A/RES/73/220. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2018

• Resolution Number: A/RES/73/220
• Year: 2018
• Session: 73rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /73/ 220

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

9 Ja nuary 20 19

18-225 40 (E) 110119

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Seventy -third sess ion

Agen da item 18 (b)

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 20 December 2018

[on th e report of the Seco nd Commi ttee (A/ 73/5 36/Ad d.2 )]

73/220. International financial system and develo pment

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g its res olutions 5 5/18 6 of 20 D ecember 2000 and 56/ 181 o f

21 Dece mber 2001, e ntitled “Tow ards a stren gthened and stable inte rnational f inancial

arch itecture re sponsiv e to t he prioritie s o f g rowth and dev elopmen t, especial ly in

deve loping countri es, an d to the p romotio n of economi c and socia l equi ty”, as we ll

as it s resolut ions 57/ 241 of 2 0 Decemb er 2002, 58/202 of 23 Dece mber 20 03, 59/2 22

of 22 Dece mber 2 004, 60/186 of 2 2 Decemb er 20 05, 61 /18 7 of 20 D ecember 2006 ,

62/1 85 o f 19 Dec ember 2 007, 63 /20 5 of 19 Dece mber 2 008, 64/ 190 of 21 Dece mber

2009 , 65/ 143 of 20 Decembe r 201 0, 6 6/18 7 of 22 De cember 2011 , 67/ 197 of

21 Dece mber 2012, 68/2 01 of 20 De cember 2013, 69/206 of 19 Dec ember 2014, 70/ 188

of 2 2 Decemb er 201 5, 71/2 15 of 2 1 Decemb er 201 6 and 7 2/2 03 of

20 Dece mbe r 201 7,

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 ti reles 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 lopment , i ts

comm itment to ac hieving sust ainable de velopme nt i n it s thr ee d imensio ns —

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 Th ird Inter nationa l Confer ence on F inancin g for Dev elopmen t,

whic h is a n integr al part of th e 2030 Agenda for Sus tainable Devel opment, suppor ts

and comple ments it , helps to co ntextual ize its means of imp lementa tion targets with

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