Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the
causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa
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cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations
in maintaining international peace and security, and resolution 2167 (2014) of
28 July 2014 on United Nations peacekeeping operations,
Recalling further the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 3 through which world
leaders reaffirmed their commitment to addressing the special needs of Africa, and
its resolution 60/265 of 30 June 2006,
Reaffirming the political declaration on Africa’s development needs adopted at
the high-level meeting on 22 September 2008, 4
Recalling the 2010 high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the
Millennium Development Goals and its outcome document, 5 and recognizing that
development, peace, security and human rights are closely interlinked and mutually
reinforcing,
Recalling also the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development,
held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, and its outcome document
entitled “The future we want”, 6
Recalling further its resolution 66/293 of 17 September 2012 establishing a
monitoring mechanism to review commitments made towards Africa’s development,
Reaffirming the political declaration on the peaceful resolution of conflicts in
Africa adopted at the high-level meeting of the General Assembly held on
25 April 2013, 7
Reaffirming also the importance of supporting the African Union Agenda
2063, as a strategic vision and an action plan for ensuring a positive socioeconomic
transformation in Africa by 2063, and acknowledging the emphasis in Agenda 2063
on peace and security as critical enablers for sustainable development,
Reaffirming further its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled
“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which
it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and
transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to
working tirelessly for the full implementation of this Agenda by 2030, its
recognition that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including
extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement
for sustainable development, its commitment to achieving sustainable development
in its three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – in a balanced and
integrated manner, and to building upon the achievements of the Millennium
Development Goals and seeking to address their unfinished business,
Reaffirming its resolution 69/313 of 27 July 2015 on the Addis Ababa Action
Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, which
is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, supports and
complements it, and helps to contextualize its means of implementation targets with
concrete policies and actions, and reaffirms the strong political commitment to
address the challenge of financing and creating an enabling environment at all levels
for sustainable development in the spirit of global partn ership and solidarity,
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3
Resolution 60/1.
Resolution 63/1.
5
Resolution 65/1.
6
Resolution 66/288, annex.
7
Resolution 67/259.
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