United Nations
A/RES/68/219
General Assembly
Distr.: General
17 January 2014
Sixty-eighth session
Agenda item 21 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2013
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/68/440/Add.1)]
68/219. Role of the United Nations in promoting development
in the context of globalization and interdependence
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 62/199 of 19 December 2007, 63/222 of 19 December
2008, 64/210 of 21 December 2009, 65/168 of 20 December 2010 and 66/210 of
22 December 2011 on the role of the United Nations in promoting deve lopment in
the context of globalization and interdependence,
Acknowledging the vital importance of an inclusive, transparent and effective
multilateral system in order to address the urgent global challenges of today,
recognizing the universality of the United Nations, and reaffirming its commitment
to promote and strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the role and authority of the General Assembly on global matters
of concern to the international community, as set out in the Charter of the United
Nations,
Acknowledging that the United Nations, particularly the General Assembly,
provides a universal and inclusive multilateral forum which confers incomparable
value to its discussions and its decisions on global mat ters of concern to the
international community,
Recalling the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and its
outcome document, entitled “The future we want”, 1 and all major United Nations
conferences and summits in the economic, social, environmental and related fields
for the promotion of sustainable development and their outcomes and follow -up
processes,
Recognizing that the international multilateral system should continue to
support sustainable development, particularly in relation to inclusive and equitable
economic growth, job creation and the efforts of developing countries to eradicate
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