Implementation of the Third United Nations Decade
for the Eradication of Poverty (2018–2027)
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ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where ap propriate, as soon as
possible,
Highlighting the synergies between the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement, and noting with concern the
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scientific findings contained in the special report entitled Global Warming of 1.5 C
of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
Looking forward to the climate summit called for by the Secretary-General, to
be held in New York in 2019, to accelerate global action on climate change,
Reaffirming the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the United Nations Conference
on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), held in Quito from 17
to 20 October 2016, 3
Recalling the 2005 World Summit Outcome 4 and the outcome document of the
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we
want”, 5
Taking note of Economic and Social Council resolution 2011/37 of 28 July 2011,
entitled “Recovering from the world financial and economic crisis: a Global Job s
Pact”, of the ministerial declaration adopted at the high -level segment of the
substantive session of 2012 of the Council, 6 which called for increased efforts to
enhance coordination at all levels with a view to strengthening national development
strategies, investing in productive capacities, helping to start and grow business and
promoting opportunities for full and productive employment and decent work for all,
and of the integration segment of the 2017 session of the Council, which was
convened under the theme “Eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions
through promoting sustainable development, expanding opportunities and addressing
related challenges”, and taking note of the outcomes of that integration segment,
including the notion that poverty eradication and pro-poor principles are among the
main goals of national agendas or long-term national strategies, as stated by countries
during the 2017 session,
Recalling the Monterrey Consensus of the International
Financing for Development 7 and the Doha Declaration on
Development: outcome document of the Follow-up International
Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of
Consensus, 8
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Acknowledging, in this regard, the efforts to implement the Addis Ababa Action
Agenda, welcoming the convening of the third Economic and Social Council forum
on financing for development follow-up in April 2018, recalling its
intergovernmentally agreed conclusions and recommendations, 9 taking note of the
2018 report of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development, 10 noting
that progress can be reported in all seven action areas of the Addis Ababa Action
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Resolution 71/256, annex.
Resolution 60/1.
Resolution 66/288, annex.
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 3
(A/67/3/Rev.1), chap. IV, sect. F.
Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico,
18−22 March 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolution 1,
annex.
Resolution 63/239, annex.
See E/FFDF/2018/3.
Financing for Development: Progress and Prospects 2018 (United Nations publication, Sales
No. E.18.I.5).
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