A/RES/74/223 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 24 January 2020 Seventy-fourth session Agenda item 19 (h) Sustainable development: education for sustainable development Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2019 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/74/381/Add.8)] 74/223. Education for sustainable development in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 72/222 of 20 December 2017 and other previous resolutions on education for sustainable development, 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 sustainabl e development, its commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner, and to building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and seeking to address their unfinished business, Reaffirming also its resolution 71/243 of 21 December 2016 on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system and its general guidelines and principles, as well as its resolution 72/279 of 31 May 2018 and Economic and Social Council resolution 2019/15 of 8 July 2019, and welcoming the efforts of the Secretary-General to better position the United Nations operational activities for development to support countries in their efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Reaffirming further the commitment made in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, 19-22492 (E) 290120 *1922492*

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