A/RES/70/209
United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005–2014)
Acknowledging the importance for achieving sustainable development of
delivering quality education to all girls and boys, which will require reaching
children living in extreme poverty, children with disabilities, migrant and refugee
children and those in conflict and post-conflict situations and providing safe,
non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all, and recognizing
the importance of scaling up investments and international cooperation to allow all
children to complete free, equitable, inclusive and quality early childhood, primary
and secondary education, including through scaling up and strengthening initiatives,
such as the Global Partnership for Education, and by upgrading education facilities
that are child, disability and gender sensitive and increasing the percentage of
qualified teachers in developing countries, including through international
cooperation, especially in the least developed countries and small island developing
States,
Acknowledging also the importance of adopting science, technology and
innovation strategies as integral elements of national sustainable development
strategies to help to strengthen knowledge-sharing and collaboration and the
importance of scaling up investment in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics education and enhancing technical, vocational and tertiary education
and training and of ensuring equal access for women and girls and encouraging their
participation therein,
Acknowledging further the importance of education for achieving sustainable
development, including in the context of the Millennium Development Goals,
Agenda 21, 1 the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable
Development (Johannesburg Plan of Implementation), 2 the United Nations
Conference on Sustainable Development, the World Conference on Education for
Sustainable Development, organized by the Government of Japan and the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, held in Aichi-Nagoya,
Japan, from 10 to 12 November 2014, the World Education Forum 2015, held in
Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 19 to 22 May 2015, the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and the Education 2030 Framework for Action, adopted
on 4 November 2015 by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization during its thirty-eighth session,
Noting the key findings contained in the review of the implementation of the
United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, 2005–2014,
prepared by the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization, 3 the challenges outlined therein and the recommendations for
the realization of the full potential of the Decade,
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Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro,
3–14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales
No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex II.
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Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa,
26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum),
chap. I, resolution 2, annex.
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