A/RES/74/119 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 10 January 2020 Seventy-fourth session Agenda item 25 (b) Social development: social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, persons with disabilities and the family Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2019 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/74/391)] 74/119. Cooperatives in social development The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 47/90 of 16 December 1992, 49/155 of 23 December 1994, 51/58 of 12 December 1996, 54/123 of 17 December 1999, 56/114 of 19 December 2001, 58/131 of 22 December 2003, 60/132 of 16 December 2005, 62/128 of 18 December 2007, 64/136 of 18 December 2009, 65/184 of 21 December 2010, 66/123 of 19 December 2011, 68/133 of 18 December 2013, 70/128 of 17 December 2015 and 72/143 of 19 December 2017 concerning cooperatives in social development, Recognizing that cooperatives, in their various forms, promote the fullest possible participation in the economic and social development of local communities and all people, including women, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples, whose inclusion strengthens economic and social development, and contribute to the eradication of poverty and hunger, Recognizing also that, as cooperative enterprises often serve the socially excluded and vulnerable sectors of the population that traditional profit -driven businesses may not be best placed to address, they are therefore important for the support of socially inclusive policies that drive inclusive development, particularly in developing countries, Recognizing further that cooperatives and other social organizations can be instrumental in promoting a just transition while working on climate change adaptation and mitigation, Reaffirming the adoption of the outcome document of the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda, entitled 19-22039 (E) 140120 *1922039*

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