A/RES/65/1
United Nations
Distr.: General
19 October 2010
General Assembly
Sixty-fifth session
Agenda items 13 and 115
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 September 2010
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/65/L.1)]
65/1. Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals
The General Assembly
Adopts the following outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of
the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals at its sixty-fifth
session:
Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals
1.
We, Heads of State and Government, gathered at United Nations Headquarters
in New York from 20 to 22 September 2010, welcome the progress made since we
last met here in 2005, while expressing deep concern that it falls far short of what is
needed. We reaffirm our resolve to work together for the promotion of the economic
and social advancement of all peoples, recalling the development goals and
commitments emanating from the United Nations Millennium Declaration 1 and the
2005 World Summit Outcome. 2
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We reaffirm that we continue to be guided by the purposes and principles of
the Charter of the United Nations and with full respect for international law and its
principles.
3.
We also reaffirm the importance of freedom, peace and security, respect for all
human rights, including the right to development, the rule of law, gender equality
and an overall commitment to just and democratic societies for development.
4.
We underscore the continued relevance of the outcomes of all major United
Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields and the
commitments contained therein, including the Millennium Development Goals,
which have raised awareness and continue to generate real and important
development gains. Together these outcomes and commitments have played a vital
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