A/RES/69/313
Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference
on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa Action Agenda)
development in its three dimensions through promoting inclusive economic growth,
protecting the environment and promoting social inclusion. We commit to respecting all
human rights, including the right to development. We will ensure gender equality and
women’s and girls’ empowerment. We will promote peaceful and inclusive societies and
advance fully towards an equitable global economic system in which no country or person
is left behind, enabling decent work and productive livelihoods for all, while preserving the
planet for our children and future generations.
2.
In September 2015, the United Nations will host a summit to adopt an
ambitious and transformative post-2015 development agenda, including sustainable
development goals. This agenda must be underpinned by equally ambitious and
credible means of implementation. We have come together to establish a holistic and
forward-looking framework and to commit to concrete actions to deliver on the
promise of that agenda. Our task is threefold: to follow-up on commitments and
assess the progress made in the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus and the
Doha Declaration; to further strengthen the framework to finance sustainable
development and the means of implementation for the universal post-2015
development agenda; and to reinvigorate and strengthen the financing for
development follow-up process to ensure that the actions to which we commit are
implemented and reviewed in an appropriate, inclusive, timely and transparent
manner.
3.
We recognize that, since the adoption of the Monterrey Consensus, the world
has made significant overall progress. Globally, economic activity and financing
flows have increased substantially. We have made great progress in mobilizing
financial and technical resources for development from an increased number of
actors. Advances in science, technology and innovation have enhanced the potential
to achieve our development goals. Many countries, including developing countries,
have implemented policy frameworks that have contributed to increased
mobilization of domestic resources and higher levels of economic growth and social
progress. Developing countries’ share in world trade has increased and, while debt
burdens remain, they have been reduced in many poor countries. These advances
have contributed to a substantial reduction in the number of people living in extreme
poverty and to notable progress towards the achievement of the Millennium
Development Goals.
4.
Despite these gains, many countries, particularly developing countries, still
face considerable challenges, and some have fallen further behind. Inequalities
within many countries have increased dramatically. Women, representing half of the
world’s population, as well as indigenous peoples and the vulnerable, continue to be
excluded from participating fully in the economy. While the Monterrey agenda has
not yet been fully implemented, new challenges have arisen and enormous unmet
needs remain for the achievement of sustainable development. The 2008 world
financial and economic crisis exposed risks and vulnerabilities in the international
financial and economic system. Global growth rates are now below pre-crisis levels.
Shocks from financial and economic crises, conflict, natural disasters and disease
outbreaks spread rapidly in our highly interconnected world. Environmental
degradation, climate change and other environmental risks threaten to undermine
past successes and future prospects. We need to ensure that our development efforts
enhance resilience in the face of these threats.
5.
Solutions can be found, including through strengthening public policies,
regulatory frameworks and finance at all levels, unlocking the transformative
potential of people and the private sector and incentivizing changes in financing as
well as consumption and production patterns to support sustainable development.
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