A/RES/73/248
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 January 2019
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 25 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 20 December 2018
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/73/543/Add.1)]
73/248.
Operational activities for development of the
United Nations system
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming resolution 71/243 of 21 December 2016 on the quadrennial
comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United
Nations system, including its general guidelines,
Reaffirming also its resolution 72/279 of 31 May 2018 on the repositioning of
the United Nations development system in the context of the quadrennial
comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United
Nations system,
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 the 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, 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 partnership and solidarity,
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