A/RES/73/134
Education for democracy
the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization at its thirty-seventh session, 9
Recalling that the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, as set out in the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 10 are integrated and indivisible and
balance the three dimensions of sustainable development, and acknowledging the
importance of taking measures to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education
and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, including expanded
opportunities for all children, particularly girls, to access quality education, as well
as the need to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development,
provide access to justice for all and build effective, a ccountable and inclusive
institutions at all levels,
Stressing the complementarity and mutual reinforcement of human rights
education, training and learning and education for democracy,
Reaffirming that democracy is a universal value based on the freel y expressed
will of people to determine their own political, economic, social and cultural systems
and their full participation in all aspects of their lives, 11
Recognizing that education for democracy nurtures responsible and active
learners, capable of contributing effectively to peace and prosperity in their societies
and beyond,
Taking note of the Incheon Declaration: Education 2030: Towards inclusive and
equitable quality education and lifelong learning for all, adopted at the World
Education Forum 2015, held in Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 19 to 22 May 2015,
which affirmed the understanding of education as a main driver of development that
is essential for peace, tolerance, human fulfilment and sustainable development, as
well as key to achieving full employment and poverty eradication,
Taking note also of the Global Education Monitoring Reports, which monitor
progress towards the education targets within the Sustainable Development Goals
framework, and affirming that education can encourage constructive and inclusive
political participation,
Recognizing that, while democracies share common features, there is no single
model of democracy and that democracy does not belong to any country or region,
Mindful of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action of the World
Conference on Human Rights, 12 the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women, 13 the World Plan of Action on
Education for Human Rights and Democracy adopted by the International Congr ess
on Education for Human Rights and Democracy, 14 the World Programme for Human
Rights Education proclaimed by the General Assembly in its resolution 59/113 A of
10 December 2004 and the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education
and Training, 15
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See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Records of the General
Conference, Thirty-seventh Session, Paris, 5–20 November 2013, vol. 1 and corrigendum,
Resolutions, sect. IV.
Resolution 70/1.
Resolution 60/1, para. 135.
A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United
Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
A/CONF.157/PC/42/Add.6.
Resolution 66/137, annex.
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