisions, conflicts and widespread human suffering\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cDeveloping countries are not getting the level of support they need,\u201d he warned. \u201cWe are not moving fast enough to mitigate the volatility and outright destruction wrought by a warming planet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Peace and stability<\/h2>\n
Qatar\u2019s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, opened the event by calling for sustained efforts to support the Palestinian people amid the devastation of Israel\u2019s two-year war on Gaza.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s impossible to achieve social development in any society without peace and stability,\u201d he said, adding that only \u201cconstant peace, not temporary settlements, is just peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
Calling on the international community to increase support for reconstruction, he added: \u201cIt goes without saying that the Palestinian people need all forms of aid to be able to recover from the devastation\u201d caused by \u201cthe apartheid system in Palestine\u201d.<\/p>\n
The UN estimates more than $70bn is needed to rebuild Gaza.<\/p>\n
Addressing reporters on the sidelines later, Guterres said he was \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d by \u201ccontinued violations of the ceasefire\u201d in the enclave.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey must stop, and all parties must abide by the decisions of the first phase of the peace agreement,\u201d he demanded.<\/p>\n
The emir also condemned the war crimes being carried out in Sudan.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe express our collective shock at the horrific atrocities committed in the city of el-Fasher in Sudan\u2019s Darfur region and reaffirm our condemnation of these acts in the strongest terms,\u201d Sheikh Tamim said after the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group captured the capital of North Darfur State last week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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