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20. Sustainable development

At its fifty-eighth session, the General Assembly, under the item entitled “Report of the Economic and Social Council”, approved the provisional programme of work of the Second Committee for the fifty-ninth session as set out in the annex to decision 58/553, which included the item entitled “Sustainable development” and its sub-items. The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its fifty -ninth session (resolutions 59/226, 60/189 to 60/191, 62/8, 62/98, 62/188, 63/209 to 63/211, 64/195, 64/196, 65/147 to 65/151, 66/192 to 66/196, 66/288, 67/200 to 67/202, 67/263, 68/205 to 68/209, 69/209 to 69/213, 70/193 to 70/200, 70/226, 70/267, 70/303, 71/218 to 71/221, 71/284 to 71/286, 71/312, 71/548, 71/552, 72/209 to 72/215, 72/273, 73/224, 73/225, 73/292, 74/208 to 74/215, 75/209 to 75/211, 75/278 and 75/280 and decisions 61/536, 64/556, 66/572, 69/544, 74/547 and 74/548).

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly, also under the item entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, decided to postpone the 2020 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, originally scheduled to be held from 2 to 6 June 2020 in accordance with resolution 73/292, to a later date to be decided by the Assembly, and also decided to set, at a later stage, the new deadlines for its preparatory process (decision 74/548).

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization, to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a report on the implementation of the resolution,

including concrete recommendations to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in this regard, in the Central American countries (resolution 74/211).

At the same session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a report that examines the current technological trends and key advances in agricultural technologies and includes recommendations that assist Member States in accelerating their efforts to implement the relevant goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda (resolution 74/215).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly decided to convene the international meeting entitled “Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity”, in Stockholm, on 2 and 3 June 2022, to commemorate the 50 years since the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (resolution 75/280).

Documents for the seventy-sixth session: Reports of the Secretary-General (resolutions 74/211 and 74/215).

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At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a report on the implementation of the resolution on the oil slick on Lebanese shores (resolution 75/209).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/209).

References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 19) Reports of the Secretary-General A/74/208 and A/74/238

Summary records A/C.2/74/SR.10–12, 22, 24 and 26

Report of the Second Committee A/74/381

Plenary meeting A/74/PV.52

Resolutions 74/211 and 74/215

References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19) Report of the Secretary-General A/75/308

Summary record A/C.2/75/SR.5

Report of the Second Committee A/75/457

Draft resolutions A/75/L.83, A/75/L.83/Add.1, A/75/L.88 and A/75/L.88/Add.1

Plenary meetings A/75/PV.48, 66 and 69

Resolutions 75/209, 75/278 and 75/280

(a) Towards the achievement of sustainable development: implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including through sustainable consumption and production, building on Agenda 21

At its forty-seventh session, the General Assembly endorsed the recommendation of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3–14 June 1992) on the establishment of a high-level Commission on Sustainable Development as a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (resolution 47/191).

At its nineteenth special session, the Assembly adopted the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 (resolution S-19/2, annex).

At its fifty-seventh session, the Assembly endorsed the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation that had been adopted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August to 4 September 2002), and called for the implementation of the commitments, programmes and time-bound targets adopted at the Summit (resolution 57/253).

At its sixty-sixth session, the Assembly endorsed the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, entitled “The future we want” (resolution 66/288).

At its sixty-seventh session, the Assembly recommended that the Economic and Social Council abolish the Commission on Sustainable Development, as it had been replaced by the high-level political forum on sustainable development (resolution 67/290). The Council, in its resolution 2013/19, abolished the Commission.

The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its fifty-eighth to seventy-fifth sessions (resolutions 58/218, 59/227, 60/193, 61/192, 61/193, 61/195, 62/189, 63/212, 64/198, 64/236, 65/152, 65/154, 66/197, 66/288, 67/203, 67/204, 67/290, 68/210, 68/310, 69/210, 69/214, 69/215, 70/201, 71/223, 72/216, 73/226, 73/227, 74/216, 75/212 and 75/213).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly continued to finalize the arrangements for the midterm comprehensive review of the implementation of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028, taking into account the process of follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level after the first cycle of the high-level political forum on sustainable development (resolutions 73/226 and 75/212).

At the same session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements were made by 50 delegations at virtual informal meetings on 12 and 13 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/457). The Assembly also requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a report on the implementation of the resolution, with a particular focus on the state of play with regard to sustainable consumption and production and the application and promotion thereof, taking into account the impacts of, response to and recovery from coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and to recommend concrete actions to implement the 2030 Agenda (resolution 75/213).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/213).

References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (a)) Report of the Secretary-General A/75/269

Summary records A/C.2/75/SR.6 and 7

Report of the Second Committee A/75/457/Add.1

Plenary meeting A/75/PV.48

Resolutions 75/212 and 75/213

(b) Follow-up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

At its forty-ninth session, the General Assembly endorsed the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, as adopted on 6 May 1994 at the first Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, held in Barbados from 25 April to 6 May 1994 (resolution 49/122).

The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since its fiftieth session (resolutions 50/116, 51/183, 52/202, 53/189, 54/224, 55/202, 56/198, 57/261, 58/213 A and B, 59/229, 59/311, 60/194, 61/196, 61/197, 62/191, 63/213, 64/199, 65/156, 66/198, 67/205 to 67/207, 68/238, 69/15, 69/216, 69/217, 70/202, 71/224, 71/225, 72/217, 72/307, 73/228, 73/229, 74/217, 75/214 and 75/215 and decisions 67/558 and 69/546).

At its twenty-second special session, the Assembly adopted the Declaration and the text entitled “State of progress and initiatives for the future implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States” (resolution S-22/2).

At its sixty-ninth session, the Assembly reaffirmed the outcome document of the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway (resolution 69/15, annex), and urged its speedy implementation, and decided to change the title of the sub-item to “Follow-up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States”

(resolution 69/217).

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly called upon the Secretary-General to conduct an examination of the disaster-related funding and support environment to assist small island developing States in managing disaster risk and building back better after disasters, and to report thereon at the seventy-sixth session; and to provide recommendations on the implementation of the resolution, at its seventy-sixth session (resolution 74/217).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements were made by 50 delegations at virtual informal meetings on 12 and 13 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/457). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a report on the follow-up to and implementation of the Samoa Pathway, including on progress made and continuing challenges faced, and on the implementation of the resolution, building on the discussions and outcomes of the high-level meeting to review progress made in addressing the priorities of small island developing States through the implementation of the Samoa Pathway, convened in September 2019 (resolution 75/215).

Documents for the seventy-sixth session: Reports of the Secretary-General (resolutions 74/217 and 75/215).

References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (b)) Report of the Secretary-General A/75/273

Summary record A/C.2/75/SR.6

Report of the Second Committee A/75/457/Add.2

Plenary meeting A/75/PV.48

Resolutions 75/214 and 75/215

(c) Disaster risk reduction

At its forty-second session, the General Assembly decided to designate the 1990s as the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (resolution 42/169).

At its fifty-fourth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its fifty-sixth session on the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (resolution 54/219). The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since its fifty-sixth session (resolutions 56/194, 56/195, 57/255, 57/256, 58/214, 58/215, 59/231 to 59/233, 60/195, 60/196, 61/198 to 61/200, 62/192, 63/215 to 63/217, 64/200, 65/157, 65/158, 66/199, 67/208, 67/209, 68/99, 68/211, 69/219, 69/283, 69/284, 70/110, 70/203, 70/204, 71/226, 72/218, 73/230, 73/231, 74/218 and 75/216 and decision 74/537 B).

At its sixtieth session, the Assembly endorsed the Hyogo Declaration and the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters, as adopted by the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held at Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, from 18 to 22 January 2005 (resolution 60/195).

At its sixty-ninth session, the Assembly endorsed the Sendai Declaration and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 adopted by the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Sendai, Japan, from 14 to 18 March 2015 (resolution 69/283).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/216).

References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (c)) Report of the Secretary-General A/75/226

Summary record A/C.2/75/SR.6

Report of the Second Committee A/75/457/Add.3

Plenary meeting A/75/PV.48

Resolution 75/216

(d) Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind At its thirty-ninth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its forty-first session and every three years thereafter, through the Economic and Social Council, on products harmful to health and the environment (resolution 39/229).

The item entitled “Conservation of climate as part of the common heritage of mankind” was included in the agenda of the forty-third session of the Assembly at the request of Malta (A/43/241).

The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its forty-third to forty-sixth sessions (resolutions 43/53, 44/207, 45/212 and 46/169).

At its forty-seventh session, the Assembly welcomed the adoption, on 9 May 1992, of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (resolution 47/195).

The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its forty-eighth session (resolutions 48/189, 49/120, 50/115, 51/184, 52/199, 54/222, 56/199, 57/257, 58/243, 59/234, 60/197, 61/201, 62/86, 63/32, 64/73, 65/159, 66/200, 67/210, 68/212, 69/220, 70/205, 71/228, 72/219, 73/232, 74/219 and 75/217 and decisions 53/444 and 55/443).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the reports on the implementation of United Nations environmental convention s (resolution 75/217).

References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (d))

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the reports submitted by the secretariats of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, and the Convention on Biological Diversity (A/75/256)

Summary record A/C.2/75/SR.7

Report of the Second Committee A/75/457/Add.4

Plenary meeting A/75/PV.48

Resolution 75/217

(e) Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification,

Particularly in Africa

The General Assembly first considered the sub-item at its forty-seventh session, after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992 (resolution 47/188).

At its forty-ninth session, the Assembly welcomed the adoption of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious

Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, on 17 June 1994 (resolution 49/234). The Convention entered into force on 26 December 1996.

The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since its fifty-second session (resolutions 52/198, 53/191, 54/223, 55/204, 56/196, 57/259, 58/211, 58/242, 59/235, 60/200, 60/201, 61/202, 62/193, 63/218, 64/201, 64/202, 65/160, 66/201, 67/211, 68/213, 69/221, 70/206, 71/229, 72/220, 73/233, 74/220 and 75/218 and decision 74/551).

At its sixty-fourth session, the Assembly recalled its decision to declare the decade 2010–2020 as the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification and designated the secretariat of the Convention as the focal point of the Decade (resolution 64/201).

At its sixty-ninth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-fifth session a report on the implementation of the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification (2010–2020) (resolution 69/221).

The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a report on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 75/218).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the reports on the implementation of United Nations environmental conventions (resolution 75/218).

References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (e))

Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification (2010–2020) (A/75/190) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the reports submitted by the secretariats of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, and the Convention on Biological Diversity (A/75/256)

Summary record A/C.2/75/SR.6

Report of the Second Committee A/75/457/Add.5

Plenary meeting A/75/PV.48

Resolution 75/218

(f) Convention on Biological Diversity

The Convention on Biological Diversity was opened for signature at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held in June 1992, and entered into force on 29 December 1993.

The General Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since its fifty-first session (resolutions 51/182, 52/201, 53/190, 54/221, 55/201, 56/197, 57/260, 58/212, 59/236, 60/202, 61/204, 62/194, 63/219, 64/203, 65/161, 66/202, 67/212, 68/214, 69/222, 70/207, 71/230, 72/221, 73/234, 74/221, 74/269, 75/219 and 75/271).

seventy-sixth session, a report on the implementation of the resolution, including on the potential link between coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and biodiversity and the implications and recommendations for building back better, progress in the implementation of the Convention and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and difficulties encountered in the process of their implementation (resolution 75/219).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the reports on the implementation of United Nations environmental conventions (resolution 75/219).

References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (f))

Summary record A/C.2/75/SR.6

Report of the Second Committee A/75/457/Add.6

Plenary meetings A/75/PV.48 and 59

Resolutions 75/219 and 75/271

(g) Report of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme

At its twenty-seventh session, the General Assembly adopted a number of provisions setting up the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (resolution 2997 (XXVII)), including the establishment of the Governing Council of UNEP.

At its sixty-seventh session, the Assembly decided to strengthen and upgrade UNEP and to establish universal membership in the Governing Council of UNEP and mandated it, as from the first universal session in February 2013, to expeditiously initiate the implementation of the provisions contained in paragraph 88 of the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in its entirety, make a recommendation on the designation of the Governing Council to reflect its universal character and decide on future arrangements for the Global Ministerial Environment Forum (resolution 67/213).

At the same session, the Assembly changed the designation of the Governing Council to the United Nations Environment Assembly of UNEP (resolution 67/251).

At its seventy-first session, the Assembly took note of resolution 2/22 adopted by the United Nations Environment Assembly on 27 May 2016 on the review of the cycle of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme, in which it decided to hold its regular sessions in odd-numbered years commencing with its third session, in 2017 (resolution 71/231). The General Assembly had the sub-item on its agenda annually at its third and seventy-fourth sessions (resolutions 73/260 and 74/222). At its seventy-fourth session, it decided to next consider the item at its seventy-sixth session (resolution 74/222).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme (Nairobi, 22–23 February 2021): Supplement No. 25 (A/76/25).

References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 19 (g))

Report of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme (Nairobi, 11–15 March 2019): Supplement No. 25 (A/74/25)

Summary records A/C.2/74/SR.10–12, 22 and 24

Report of the Second Committee A/74/381/Add.7

Plenary meeting A/74/PV.52

Resolution 74/222

(h) Education for sustainable development

At its fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly decided to proclaim the 10 -year period beginning on 1 January 2005 the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, designated the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as the lead agency for the promotion of the Decade and requested it to develop a draft international implementation scheme (resolution 57/254). The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda biennially since its seventy-second session (resolutions 70/209, 72/222 and 74/223).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (resolution 74/223).

References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 19 (h))

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the

implementation of education for sustainable development (A/74/258)

Summary records A/C.2/74/SR.10–12, 22 and 26

Report of the Second Committee A/74/381/Add.8

Plenary meeting A/74/PV.52

Resolution 74/223

(i) Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all At its fifty-third session, the General Assembly endorsed the World Solar Programme 1996–2005, adopted by the World Solar Summit, held in Harare in September 1996 (A/53/395, annex) (resolution 53/7).

At its fifty-fourth session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session, under the item entitled “Environment and sustainable development”, a sub-item entitled “Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy, including the implementation of the World Solar Programme 1996 –2005”

(resolution 54/215). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its fifty-fifth session and biennially from its fifty-sixth to sixtieth sessions (resolutions 55/205, 56/200, 58/210 and 60/199).

At its sixtieth session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, a sub-item entitled “Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy” (resolution 60/199). The Assembly had the item on its agenda biennially from its sixty-second to sixty-sixth sessions and biennially from its sixty-seventh to seventy-first sessions (resolutions 62/197, 64/206, 66/206, 67/215, 69/225 and 71/233).

At its sixty-seventh session, the Assembly decided to declare 2014–2024 the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All, to be promoted through all sources of energy (resolution 67/215).

At its seventy-first session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, a sub-item entitled “Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” (resolution 71/233). The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since then (resolutions 72/224, 73/236, 74/225 and 75/221).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/221).

References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (h)) Report of the Secretary-General A/75/265

Summary record A/C.2/75/SR.6

Report of the Second Committee A/75/457/Add.8

Plenary meeting A/75/PV.48

Resolution 75/221

(j) Combating sand and dust storms

At its seventieth session, the General Assembly considered this question for the first time, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”. The Assembly recognized that dust and sandstorms posed a great challenge to the sustainable development of affected countries and regions, and underscored the need to promptly take measures to address those challenges (resolution 70/195). The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since its seventy-first session (resolutions 71/219, 72/225, 73/237, 74/226 and 75/222).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/222).

References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (i)) Report of the Secretary-General A/75/278

Summary record A/C.2/75/SR.6

Report of the Second Committee A/75/457/Add.9

Plenary meeting A/75/PV.48

Resolution 75/222

(k) Strengthening cooperation for integrated coastal zone management for achieving sustainable development

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 73 delegations (see A/C.2/74/SR.10–12). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a report on the implementation of the resolution, and decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session, a sub-item entitled “Strengthening cooperation for integrated coastal zone management for achieving sustainable development” (resolution 74/210).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/222).

References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 19)

Summary records A/C.2/74/SR.10–12, 22 and 26

Report of the Second Committee A/74/381

Plenary meeting A/74/PV.52

Resolution 74/210

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