Resolution nº E/RES/2021/9 of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. 17-06-2021

• Date: 17 June 2021
• Issuer: Economic and Social Council of the United Nation

United Nations

E

/RES /202 1/9

Economic and Social Council

Distr. : Genera l

17 Jun e 2021

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2021 s ession

Agen da item 19 (b)

Social and human ri ghts questi ons:

social development

Resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council

on 8 June 2021

[on th e recommen dation of the Com mission fo r Social Developm ent (E/2021/26)]

2021/9. Social dimensions of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development

The Economi c and So cial Cou ncil,

Reca llin g the ou tcomes of th e World Summi t for Social Devel opment, held in

Cope nhagen from 6 to 12 March 1995,

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and of the tw enty-fo urth special sessio n of

the General A ssembly, entitled “World S ummit f or Soci al Deve lopment and be yond:

achie ving social devel opment for all in a glo balizin g wor ld”, held in G eneva from

26 June to 1 Ju ly 2000,

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t he 2030 Agenda fo r S ustainab le Develo pment,

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and th e

Addi s Ababa A ction Ag enda o f the T hird I nternati onal Co nferenc e on Financin g for

Deve lopm ent ,

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and reaff irming the Unit ed Na tions Decl aration on t he Ne w

Partn ership f or Africa ’s Develo pment o f 16 Sep tember 2 002,

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Reco gniz ing the commitm ents made a t the 2005 World Summit with regard to

meet ing the special nee ds of Afri ca

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and rea ffirmed in the polit ical declara tion on

Afri ca’s devel opment n eeds ado pted at t he high -level m eeting h eld at Un ited Nati ons

Head quarters on 22 Septe mber 2008,

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and noti ng th e re levant decis ions of Afr ican

Unio n summi ts relat ed to th e New P artnersh ip for Afr ica’s Dev elopmen t,

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Reaf firm ing Ge neral A ssembly resolu tion 70/1 o f 25 Septemb er 201 5, ent itled

“Tran sforming our w orld: t he 2030 Agenda for Su stainab le Deve lopment ”, in w hich

the As sembly ado pted a co mprehen sive, f ar-reac hing an d peop le-cen tred se t of

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Report of the World Su mmit f or Soc ial Dev elopme nt, Co penhag en, 6 –12 Ma rch 199 5 (Uni ted

Nati ons pub licati on, Sa les No. E.96. IV.8), cha p. I, r esolut ion 1, annexe s I an d II.

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General Assemb ly reso lution S-24/ 2, a nnex.

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General Assemb ly reso lution 70/1.

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General Assemb ly reso lution 69/313 , an nex.

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General Assemb ly reso lution 57/2.

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General Assemb ly reso lution 60/1, para. 68.

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General Assemb ly reso lution 63/1.

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A/57/30 4, a nnex.