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data and reporting, and in this regard recognizes the importance of prioritizing
capacity-building support to developing countries, in particular the least developed
countries, small island developing States, landlocked developing countries and
African countries, as well as middle-income countries facing specific challenges;
22. Encourages States to give appropriate consideration to disaster risk
reduction in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 13
where it is reflected across several Goals and targets, including in their voluntary
national reviews, inter alia, through the engagement of national Sendai Framework
focal points early in the national review process, as appropriate, and stresses the
importance of considering disaster risk reduction in the deliberations and outcomes
of the high-level political forum on sustainable development;
23. Reiterates its strong encouragement of and the need for effective
coordination and coherence, as applicable, in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third
International Conference on Financing for Development, 17 the Paris Agreement
adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 11 and
the Sendai Framework, as well as the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, 12 the Convention on Biological Diversity, 18 the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious
Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, 19 and the New Urban Agenda, 9
while respecting the relevant mandates, in order to build synergies and resilience,
translate integrated global policy frameworks, as appropriate, into national laws,
policies or regulations defining roles and responsibilities across the public and private
sectors, as well as into integrated multisectoral programmes at the national and local
levels, and reduce disaster risk across sectors, and addressing the global challenge of
eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty;
24. Encourages countries, the relevant United Nations bodies, agencies, funds
and programmes and other relevant institutions and stakeholders to take into
consideration the important role of coordinated, inclusive and participatory disaster
risk governance across sectors for the achievement of sustainable development and,
inter alia, the strengthening of disaster prevention as well as preparedness for
effective response, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstr uction;
25. Urges that due consideration continue to be given to the review of the
global progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework as part of the
integrated and coordinated follow-up processes to United Nations conferences and
summits, aligned with the Economic and Social Council, the high-level political
forum on sustainable development and the quadrennial comprehensive policy review
cycles, as appropriate, taking into account the contributions of the Global Platform
for Disaster Risk Reduction and regional and subregional platforms for disaster risk
reduction and the Sendai Framework monitor;
26. Recognizes that effective and meaningful global and regional partnerships
and the further strengthening of international cooperation, including the fulfilment of
respective commitments of official development assistance by developed countries,
are essential for effective disaster risk management;
27. Encourages the incorporation of disaster risk reduction measures, as
appropriate, into multilateral and bilateral development assistance programmes and
infrastructure financing, including through North-South cooperation complemented
by South-South as well as triangular cooperation, within and across all sectors related
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