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Whereas the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in-
troduces new focus areas that are key to ending extreme 
poverty, including accountable government institutions, 
which came out of the understanding that structural in-
equalities in societies keep people in poverty; 
Whereas the Sustainable Development Goals call for global 
action and coordination to achieve a dignified life for all 
people, peace, prosperity, a sustainable planet, and strong 
global partnership; 
Whereas gender equality is the fifth Sustainable Development 
Goal which builds on the successes of the third Millen-
nium Development Goal, promoting gender equality and 
empowering women; 
Whereas, from 2000 to 2015, about two-thirds of countries 
in the developing world achieved gender parity in primary 
education, but disparities persist at the secondary and 
tertiary levels; 
Whereas the average proportion of women in parliaments 
nearly doubled between 1995 and 2015, yet gender parity 
in government remains a distant goal; 
Whereas one of the key targets of gender equality as part of 
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is to 
eliminate all forms of violence against all women and 
girls in the public and private spheres, including traf-
ficking, sexual, and other types of exploitation; 
Whereas child marriage is a fundamental violation of human 
rights with impacts across development and the goal of 
eliminating all harmful practices such as child, early, and 
forced marriage by 2030 would keep up to 150,000,000 
girls from being married off before their 18th birthday 
and help achieve at least 8 of the Sustainable Develop-
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ment Goals, including no poverty, quality education, de-
cent work and economic growth, reduced inequalities, and 
peace, justice and strong institutions; 
Whereas one of the targets of the 2030 Agenda on Sustain-
able Development is to ensure reforms are taking place 
in all countries to give women equal rights to economic 
resources, property, financial services, inheritance, and 
natural resources by promoting birth registration in areas 
where girls are systematically undercounted, which will 
ensure that girls can enjoy other rights such as education 
and health; 
Whereas the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls 
for countries to collaborate to achieve universal peace and 
justice, because countries that lack the rule of law often 
fail to meet the most basic needs of their populations, 
and peace, justice, and accountable institutions make it 
possible for countries to develop; 
Whereas all people have a right to peace, and all forms of 
violence violate human rights, hinder people’s well-being, 
and significantly limit development and progress of coun-
tries; 
Whereas Goal 16 is key to ensuring that progress and pros-
perity are widely shared, and that those most in need can 
claim and exercise their rights as global citizens; 
Whereas data show that homicide is more prevalent in coun-
tries with high income inequality, which are majorly de-
veloping countries; 
Whereas many victims of exploitation and trafficking are peo-
ple from vulnerable populations, and some of the poorest 
regions in the world, which suggests that least developed 
areas are the most prone to violence; 
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Whereas supporting the Sustainable Development Goals will 
significantly reduce violence in developing countries so 
peaceful and empowered populations can then begin to 
create and reinforce just, inclusive, and accountable insti-
tutions; 
Whereas sustained United States leadership in supporting the 
Sustainable Development Goals will ensure that we can 
leverage our resources and expertise with the private sec-
tor, governments, faith-based organizations, and non-
profits to build a better and safer world for generations 
to come; 
Whereas the expanded Sustainable Development Goals rep-
resent a new understanding of what effective sustainable 
development looks like; 
Whereas countries will be better positioned to recover from 
the human and economic devastation caused by COVID– 
19 by accelerating efforts to achieve the Sustainable De-
velopment Goals and if coronavirus responses are ad hoc, 
underfunded, and without a view to long-term goals, dec-
ades of progress toward sustainable development stand to 
be reversed; 
Whereas the Sustainable Development Goals now include key 
economic drivers of poverty alleviation and go beyond for-
eign assistance to focus on trade and investment from the 
private sector to better account for their important con-
tributions in development, health, and economic and so-
cial opportunity; and 
Whereas support for the Sustainable Development Goals will 
continue to be counted through direct multilateral devel-
opment assistance, domestic spending, grants, subsidies, 
loans, public-private partnerships, and other financial in-
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struments such as guarantees and direct investment in-
struments: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that— 
(A) the Sustainable Development Goals of 
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 
is a critical international blueprint to end pov-
erty, protect the planet, and ensure that all 
people can live in peace and prosperity by 2030; 
and 
(B) the United States, which adopted the 
Sustainable Development Goals, should recom-
mit to implementing its commitments under the 
Sustainable Development Goals; and 
(2) the House of Representatives— 
(A) reaffirms its support for multilateral 
organizations such as the United Nations and 
its role in advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sus-
tainable Development; and 
(B) reaffirms its support for meeting key 
goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable De-
velopment, including gender equality, ending ex-
treme hunger and poverty, and improving pub-
lic health. 
Æ 
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