A/RES/74/198
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 January 2020
Seventy-fourth session
Agenda item 17
Macroeconomic policy questions
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 19 December 2019
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/74/379)]
74/198.
International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable
Development, 2021
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming the Charter of the United Nations, including the purposes and
principles contained therein, and the functions and powers of the United Nations
system, especially in promoting international cooperation in the economic, social,
cultural, educational and health fields,
Reaffirming also 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 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
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,
Recognizing the need to promote sustained and inclusive economic growth,
foster innovation and provide opportunities, benefits and empowerment for all and
respect for all human rights,
Recalling its resolutions 53/199 of 15 December 1998 and 61/185 of
20 December 2006 on the proclamation of international years, and Economic and
Social Council resolution 1980/67 of 25 July 1980 on international years and
anniversaries, including paragraphs 1 to 10 of the annex thereto on the agreed criteria
for the proclamation of international years, as well as paragraphs 13 and 14, in which
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