A/RES/74/223. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2019

• Resolution Number: A/RES/74/223
• Year: 2019
• Session: 74th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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Seventy -fourth ses sion

Agen da item 19 (h)

Sustain able develop ment: educ ation for sus tainable

develop ment

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 19 December 2019

[on th e report of the Sec ond Comm ittee (A/ 74/3 81/Ad d.8 )]

74/223. Educa tion for sus tainable developme nt in the fr amewo rk

of the 2030 Age nda for Susta inable Developmen t

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g i ts res olution 72/2 22 of 20 Dece mber 2 017 an d othe r previ ous

resol utions o n educa tion for sustai nable de velopme nt,

Reaf firm ing its resolut ion 70/1 of 25 Septe mber 2015, entitle d “Tr ansformi ng

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 working 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 de velopme nt, i ts

comm itment to a chievin g sustain able deve lopment in i ts three d imensio ns –

econ omic, social and envir onmenta l – in a ba lanced and integr ated manner, 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 unfi nished business ,

Reaf firming also its resolut ion 71/2 43 o f 21 Dec ember 2 016 on t he quadr ennial

comp rehensiv e polic y review of ope rational activit ies for develop ment of the Uni ted

Nati ons system and its gen eral guidel ines and princi ples, as well as its resol ution

72/2 79 of 31 Ma y 20 18 and Econo mic and Socia l Council res olution 2 019 /15 of

8 July 2019, and welcomi ng the eff orts of th e Secreta ry-Ge neral to be tter posi tion the

Unit ed N ations opera tional activi ties for develop ment to s upport count ries in t heir

effor ts to im plement the 203 0 Agenda for Sust ainable Develop ment,

Reaf firming furthe r the commit ment m ade in the 2030 Age nda fo r Susta inable

Deve lopment to ensure inclu sive and equitab le qu ality educat ion a nd pro mote

lifel ong lear ning op portunit ies for all,