A/RES/72/272
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 April 2018
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 11
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 12 April 2018
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/72/L.43 and A/72/L.43/Add.1)]
72/272.
World Bicycle Day
The General Assembly,
Recognizing the contribution of sport to the realization of the Millennium
Development Goals, as declared in its resolutions 60/1 of 16 September 2005 and
65/1 of 22 September 2010,
Recalling that, in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 1 inter alia,
sport was recognized as an important enabler of sustainable development,
Recognizing the need to strengthen and further coordinate efforts, including
multi-stakeholder partnerships, at all levels to maximize the potential of the bicycle
to contribute to the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals,
including the Sustainable Development Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda, and a
culture of peace,
Reaffirming 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, in particular 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 it is stated that an international day or year should not be proclaimed before
the basic arrangements for its organization and financing have been made,
Recalling the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the United Nations Conference on
Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), held in Quito from 17 to
20 October 2016, 2
Acknowledging the uniqueness, longevity and versatility of the bicycle, which
has been in use for two centuries, and that it is a simple, affordable, reliable, clean
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Resolution 70/1.
Resolution 71/256, annex.
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