A/RES/75/207. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2020

• Resolution Number: A/RES/75/207
• Year: 2020
• Session: 75th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES/75/ 207

General Assembly

Distr.: Gen eral

29 Decem ber 2020

20-17636 (E) 060121

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Seventy -fifth session

Agenda i tem 17 (e)

Macroecon omic policy q uestions: promo ting investmen ts

for sust ainable development

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 21 December 2020

[on the report of the Second Commi ttee (A/75/455/Add .5, para. 8)]

75/207. Promoti ng investments for sustainable d evelop ment

The Gene ral Assembly,

Reaffirm ing its reso lution 70 /1 o f 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming

our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainabl e Devel opment”, in which it a dopted a

comprehe nsive, far- reaching and people-c entred set of univer sal and transformati ve

Sustaina ble Development G oals and targets, its commitment t o working tireles sly for

the full i mplementation o f the Ag enda by 2030, its r ecognition that e radicating

poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greates t

global challenge and an ind ispensable requirement for sus tainable d evelopment, its

commitme nt to achi eving sustaina ble d evelopment in its thr ee di mensions –

economic , social and environmental – in a balanced and integ rated man ner, and to

building upon the achievemen ts of th e Millennium Development Goals an d seeking

to addre ss their unfin ished business,

Reaffirm ing a lso its resolution 69/313 of 27 July 2015 on the Addis Ababa

Action Agend a of the Third Inte rnational Con ference on Finan cing for Develop ment,

which is an integral par t of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, supports

and com plements it, helps to contextu alize its me ans of impl ementation ta rgets with

concrete policies and a ctions, and re affirms the s trong political commitment to

address the challenge of finan cing and creat ing an enablin g environment a t all levels

for sust ainable develop ment in the sp irit of global partnership an d solidarity,

Noting with great concern the threat to hum an heal th, s afety a nd well -being

caused by the co ronavirus disease (COVID- 19) pandemic, as well as the se vere

disrupti on to societ ies and econo mies and the devastating impact on live s and

liveliho ods, and that the poorest an d most vulnerable are the ha rdest hit by the

pandemic , reaffirmi ng the ambition to get back on track t o achieve the Sus tainable

Developm ent G oals by d esigning sustainabl e and inc lusive recovery strategi es t o

accelera te progress towards the full impl ementation of the 2030 Age nda and to help