A/RES/70/188. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2015

• Resolution Number: A/RES/70/188
• Session: 70th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/70/188

General Assembly

Distr.: General

4 February 2016

Seventieth session

Agenda item 18 (b)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2015

[on the report of the Second Committee (A/70/470/Add.2)]

70/188 . Internationa l fina ncial system and developm ent

The General Assembly ,

Reca lling its re solution s 55/186 o f 20 Dece mber 2000 and 56 /181 of

21 Dece mbe r 200 1, both entitl ed “ Towar ds a st rengthe ned and stable int ernation al

fina ncial archi tecture re sponsiv e to th e pri orities of gr owth and dev elopmen t,

espe cially in de veloping countrie s, and to the pr omotion o f economi c and socia l

equi ty”, as well as i ts resol utions 5 7/241 of 2 0 Dece mber 200 2, 58/20 2 of

23 Dece mber 200 3, 59/222 of 22 De cember 20 04, 60/18 6 of 22 De cember 2 005,

61/1 87 of 2 0 Decemb er 200 6, 62/18 5 of 1 9 Decem ber 200 7, 63/20 5 of 19 Decemb er

2008 , 64/ 190 o f 21 Decembe r 20 09, 6 5/143 of 20 D ecember 201 0, 66 /187 of

22 Dece mber 2 011, 67 /197 o f 21 De cember 2012, 68/201 of 20 Decemb er 201 3 and

69/2 06 of 19 Decembe r 2014,

Reaf firmi ng its resolut ion 70/1 of 25 S eptembe r 201 5, en titled “Transf orming

our worl d: t he 2 030 Agenda for Sus tainable De velopme nt”, in which it adopte d a

comp rehensiv e, fa r-reachin g and peopl e-centr ed set of u niversa l and transf ormativ e

Sust ainable Dev elopmen t G oals and targe ts, its comm itment to wor king tirele ssly

for the full i mplement ation of th is Age nda b y 2030 , its recog nition that eradicat ing

pove rty i n al l its for ms a nd d imensio ns, i ncludin g ext reme povert y, is t he g reatest

glob al cha llenge and an i ndispens able require ment for su staina ble d evelop ment, its

comm itment to ach ieving sus tainabl e de velopme nt in its thr ee d imensio ns —

econ omic, social and e nvironme ntal — in a ba lanced and i ntegrate d man ner, and to

buil ding up on the achi evements of t he Mi llennium Deve lopment Goals and seeki ng

to ad dress t heir unfi nished business ,

Reaf firming al so its resol ution 69/3 13 of 27 Jul y 2015 on the Ad dis Ababa

Acti on A genda of the Thi rd I nternati onal Confe rence on Fina ncing for

Deve lopment , wh ich is an in tegral par t o f th e 20 30 Agend a fo r S ustainab le

Deve lopment , suppor ts and c ompleme nts it, h elps to contex tualize its mea ns of

impl ementati on ta rgets with concret e pol icies and actions, and reaff irms the s trong

poli tical co mmitme nt to address the ch allenge of fin ancing and c reating an ena bling

envi ronment a t al l le vels for sus tainable dev elopme nt in the spi rit of glob al

part nership and soli darity,