A/RES/74/231
Development cooperation with middle-income countries
Reaffirming further the Paris Agreement 1 and its early entry into force,
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 the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, 3
noting the findings of the 2019 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction,
expressing concern that disaster risk and disaster economic losses are increasing in
many middle-income countries, thus undermining the financing available for
investment in sustainable development and stimulation of economic growth, and
recognizing that financing disaster risk reduction efforts and building resilience to
economic and environmental shocks remain a challenge in many middle -income
countries,
Welcoming the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the United Nations Conference
on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), held in Quito, Ecuador,
from 17 to 20 October 2016, 4
Recalling its resolutions 70/215 of 22 December 2015 and 72/230 of
20 December 2017,
Recalling also that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes,
inter alia, that middle-income countries still face significant challenges to achieve
sustainable development and that, in order to ensure that achievements made to date
are sustained, efforts to address ongoing challenges should be strengthened through
the exchange of experiences, improved coordination and better and focused support
of the United Nations development system, the international financial institutions,
regional organizations and other stakeholders,
Reaffirming its resolution 71/243 of 21 December 2016 on the quadrennial
comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United
Nations system, in which it recognized that middle-income countries still face
specific challenges,
Welcoming the ongoing efforts of the Secretary-General with regard to the
repositioning of the United Nations development system, acknowledging the progress
achieved thus far in advancing the mandates of its resolution 71/243 and its resolution
72/279 of 31 May 2018, and welcoming in this regard the discussions at the
operational activities for development segment of the 2019 session of the Economic
and Social Council,
Noting with appreciation the convening of the high-level meeting of the General
Assembly to discuss the gaps and challenges of middle-income countries in the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, held on
4 December 2018 at United Nations Headquarters,
Taking note of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Strategic Framework for Partnering with Middle-Income Countries, adopted by the
General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization at its
eighteenth session, held in Abu Dhabi from 3 to 7 November 2019, in its resolut ion
GC.18/Res.9 of 7 November 2019, 5
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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.
Resolution 69/283, annex II.
Resolution 71/256, annex.
See GC.18/INF/4.
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