Quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system A/RES/75/233 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 enabli ng environment at all levels for sustainable development in the spirit of global partnership and solidarity, Reaffirming the Paris Agreement, 1 and encouraging all its parties to fully implement the Agreement, and parties to the United Nations Framework C onvention on Climate Change 2 that have not yet done so to deposit their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where appropriate, as soon as possible, Recognizing that the achievement of the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity 3 is crucial for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, that climate change is one of the growing drivers of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation and that the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and ecosystem functions and services, contribute significantly to climate change mitigation and adaptation, disaster risk reduction and food security and nutrition, and acknowledging that tackling climate change, addressing biodiversity loss and promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns can accelerate the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions, and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda, Recalling its resolution 69/283 of 3 June 2015 on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, and its resolution 71/256 of 23 December 2016, annex, on the New Urban Agenda, as well as all other outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social, environmental and related fields, and the internationally agreed development goals, including the Sustainable Development Goals, and recognizing the vital role played by these conferences and summits in shaping a broad development vision and in identifying commonly agreed objectives which have contributed to our understanding of, and our actions to overcome, the challenges to improving human life in different parts of the world, Recognizing that there can be no sustainable development without peace and no peace without sustainable development, and that the development work of the entities of the United Nations development system, in accordance with their respective mandates, through their support for the implementation of the 2030 Ag enda for Sustainable Development in countries in conflict and post-conflict situations, contributes to peacebuilding and sustaining peace when reducing people’s needs, addressing risks for development programming and fostering resilience, at the request of those countries and in accordance with their national ownership, plans and priorities, Reaffirming the importance of freedom, peace and security, respect for all human rights, including the right to development, the right to an adequate standard of living and the right to food in the context of national food security, the rule of law, gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls, the right to enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and the overall commitment to just, inclusive and democratic societies for development, Reaffirming that promoting gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls, in accordance with the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 4 and the outcomes of relevant United Nations conferences and resolutions of the General __________________ 1 2 3 4 2/23 See FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21, annex. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822. Ibid., vol. 1760, No. 30619. Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4 –15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II. 20-17649