Recognizes that social justice is one of the most important goals of social progress; calls upon States to take concepts of social justice as a basis for the preparation of their national development plans and programmes, giving priority to endeavouring to solve problems relating to employment, education, health care, nutrition, housing, social welfare and the raising of standards of living; recommends that the appropriate UN bodies and specialized agencies take into account the need to achieve social justice for all when considering social development issues and the observance of human rights; requests the Secretary-General, in his studies and reports concerning international social development issues, including the reports on the world social situation, to devote attention to social justice issues and, in particular, to ways of achieving the objective in question; requests the Commission for Social Development at its 32nd session, when monitoring the implementation of international plans and programmes of action, specifically the Guiding Principles for Developmental Social Welfare Policies and Programmes in the Near Future, to consider ways and means of developing approaches to the achievement of social justice.

Adopted without vote, 15th meeting

Adopted at the 15th plenary meeting, 24 May 1989.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its 1st regular session of 1989, 2-24 May 1989. - E/1989/INF/7. - 14 July 1989. - p. 147-148. - Issued in ESCOR, 1989, Suppl. no. 1.