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Operational activities for development of the United Nations system
concrete policies and actions, and reaffirms the strong political commitment to
address the challenge of financing and creating an enabling environment at all levels
for sustainable development in the spirit of global partnership and solidarity,
Reaffirming also the Paris Agreement, 1 and encouraging all its parties to fully
implement the Agreement, and parties to the United Nations Framework Convention
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,
Reaffirming further the importance of the quadrennial comprehensive policy
review of operational activities, through which the General Assembly establishes key
system-wide strategic policy orientations and operational modalities for the
development cooperation and country-level modalities of the United Nations
development system,
1.
Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the implementation
of General Assembly resolution 71/243 on the quadrennial comprehensive policy
review of operational activities for development of the United N ations system, 2019; 3
2.
Acknowledges the progress achieved thus far in advancing the mandates
contained in General Assembly resolutions 71/243, 72/279 and 73/248, and calls for
the full implementation of all mandates, including the remaining mandates;
3.
Recalls and reiterates the requests made in Economic and Social Council
resolution 2019/15 of 8 July 2019 on progress in the implementation of General
Assembly resolution 71/243 on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of
operational activities for development of the United Nations system;
4.
Reaffirms the commitment at the very heart of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development 4 to leave no one behind, commit to taking more tangible
steps to support people in vulnerable situations and the most vulnerable countries and
to reach the furthest behind first, and calls upon the entities of the United Nations
development system, within their respective mandates and resources, to assist States
in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda;
5.
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to strengthen transparency and
accountability by providing, in a timely and publicly available manner, within
existing resources and avoiding duplication, briefing notes, informal briefings,
documents and reports on progress in the implementation of the mandates contained
in General Assembly resolutions 71/243, 72/279 and 73/248, including for the
preparation of the Assembly resolution on the quadrennial comprehensive policy
review to be negotiated at the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly, and in this regard
looks forward to the discussions at the operational activities for development segment
of the 2020 session of the Economic and Social Council;
6.
Also requests the Secretary-General to present a comprehensive, evidencebased and analytical report to the Economic and Social Council covering all
provisions and progress made, lessons learned and challenges in the implementation
of the mandates contained in General Assembly resolutions 71/243, 72/279 and
73/248, as part of his annual reporting to the Council at the operational activities for
development segment during its 2020 session, and to the Assembly at its seventy-fifth
session for its further consideration and to inform the next cycle of the quadrennial
comprehensive policy review, to be launched in 2020;
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Adopted under the UNFCCC in FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822.
A/74/73-E/2019/14, A/74/73/Add.1-E/2019/14/Add.1, A/74/73/Add.2-E/2019/14/Add.2 and
A/74/73/Add.3-E/2019/14/Add.3.
Resolution 70/1.
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