A/RES/70/213
United Nations
Distr.: General
17 February 2016
General Assembly
Seventieth session
Agenda item 22 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2015
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/70/474/Add.2)]
70/213. Science, technology and innovation for development
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 58/200 of 23 December 2003, 59/220 of 22 December
2004, 60/205 of 22 December 2005, 61/207 of 20 December 2006, 62/201 of
19 December 2007, 64/212 of 21 December 2009, 66/211 of 22 December 2011 and
68/220 of 20 December 2013,
Taking note of Economic and Social Council resolutions 2006/46 of 28 July
2006, 2009/8 of 24 July 2009, 2010/3 of 19 July 2010, 2011/17 of 26 July 2011,
2012/6 of 24 July 2012, 2013/10 of 22 July 2013, 2014/28 of 16 July 2014 and
2015/27 of 22 July 2015,
Recalling the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, 1
Recalling also the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on
Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”, 2
Reaffirming 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 also 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
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See A/C.2/59/3 and A/60/687.
Resolution 66/288, annex.
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