Media Advisory?
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United?Nations to launch?2026?World Social Report ?on?New Economics of Social Inclusion?
Press briefing live?on???
The report is under embargo until?15 October?2026, 12:30?pm?ET??
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The world is undergoing profound changes.?Economic, digital and?energy?transformations are redefining how people work,?learn?and?participate?in society.?While these changes offer significant opportunities, they are also creating new risks of exclusion.?
The?World Social Report 2026: New Economics of Social Inclusion: Making Transformations Work for All?argues that social inclusion is an investment and a prerequisite for successful economic,?digital?and green transformation. The report delivers a clear message: transformations are?inevitable,?exclusions are not.?It?shows?that exclusion undermines productivity,?resilience,?and growth, while investments in people’s capabilities,?opportunities?and participation strengthen economies and societies.??
WHAT:
Press briefing to launch?the?World?Social Report?2026?¡ª?The New Economics of Social Inclusion: Making Transformations Work for All?
WHO:?
Video remarks by?Ant¨®nio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General?
Bj?rg?Sandkj?r, Assistant-Secretary-General?for Policy Coordination,?UN DESA?
Rashmi Banga,?Chief,?Development Research Branch,?Economic Analysis and Policy Division,?UN DESA?
WHEN:??Thursday,?15 October?2026, 12:30?pm?ET??
WHERE: UN Press Briefing Room, S-237??(Live on?)?
The report will be available on?15 October?2026,?12:30?pm?ET?at??once the embargo has been lifted.??
Media Contacts:??
Martin Samaan, UN Department of Global Communications,?samaanm@un.org
Helen Rosengren,UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs,?rosengrenh@un.org?