Report of the United Nations Environment Assembly
of the United Nations Environment Programme
A/RES/73/260
Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme and the evolution in the
periodicity of its sessions,
Recalling further its resolutions 68/215 of 20 December 2013, 69/223 of
19 December 2014 and 71/231 of 21 December 2016,
Reaffirming the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 5 and its
principles,
Taking into account Agenda 21 6 and the Plan of Implementation of the World
Summit on Sustainable Development, 7
Recalling the 2005 World Summit Outcome 8 and the outcome document of the
special event of the General Assembly to follow up efforts made t owards achieving
the Millennium Development Goals, 9
Recalling also the Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacitybuilding, 10
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 fo r
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 sustainable 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 69/313 of 27 July 2015 on the Addis Ababa
Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development,
which is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, supports
and complements it, helps to contextualize its means of implementation targets with
concrete policies and actions, and reaffirms the strong political commitment to
address the challenge of financing and creating an enabling environment at all levels
for sustainable development in the spirit of global partnership and solidarity,
Welcoming the Paris Agreement, 11 and encouraging all its parties to fully
implement the Agreement, and parties to the United Nations Fra mework Convention
on Climate Change 12 that have not yet done so to deposit their instruments of
ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where appropriate, as soon as
possible,
Highlighting the synergies between the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and
the Paris Agreement,
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Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro,
3−14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication,
Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I.
Ibid., annex II.
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa,
26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and
corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex.
Resolution 60/1.
Resolution 68/6.
United Nations Environment Programme, document UNEP/GC.23/6/Add.1 and
UNEP/GC.23/6/Add.1/Corr.1, annex.
Adopted under the UNFCCC in FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21.
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