Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries A/RES/74/232 Recalling its resolutions 59/209 of 20 December 2004 and 67/221 of 21 December 2012 on a smooth transition for countries graduating from the list of least developed countries, Reaffirming its resolution 71/243 of 21 December 2016 on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the Unit ed Nations system, as well 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, and emphasizing the importance of their full and timely implementation, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011–2020; 8 2. Calls upon the least developed countries, their development partners, the United Nations system and all other actors to further strengthen the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development for the least developed countries in all priority areas of the Istanbul Programme of Action 2 in order to ensure the timely, effective and full implementation of the Programme of Action during the remainder of the decade, in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 9 the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, 10 which is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda, supports and complements it and helps to contextualize its means of implementation targets with concrete policies and actions, the Paris Agreement 3 adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 4 the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 6 and the New Urban Agenda; 5 3. contribute respective developed Invites the private sector, civil society, academia and foundations to to the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action in their areas of competence, in line with the national priorities of the least countries; 4. Recalls the agreement contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that effective linkages will be made with the follow-up and review arrangements of all relevant United Nations conference s and processes, including on the least developed countries, underlines the importance of strong synergy in the implementation of the recently adopted agendas and the Istanbul Programme of Action at all levels, and encourages coordination and coherence in the follow-up of their implementation; 5. Reaffirms that the least developed countries, as the most vulnerable group of countries, need enhanced global support to overcome the structural challenges that they face in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and in this regard calls upon the international community to prioritize and strengthen support from all sources to facilitate the coordinated implementation and coherent follow -up and monitoring of the Istanbul Programme of Action, the 2030 Agenda and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda in the least developed countries; 6. Calls upon the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to focus, within existing resources, its analytical work on the least developed countries, with an emphasis on productive capacities, and their measurement, on structural transformation and on their trade and development linkages, as a contribution to the __________________ 8 9 10 19-22505 A/74/69-E/2019/12. Resolution 70/1. Resolution 69/313, annex. 3/11