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Culture and sustainable development
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2 that have not yet done so to
deposit their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where
appropriate, as soon as possible,
Welcoming the holding of the 2019 Climate Action Summit convened by the
Secretary-General on 23 September, taking note of the multi-partner initiatives and
commitments presented during the Summit, and taking note also of the Youth Climate
Summit, held on 21 September,
Reaffirming 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
address the challenge of financing and creating an enabling environment at all levels
for sustainable development in the spirit of global partnership and solid arity,
Welcoming the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the United Nations Conference
on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), held in Quito, Ecuador,
from 17 to 20 October 2016, 3 calling for its full, effective and timely implementation
at all levels, and reaffirming that culture and cultural diversity are sources of
enrichment for humankind and provide an important contribution to the sustainable
development of cities, human settlements and citizens, empowering them to play an
active and unique role in development initiatives,
Recalling that, in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, inter alia, the
natural and cultural diversity of the world is acknowledged and it is recognized that
cultures and civilizations can contribute to, and are crucial enablers of, sustainable
development,
Recalling also the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the
Diversity of Cultural Expressions, 4 as well as other international conventions of the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization that acknowledge
cultural diversity and economic and social development, 5
Recognizing that culture is an essential component of human development, that
it represents a source of identity, innovation and creativity for the individual and the
community and that it is an important factor in social inclusion and poverty
eradication, providing for sustainable economic growth and ownership of
development processes,
Recognizing also the growing importance of the digital environment in the
diffusion of cultural and creative content,
Recognizing further the importance of respect and understanding for cultural
diversity throughout the world and of working together and not against each other
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Resolution 71/256, annex.
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Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, of 1954
(United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 249, No. 3511); Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and
Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, of 1970
(United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 823, No. 11806); Convention concerning the Pr otection of
the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, of 1972 (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1037,
No. 15511); Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, of 2001 (United
Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2562, No. 45694); and Convention for the Safeguarding of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage, of 2003 (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2368, No. 42671).
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