A/RES/74/236 Human resources development 2. Calls upon the international community to place human resources development at the core of economic and social development and to develop short -, medium- and long-term strategies to effectively enhance human resources capacities, as educated, skilled, healthy, capable, productive and ad aptable workforces are the foundation for achieving sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth and development; 3. Encourages giving appropriate consideration to human resources development strategies in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; 3 4. Stresses the need for Member States to emphasize and integrate human resources development into national development strategies, including national development policies and strategies to eradicate poverty and achieve the Sust ainable Development Goals, in order to address structural and multidimensional challenges to enhancing national productive capacities and to ensure that human resources development implications are taken into account by all national development stakeholders; 5. Recognizes that comprehensive approaches to human resources development that address poverty eradication and the creation of a skilled workforce are also critical in reducing unemployment and brain drain and in promoting greater social inclusion; 6. Also recognizes that the future of work, affected by progress in science and technology, requires adaptability and faster learning and relearning of new skills, which, in turn, require a shift towards early childhood education, work -based learning, lifelong learning and a comprehensive life-cycle approach to education and training, enabled, inter alia, through enhanced investment in teacher training and professional development and improved access to digital learning resources, especially in developing countries; 7. Encourages States, the private sector and other relevant stakeholders to take appropriate steps, in accordance with their plans and policies, to help individuals to make well-informed choices in education, training and careers, develop an integrated system of quality education and training that responds to constantly evolving needs, promote employer recognition and career development based on skills and foster a culture that supports and celebrates lifelong learning, in order to provide opportunities for all to develop their fullest potential throughout life, regardless of their starting points, thereby improving their chances of staying gainfully employed, and calls for more effective support for developing countries in this regard, including from the United Nations system; 8. Encourages Member States to adopt and implement comprehensive human resources development strategies premised on national development objectives that ensure a strong link between quality education, training and employ ment, help to maintain a productive and competitive workforce and are responsive to the needs of the economy; 9. Stresses that human resources development policies should focus on supporting the emergence of a sufficiently wide and flexible pool of skill ed human resources, especially among women and youth, to support all sectors of the economy and be matched with present and future workforce needs, which requires well sequenced investments in basic education, vocational training, on-the-job training and __________________ 3 4/8 Resolution 70/1. 19-22509