A/HRC/RES/57/12 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 14 October 2024 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-seventh session 9 September–11 October 2024 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 10 October 2024 57/12. Local government and human rights The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant international human rights instruments, in particular the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Recalling also Human Rights Council resolutions 24/2 of 26 September 2013, 27/4 of 25 September 2014, 33/8 of 29 September 2016, 39/7 of 27 September 2018, 45/7 of 6 October 2020 and 51/12 of 6 October 2022 on local government and human rights, as well as all other relevant resolutions of the Council, Recalling further General Assembly resolutions 70/1 of 25 September 2015, on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and States’ commitments to working tirelessly for the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030 at all levels, 71/256 of 23 December 2016, on the New Urban Agenda, and 78/1 of 29 September 2023, on the Political declaration of the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the General Assembly, in which States committed to, inter alia, enhancing global, regional, national and local partnerships for sustainable development and to further localize the Sustainable Development Goals and advance integrated planning and implementation at the local level, Noting the twelfth session of the World Urban Forum, to be held in Cairo from 4 to 8 November 2024, under the theme “It all starts at home: local action for sustainable cities and communities”, Underscoring the significant contribution that local governments make to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and their targets, including with regard to the promotion and protection of human rights, as key actors in localizing the commitments set out in the 2030 Agenda, including through self-assessments, regional and international networks and local strategies, Bearing in mind that the Sustainable Development Goals are integrated and indivisible, balance the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and GE.24-18717 (E)