A/RES/72/222
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
25 January 2018
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 19 (g)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 20 December 2017
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/72/420/Add.7)]
72/222.
Education for sustainable development in the framework
of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 70/209 of 22 December 2015 and other previous
resolutions on the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development,
Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming
our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which it adopted a
comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative
Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to wor king tirelessly for
the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recognition that eradicating
poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest
global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable develo pment, its
commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions —
economic, social and environmental — in a balanced and integrated manner, and to
building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and seeking
to address their unfinished business,
Reaffirming also the commitment made in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote
lifelong learning opportunities for all,
Reaffirming further the commitment made in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development to ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to
promote sustainable development, including through education for sustainable
development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of
a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural
diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development,
Reaffirming its resolution 69/313 of 27 July 2015 on the Addis Ababa Action
Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, which
is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, supports and
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