Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development A/RES/74/223 the Goals and targets met for all nations and peoples and for all segments of society, and recommitting to endeavour to reach the furthest behind first, Deeply concerned about the risk of education being underfunded and the impact of disrupted educational services during humanitarian emergencies on efforts to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportun ities for all, and recognizing the need to support early childhood education, as well as to promote tertiary education, skills training and vocational education in conflict and crisis situations, where higher education serves as a powerful driver for chang e, shelters and protects a critical group of young men and women by maintaining their hopes for the future, fosters inclusion and non-discrimination and acts as a catalyst for the recovery and rebuilding of post-conflict countries, 1. Takes note of the report of the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the implementation of education for sustainable development, 7 which provided an overview of education for sustainable development in the framework of the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development and of the framework entitled “Education for Sustainable Development: towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals ” (ESD for 2030); 2. Reaffirms education for sustainable development as a vital means of implementation for sustainable development, as outlined in the Aichi -Nagoya Declaration on Education for Sustainable Development, 5 and as an integral element of the Sustainable Development Goal on quality education and a key enabler of all the other Goals, and welcomes the increased international recognition of education for sustainable development in quality education and lifelong learning; 3. Calls upon the international community to provide inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels – early childhood, primary, secondary, tertiary and distance education, including technical and vocational training – so that all people, irrespective of sex, age, race or ethnicity, and persons with disabilities, migrants, indigenous people, children and youth, especially those in vulnerable situations, may have access to lifelong learning opportunities that help them to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to exploit opportunities to participate fully in society and contribute to sustainable development; 4. Reaffirms the commitment at the very heart of the 2030 Agenda to leave no one behind and commit to taking more tangible steps to support people in vulnerable situations and the most vulnerable countries and to reach the furthest behind first; 5. Encourages Governments and other stakeholders concerned to scale up education for sustainable development action through the implementation of the framework entitled “Education for Sustainable Development: towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals” (ESD for 2030) as follow-up to the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development after 2014; 4 6. Takes note that the international launch conference for the framework entitled “Education for Sustainable Development: towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals” (ESD for 2030) will be hosted by the Government of Germany and in June 2020 in Berlin; 7. Encourages Governments to increase efforts to systemically integrate and institutionalize education for sustainable development in the education sector and other relevant sectors, as appropriate, including through, inter alia, the provision of __________________ 7 4/6 A/74/258. 19-22492