A/RES/75/228. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2020

• Year: 2020
• Resolution Number: A/RES/75/228
• Session: 75th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES/75/ 228

General Assembly

Distr.: Gen eral

30 Decem ber 2020

20-17631 (E) 070121

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Seventy -fifth session

Agenda i tem 23 (b)

Groups o f countries in special situa tions: follow -up to

the seco nd United Nat ions Conference on Landlocked

Developi ng Countries

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 21 December 2020

[on the report of the Second Commi ttee (A/75/461/Add .2, para. 7)]

75/228. Follow -up to the second United Nations Conference on Lan dlocke d

Developing Countrie s

The Gene ral Assembly,

Recalling the Vienna Declaration,

1

the Vienna Prog ramme of Action f or

Landlocked Develo ping Countrie s for the Decade 2014 –2024

2

and the Political

Declaration of the High -level Midterm Review on the Implementation of the Vienna

Programme of Action for Landlocked Develop ing Countries for the Decade 2014– 2024,

3

Reaffirm ing the ove rarching go al of the Vienna Progr amme of Action of

addressi ng the special de velopment needs and challenges of land locked dev eloping

countrie s arising from th eir landlockedn ess, remoten ess and geograph ical constraints

in a more coh erent manner and thus contributin g to an enhanced rate of s ustainable

and inclusive growth, which can contribute to t he erad ication of poverty in al l its

forms an d dimensions, i ncluding extre me poverty,

Recallin g its resolutions 7 1/239 of 21 December 2016, 72/232 of 20 December

2017, 73/243 of 20 December 2018 and 74/ 233 of 1 9 December 2019 ,

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

our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainabl e Dev elopment”, in which i t adopt ed a

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

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 recogni tion that eradica ting

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

global challenge and an indispensa ble requir ement for sustainabl e developm ent, its

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Resolution 69/137, ann ex I.

2

Ibid. , annex II.

3

Resolution 74/15.