A/RES/72/232. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2017

• Resolution Number: A/RES/72/232
• Year: 2017
• Session: 72nd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /72/ 232

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

30 Jan uary 201 8

17-233 09 (E) 02021 8

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Seventy -second ses sion

Agen da item 22 (b)

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 20 December 2017

[on th e report of the Seco nd Commi ttee (A/ 72/4 23/Ad d.2 )]

72/232. Follow -up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked

Develo ping Countries

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g the Vie nna Decl aration an d the Vienna P rogramm e of Action fo r

Land locked Develop ing Cou ntries for the Decade 2014– 2024, a dopted at the second

Unit ed Nations Co nferenc e on Landloc ked Devel oping Coun tries, held i n Vie nna

from 3 to 5 Novembe r 2014,

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at whi ch all rel evant sta keholde rs expre ssed thei r

comm itment to the i mplemen tation o f the Pr ogramme of Actio n,

Reaf firm ing th e over arching goal of the Vienna Prog ramme of A ction of

addr essing the special develo pment needs and challen ges o f land locked develo ping

count ries ari sing fro m their l andlocke dness, r emotene ss and g eographi cal cons traints

in a more coher ent ma nner a nd th us co ntributi ng to an en hanced rate o f sust ainable

and incl usive growth , wh ich can contrib ute to t he e radicati on o f po verty in all its

forms and di mension s, inclu ding ext reme po verty,

Reca llin g its res olutions 7 0/19 7 of 22 D ecember 20 15 a nd 71/239 of

21 Dece mber 20 16,

Reaf firm ing its resolu tion 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 achie ving su stainabl e de velopme nt i n its thr ee di mension s —

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

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Resolut ion 69 /137 , ann exes I a nd II.