A/RES/72/142
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
15 January 2018
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 27 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 19 December 2017
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/72/431)]
72/142.
Promoting social integration through social inclusion
The General Assembly,
Recognizing that, in order to leave no one behind and bring everyone forward,
actions are needed to promote equality of opportunity so that no person is denied
basic economic and social opportunities and the enjoyment of all human rights,
Recalling the World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen from
6 to 12 March 1995, and the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly,
entitled “World Summit for Social Development and beyond: achieving social
development for all in a globalizing world”, held in Geneva from 26 June to 1 July
2000,
Recalling also Economic and Social Council resolution 2010/12 of 22 July 2010
on promoting social integration, General Assembly resolution 70/126 of 17 December
2015 and its previous resolutions on promoting social integration through social
inclusion,
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 , and
its commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions –
economic, social and environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner,
Welcoming the fact that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development reflects
the cross-cutting nature and importance of social inclusion, through the r elevant
Sustainable Development Goals and associated targets, and acknowledging that its
promotion is required to achieve sustainable development in all of its dimensions,
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