IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 30 
Supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2021 
Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Mr. SMITH of Washington, and Mr. 
ESPAILLAT) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development 
Goals. 
Whereas 193 nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustain-
able Development at the 2015 United Nations General 
Assembly; 
Whereas, on January 1, 2016, the Sustainable Development 
Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 
officially came into force; 
Whereas the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in-
cludes 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 tar-
gets to address extreme poverty, protect the planet, and 
ensure that all people have access to peace and prosperity 
by 2030; 
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Whereas the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development rec-
ognizes that ending extreme poverty must go hand-in- 
hand with strategies to improve health and access to edu-
cation, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth; 
Whereas the Sustainable Development Goals include— 
(1) no poverty; 
(2) zero hunger; 
(3) good health and well-being; 
(4) quality education; 
(5) gender equality; 
(6) clean water and sanitation; 
(7) affordable and clean energy; 
(8) decent work and economic growth; 
(9) industry, innovation, and infrastructure; 
(10) reduced inequalities; 
(11) sustainable cities and communities; 
(12) responsible consumption and production; 
(13) climate action; 
(14) life below water; 
(15) life on land; 
(16) peace, justice, and strong institutions; and 
(17) partnerships for the goals; 
Whereas the Sustainable Development Goals were negotiated 
and agreed to by all 193 members of the United Nations 
and the United States played a strong role in crafting an 
outcome that reflected many longstanding bipartisan for-
eign policy and development priorities that Republican 
and Democratic administrations and Congress have 
championed; 
Whereas the Sustainable Development Goals reflect the prior-
ities and input of people from member states around the 
world, including the United States where 70,000 Ameri-
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cans added their voice to the negotiations through an of-
ficial United States country consultation and input di-
rectly with the United Nations; 
Whereas the United States prioritized two areas throughout 
the negotiations, governance, peace, and security (Goal 
16) and gender equality (Goal 5); 
Whereas the Sustainable Development Goals align with many 
United States priorities, including ending human traf-
ficking, increasing access to jobs in collaboration with the 
private sector, gender equality, and good governance; 
Whereas these Sustainable Development Goals will attempt to 
complete what the Millennium Development Goals did not 
achieve; 
Whereas the Millennium Development Goals focused on end-
ing extreme hunger and poverty, achieving universal pri-
mary education, promoting gender equality and women 
empowerment, reducing child mortality, improving mental 
health, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, ensur-
ing environmental sustainability, and developing a global 
partnership for development; 
Whereas, according to the Millennium Development Goals 
2015 report, the global mobilization behind the goals re-
sulted in the most successful antipoverty movement in 
history; 
Whereas in the United States and around the world, racial 
injustice continues to plague communities; 
Whereas the United Nations and the 2030 Agenda for Sus-
tainable Development should continue to include a com-
mitment to racial justice, equity, and the elimination of 
global racism and the dismantling of structural racism; 
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Whereas the number of people living in extreme poverty de-
clined by 56 percent between 1990 to 2015, with most 
progress occurring since 2000 when the Millennium De-
velopment Goals were launched; 
Whereas over 6,200,000 malaria deaths were averted between 
2000 and 2015, and the primary school enrollment rate 
in developing countries reached 91 percent by 2015 from 
83 percent in 2000; 
Whereas much progress was made, but many challenges and 
opportunities for development remain, particularly for 
women and girls where targets related to maternal mor-
tality and universal access to reproductive health were 
not met and cross-cutting issues which were not ad-
dressed by the Millennium Development Goals; 
Whereas COVID–19 is reversing decades of progress on pov-
erty, health care, and education with global gross domes-
tic product expected to contract by the largest amount 
since the Great Depression; 
Whereas an estimated 88,000,000 to 115,000,000 people 
were pushed into extreme poverty in 2020, the first rise 
in global poverty since 1998, and lost incomes, limited so-
cial protection, and rising prices mean even those who 
were previously secure could find themselves at risk of 
poverty and hunger; 
Whereas women and girls are among those bearing the heavi-
est brunt of the pandemic’s effects and they still face vio-
lence and gender-based discrimination that limit their 
economic opportunities; 
Whereas the poverty burden remains overwhelmingly con-
centrated in some parts of the world, including sub-Saha-
ran Africa and South Asia; 
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