A/RES/74/172. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2019

• Resolution Number: A/RES/74/172
• Year: 2019
• Session: 74th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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General Assembly

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7 Jan uary 20 20

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Seventy -fourth ses sion

Agen da item 106

Crime p revention an d criminal j ustice

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 18 December 2019

[on th e report of the Third Committe e (A/74/ 400)]

74/172. Educa tion for Justice a nd the rule of law in th e context

of sustaina ble development

The General Assembly ,

Reaf firm ing its comm itment t o the pur poses an d princi ples of t he Chart er of the

Unit ed N ations and inter national la w, whic h ar e th e in dispensa ble foundat ion of a

more peace ful, pr osperous and just wo rld, a nd reit erating its d etermina tion to foste r

stric t respec t for t hem and to estab lish a j ust and lasting peace a ll over the worl d,

Reaf firming also the r ight o f eve ryone to edu cation, which is e nshrine d in the

Univ ersal Declar ation of Human Right s

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and is recog nized by States partie s to the

Inter nationa l Covena nt on E conomic, Social a nd Cult ural Righ ts,

2

the Conventi on on

the Righ ts of the Chil d,

3

t he Con vention on the Elimi nation of Al l For ms of

Disc riminati on agai nst Women,

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the Conve ntion o n the R ights o f Perso ns with

Disa bili ties

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and other r elevant instrume nts,

Reca llin g t hat the Sustain able De velopme nt Goal s and t argets, as set out in the

2030 Agenda for Sust ainable Dev elopment ,

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ar e inte grated and indi visible and

bala nce the three di mensions o f s ustainab le develop ment, and ac knowledg ing the

impo rtance of taking mea sures to ensure incl usive and equitab le q uality educ ation

and promoti ng lifel ong lea rning o pportun ities f or all, includi ng expa nded

oppo rtunitie s for all c hildren, parti cularly girls, to a ccess quality educa tion, as wel l

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1

Resolut ion 21 7 A (III) .

2

See res olution 2200 A (XXI), annex .

3

United Nations , Treaty Serie s, vol . 1577, No. 2 7531.

4

Ibid., vol. 12 49, No . 2037 8.

5

Ibid., vol. 25 15, No . 4491 0.

6

Resolut ion 70 /1.