A/RES/66/288*
United Nations
Distr.: General
11 September 2012
General Assembly
Sixty-sixth session
Agenda item 19
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 27 July 2012
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.56)]
66/288. The future we want
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The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 64/236 of 24 December 2009, in which it decided to
organize, in 2012, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development at
the highest possible level, as well as its resolution 66/197 of 22 December 2011,
Expresses its profound gratitude to the Government and the people of
1.
Brazil for hosting the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in
Rio de Janeiro from 20 to 22 June 2012, and for providing all the necessary support;
Endorses the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on
2.
Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”, annexed to the present
resolution.
123rd plenary meeting
27 July 2012
Annex
The future we want
I.
Our common vision
1.
We, the Heads of State and Government and high-level representatives, having
met at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, with the full participation of
civil society, renew our commitment to sustainable development and to ensuring the
promotion of an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable future for
our planet and for present and future generations.
2.
Poverty eradication is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and
an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. In this regard, we are
committed to freeing humanity from poverty and hunger as a matter of urgency.
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* Reissued for technical reasons on 17 January 2013.
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