A/RES/71/221
Entrepreneurship for sustainable development
Welcoming the Paris Agreement 2 and its early entry into force, encouraging all
its parties to fully implement the Agreement, and parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change 3 that have not yet done so to deposit
their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where
appropriate, as soon as possible,
Recalling relevant strategies and programmes of action, including the Istanbul
Declaration and Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the
Decade 2011–2020, 4 the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA)
Pathway, 5 the Vienna Declaration and Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked
Developing Countries for the Decade 2014–2024, 6 taking note of Agenda 2063 of
the African Union, and recognizing the importance of addressing the diverse needs
and challenges faced by countries in special situations, in particular African
countries, the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small
island developing States, as well as the specific challenges facing middle -income
countries,
Recalling also the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 7 the political
declaration adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty -ninth
session, 8 which reviewed the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and
Platform for Action, and the agreed conclusions, adopted by the Commission at its
sixtieth session, on women’s empowerment and the link to sustainable
development, 9 and stressing that women and girls, particularly in developing
countries, are important drivers of entrepreneurship and sustainable deve lopment,
Welcoming the contribution of all relevant stakeholders, including the private
sector, non-governmental organizations and civil society, to the implementation of
the outcomes of the United Nations conferences and summits and their reviews in
the economic, social, environmental and related fields, as well as the realization of
the internationally agreed development goals, including the Sustainable
Development Goals,
Recognizing that multi-stakeholder partnerships and the resources, knowledge
and ingenuity of the private sector, civil society, the scientific community,
academia, philanthropy and foundations, parliaments, local authorities, volunteers
and other stakeholders will be important in order to mobilize and share knowledge,
expertise, technology and financial resources, complement the efforts of government
and support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries,
including developing countries, and in this regard taking note of the Global
Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth,
Emphasizing the pivotal role of entrepreneurship in achieving sustainable
development in its three dimensions, and emphasizing that achieving the Sustainable
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2
See FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21, annex.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822.
4
Report of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Istanbul, Turkey,
9–13 May 2011 (A/CONF.219/7), chaps. I and II.
5
Resolution 69/15, annex.
6
Resolution 69/137, annexes I and II.
7
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
8
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2015, Supplement No. 7 (E/2015/27), chap. I,
sect. C, resolution 59/1, annex.
9
Ibid., 2016, Supplement No. 7 (E/2016/27), chap. I, sect. A.
3
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