Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of
Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development
and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
A/RES/73/227
resolution 70/294 of 25 July 2016, in which the Assembly called upon all the relevant
stakeholders to commit to implementing the Declaration,
Recalling further the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing
Countries for the Decade 2014–2024 15 and the Vienna Declaration, 16
Recalling the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway, 17
Reaffirming the importance of supporting the implementation of Agend a 2063
of the African Union and the programme of the New Partnership for Africa ’s
Development, 18
Reaffirming also the Sendai Declaration and the Sendai Framework for Disaster
Risk Reduction 2015–2030, 19 adopted at the Third United Nations World Conference
on Disaster Risk Reduction,
Reaffirming further the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the United Nations
Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development ( Habitat III), held in
Quito from 17 to 20 October 2016, 20
Reaffirming the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change, 21 and encouraging all its parties to fully implement
the Agreement and parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change 22 that have not yet done so to deposit their instruments of ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession, where appropriate, as soon as possible,
Emphasizing the importance of oceans for sustainable development, as
embodied in Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and various
decisions taken by the former Commission on Sustainable Development, reaffirming
in this regard the outcome of the United Nations Conference to Support the
Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use
the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, 23 taking note of
its seven partnership dialogues, and calling upon all stakeholders to urgently
undertake, inter alia, the actions highlighted in the call for action adopted at the
Conference and implement the respective voluntary commitments pledged by
individual Member States and other stakeholders during the Conference,
Recognizing that eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge facing the
world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, in
particular for developing countries, and that although each country has the primary
responsibility for its own sustainable development and poverty eradication and that
the role of national policies and development strategies cannot be overemphasized,
concerted and concrete measures are required at all levels to enable developing
countries to achieve their sustainable development goals related to the internationally
agreed poverty-related targets and goals, including those contained in Agenda 21, the
relevant outcomes of United Nations conferences, the United Nations Millennium
Declaration 24 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
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Resolution 69/137, annex II.
Ibid., annex I.
Resolution 69/15, annex.
A/57/304, annex.
Resolution 69/283, annexes I and II.
Resolution 71/256, annex.
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Resolution 71/312, annex.
Resolution 55/2.
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