World Day of Social Justice: UN Call for Building Inclusive Societies

"The world day of social justice highlights the imperative of building a future of dignity for all," UN Chief said in a message, adding that guided by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the international community has pledged to end poverty by 2030 through effective integrated social, economic and environmental policies.

These landmark blueprints for a better world provide invaluable tools and a powerful vision to meet the needs of today's generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own, he noted.

"Social justice must be at the heart of our efforts. With exclusion and inequality on the rise, we must step up efforts to ensure that all people, without discrimination, are able to access opportunities to improve their lives and those of others," Ban Ki-moon stressed, adding that "we must build inclusive societies, promote decent work, bolster social protection floors, and bring people in from the margins."

"Sustainable development is only possible with the active engagement of governments, parliaments, employers, workers, civil society, the private sector and other agents of change", he added.