Protection of global climate for present
and future generations of humankind
A/RES/74/219
Acknowledging that action on adaptation to climate change is an urgent priority
and a global challenge faced by all countries, in particular developing countries,
especially those that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate
change, recognizing that the current need for adaptation is significant and that greater
levels of mitigation can reduce the need for additional adaptation efforts, and bearing
in mind that the provision of scaled-up financial resources should aim to achieve a
balance between adaptation and mitigation,
Welcoming the convening of the twenty-fifth session of the Conference of the
Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the
fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties
to the Kyoto Protocol and the second session of the Conference of the Parties serving
as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, presided over by the Government
of Chile, in Madrid, from 2 to 13 December 2019,
Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 3 the Johannesburg
Declaration on Sustainable Development 4 and the Plan of Implementation of the World
Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg Plan of Implementation), 5 the
2005 World Summit Outcome, 6 the outcome document of the United Nations
Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to
22 June 2012, entitled “The future we want”, 7 the outcomes of the sessions of the
Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change and of the sessions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of
the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, the Programme of Action for the Least Developed
Countries for the Decade 2011–2020, adopted at the Fourth United Nations Conference
on the Least Developed Countries, held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 9 to 13 May 2011,8
the Political Declaration of the Comprehensive High-level Midterm Review of the
Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries
for the Decade 2011–2020, held in Antalya, Turkey, from 27 to 29 May 2016, 9 the
Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade
2014–2024, adopted at the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked
Developing Countries, held in Vienna from 3 to 5 November 2014,10 the Programme of
Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, 11 the
Mauritius Declaration 12 and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of
the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing
States, 13 the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway, 14 the Sendai
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Resolution 55/2.
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa,
26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and
corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
Ibid., resolution 2, annex.
Resolution 60/1.
Resolution 66/288, annex.
Report of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Istanbul,
Turkey, 9–13 May 2011 (A/CONF.219/7), chap. II.
Resolution 70/294, annex.
Resolution 69/137, annex II.
Report of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing
States, Bridgetown, Barbados, 25 April–6 May 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales
No. E.94.I.18 and corrigenda), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.
Report of the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action
for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Port Louis, Mauritius,
10–14 January 2005 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.05.II.A.4 and corrigendum),
chap. I, resolution 1, annex I.
Ibid., annex II.
Resolution 69/15, annex.
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