A/RES/72/207. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2017

• Resolution Number: A/RES/72/207
• Year: 2017
• Session: 72nd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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/RES /72/ 207

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

17 Janu ary 201 8

17-232 73 (E) 220118

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Seventy -second ses sion

Agen da item 17 (f)

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 20 December 2017

[on th e report of the Seco nd Comm ittee (A/72 /418 /Add .6)]

72/207. Promotion of inter national coo perati on to comba t illicit financial

flows in order to foster sustainable develo pment

The General Assembly ,

Guid ed by the pu rposes and princip les e nshrined in the Charter of the U nited

Nati ons,

Reaf firm ing i ts re solution 70/ 1 of 2 5 Septemb er 2 015, entitled “Tra nsformin g

our worl d: t he 2 030 A genda for Susta inable Deve lopment ”, in which it adopte d a

comp rehensiv e, fa r-reachi ng and peopl e-centr ed set of universa l and transf ormativ e

Sust ainable D evelop ment Goa ls and tar gets, its commitm ent to wo rking tireles sly for

the f ull impl ementati on of th e A genda by 2030, i ts recog nition t hat eradi cating

pove rty i n al l its for ms an d di mension s, in cluding extr eme poverty, is the greates t

glob al cha llenge and an in dispens able r equirem ent fo r sus tainabl e deve lopm ent, i ts

comm itment to achiev ing sustaina ble develop ment in i ts t hree dimensi ons —

econ omic, social and e nvironme ntal — in a bal anced and in tegrated manne r, and to

buil ding up on the achie vements of t he Mil lennium Devel opment Goals and s eeking

to ad dress t heir unf inished busines s,

Reaf firming al so its reso lution 69 /313 of 27 J uly 2015 o n the Addis Ababa

Acti on Agenda of the T hird Inte rnationa l Confer ence on Financi ng for De velopme nt,

whic h is a n integr al par t of t he 2030 Agenda for Su stainabl e Deve lopment, suppo rts

and comple ments i t, help s to co ntextua lize it s means of im plement ation t argets w ith

conc rete pol icies a nd actio ns, and reaffir ms the s trong p olitical commit ment to

addr ess the challeng e of fin ancing and cre ating a n enabli ng envir onment at all le vels

for s ustainab le deve lopment in the spirit of global partner ship and solidar ity,

Reaf firming further the United Nations Conven tion ag ainst C orruptio n,

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whi ch

is the mo st co mprehens ive a nd uni versal instru ment o n cor ruption, and recogni zing

the need to co ntinue to pr omote its r atificat ion or acces sion thereto and its fu ll and

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