Implementation of the Third United Nations Decade
for the Eradication of Poverty (2018–2027)
A/RES/73/246
Recognizing the importance of supporting countries in their efforts to eradicate
poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, and to promote
the empowerment of the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including women,
children and youth, indigenous peoples and local communities, older persons, persons
with disabilities, migrants, refugees and internally displa ced persons,
Underlining the primary responsibility of Member States to promote universal
health coverage that comprises universal and equitable access to quality health
services and ensures affordable and quality service delivery, especially through
primary health care and social protection mechanisms, with the support of enhanced
international cooperation and with a view to providing access to health services for
all, including those who are vulnerable or marginalized, and underlining also that
women and children are particularly affected by disasters and outbreaks,
Recognizing the centrality of mobilizing financial and non-financial resources
for development at the national and international levels and the effective use of those
resources, as well as the importance of policy coherence and a coordinated approach
that involves participation at all levels by all actors to promote an enabling
environment for sustainable development, and of reinvigorating the global
partnership for sustainable development in support of the achievement of the
internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development, which builds upon the unfinished business of the Millennium
Development Goals,
Underscoring that, for all countries, public policies and the mobilization and
effective use of domestic resources, underscored by the principle of national
ownership, are central to the common pursuit of sustainable development, including
achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and recognizing that domestic
resources are first and foremost generated by economic growth, supported by an
enabling environment at all levels, including well-functioning, efficient and
transparent tax systems,
Reaffirming the need to promote private and public investme nt with the aim of
ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for
all in order to achieve poverty eradication,
Acknowledging the important role that multi-stakeholder partnerships, including
the private sector, can play in generating new investments, employment and financing
for development,
Taking into consideration that official development assistance remains an
important source of financing for development in developing countries,
Acknowledging that South-South cooperation is not a substitute for, but rather a
complement to, North-South cooperation, and recognizing the contributions of SouthSouth and triangular cooperation to the efforts of developing countries to eradicate
poverty and pursue sustainable development,
Looking forward to the Second High-level United Nations Conference on SouthSouth Cooperation, to be held in Buenos Aires from 20 to 22 March 2019,
Emphasizing the essential role of inclusive and sustainable industrial
development as part of a comprehensive strategy of structural economic
transformation in eradicating poverty and supporting sustained economic growth and
thus in contributing to achieving sustainable development in developing countries,
Taking note of the work done under the inter-agency, system-wide plan of action
for poverty eradication coordinating the efforts of the United Nations system in its
advisory and programmatic support to Member States, involving more than 21
agencies, funds, programmes and regional commissions, and encouraging the
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