Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further
Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World
Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations
Conference on Sustainable Development
A/RES/74/216
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 wo rking 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 devel opment, 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,
Recognizing the importance of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development and the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
and the resulting processes for the elaboration of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and for the realization of sustainable development, and further
recognizing the uneven progress in the achievement of the Sustainable Development
Goals and all other internationally agreed development goals and commitments
necessary to achieve sustainable development,
Reaffirming the need to further mainstream sustainable development at all
levels, integrating economic, social and environmental aspects and recognizing their
interlinkages, so as to achieve sustainable development in all its dimensions, and
reiterating that sustainable development is a key element of the overarching
framework for United Nations activities,
Welcoming the convening of the high-level political forum on sustainable
development under the auspices of the General Assembly (Sustainable Development
Goals Summit) on 24 and 25 September 2019, and the adoption of its political
declaration, 7 and taking note of the 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report as
an important input to the high-level political forum under the auspices of the General
Assembly,
Recognizing that digital technologies and the unprecedented scale, spread and
speed of change brought about by them can be harnessed to support the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
Stressing the need, in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development, to benefit from and build on experiences, success stories, best
practices, challenges and the lessons learned from the previous agreements on
sustainable development,
Stressing also the importance of overcoming silos and seeking innovative and
coordinated approaches in integrating the three dimensions of sustainable
development, and in this regard taking note of the actions and initiatives implemented
by the United Nations system entities,
Stressing further the need to determine gaps, obstacles, synergies and challenges
in the implementation of commitments and instruments in the sustainable
development field, in a coherent and integrated manner, and with a view to pursuing
and achieving policy coherence as well as identifying new opportunities and emerging
challenges for international cooperation on the path towards sustainable development,
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