A/RES/77/176
International migration and development
the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the International Conference on
Population and Development, adopted on 1 April 2019, 6
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 working 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 development, 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 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 complements it, helps to contextualize its means of implementation targets with
concrete policies and actions, and reaffirms the strong political commitment to
address the challenge of financing and creating an enabling en vironment at all levels
for sustainable development in the spirit of global partnership and solidarity,
Reaffirming further the New Urban Agenda, 7 the Sendai Framework for Disaster
Risk Reduction 2015–2030 8 and the political declaration of the high-level meeting on
universal health coverage, 9 as well as major outcome documents in relation to
countries in special situations,
Reaffirming the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, adopted at
the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on addressing large
movements of refugees and migrants, held at United Nations Headquarters on
19 September 2016, 10
Reaffirming also the Paris Agreement, 11 and encouraging all its parties to fully
implement the Agreement, and parties to the United Natio ns Framework Convention
on Climate Change 12 that have not yet done so to deposit their instruments of
ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where appropriate, as soon as
possible,
Noting with great concern the severe negative impact on human health, safety
and well-being caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, as well as
the severe disruption to societies and economies and the devastating impact on lives
and livelihoods, and that the poorest and most vulnerable are the hardest hit by the
pandemic, reaffirming the ambition to get back on track to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals by designing and implementing sustainable and inclusive
recovery strategies to accelerate progress towards the full implementation of the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development and to help to reduce the risk of and build
resilience to future shocks, crises and pandemics, including by strengthening health
systems and achieving universal health coverage, and recognizing that equitable and
timely access for all to safe, quality, effective and affordable COVID-19 vaccines,
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Ibid., 2019, Supplement No. 5 (E/2019/25), chap. I, sect. B.
Resolution 71/256, annex.
Resolution 69/283, annex II.
Resolution 74/2.
Resolution 71/1.
Adopted under the UNFCCC in FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21.
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