APMM joined over 14,000 stakeholders at the Second World Summit on Social Development in Doha last November 4 – 6, 2025 – a global convening that reaffirmed commitments to poverty eradication, decent work, and social inclusion. The summit adopted the Doha declaration, with governments pledging to combat discrimination, expand social protection, and uphold human rights. A five-year review process will be conducted to assess progress and close implementation gaps in the 2030 agenda.

However, for APMM, the declaration remains insufficient. It lacks substantive, concrete, and legally binding commitments needed to address the structural inequalities that drive forced migration and leave millions of informal workers, landless peasants, and underemployed people without adequate protection. Real progress in social development cannot occur while the most marginalized are still being excluded from the conversation.

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