Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 2016  [on the report of the Second Committee (A/71/463/Add.1)]  71/223. Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the  Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes  of the World Summit on Sustainable Development  and of the United Nations Conference  on Sustainable Development        The General Assembly,    Recalling its resolutions 55/199 of 20 December 2000, 56/226 of 24 December  2001, 57/253 and 57/270 A of 20 December 2002, 57/270 B of 23 June 2003, 64/236  of 24 December 2009, 65/152 of 20 December 2010, 66/197 of 22 December 2011,  66/288 of 27 July 2012, 67/203 of 21 December 2012, 68/210 of 20 December 2013,  68/309 of 10 September 2014, 68/310 of 15 September 2014, 69/108 of 8 December  2014, 69/214 of 19 December 2014 and 70/201 of 22 December 2015 and all other  relevant resolutions on the implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the  Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on  Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable  Development,     Recalling also the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1  Agenda 21, 2 the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, 3 the  Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development 4  and the Plan of  Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg  Plan of Implementation) 5  and the outcome document of the United Nations  Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”,6 as well as  the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for  _______________  1  Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro,   3–14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales  No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I.  2 Ibid., annex II.  3 Resolution S-19/2, annex.  4  Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa,   26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum),  chap. I, resolution 1, annex.  5 Ibid., resolution 2, annex.  6 Resolution 66/288, annex.   A/RES/71/223  Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21  and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development   2/6  Development, 7  the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: outcome  document of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development  to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, 8 the Programme of  Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, 9 the key  actions for the further implementation of the Programme of Action of the  International Conference on Population and Development, 10 the Beijing Declaration  and Platform for Action11 and the outcome document of the special event to follow  up efforts made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, 12     Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming  our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which it adopted a  comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative  Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to working tirelessly  for the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recognition that eradicating  poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest  global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its  commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions —  economic, social and environmental — in a balanced and integrated manner, and to  building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and seeking  to address their unfinished business,     Reaffirming also its resolution 69/313 of 27 July 2015 on the Addis Ababa  Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for  Development, which is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable  Development, supports and complements it, helps to contextualize its means of  implementation targets with concrete policies and actions, and reaffirms the strong  political commitment to address the challenge of financing and creating an enabling  environment at all levels for sustainable development in the spirit of global  partnership and solidarity,     Recalling the Istanbul Declaration13 and the Programme of Action for the Least  Developed Countries for the Decade 2011–2020, 14 adopted by the Fourth United  Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, held in Istanbul, Turkey  from 9 to 13 May 2011, and endorsed by the General Assembly in resolution 65/280  of 17 June 2011, in which the Assembly called upon all the relevant stakeholders to  commit to implementing the Programme of Action,     Recalling also the Political Declaration adopted by the Comprehensive High- level Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action  for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011–2020, held in Antalya,  Turkey, from 27 to 29 May 2016, and endorsed by the General Assembly in its  _______________  7  Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico,   18–22 March 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.  8 Resolution 63/239, annex.  9 Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5–13 September 1994  (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.  10 Resolution S-21/2, annex.  11 Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations  publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.  12 Resolution 68/6.  13 Report of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Istanbul, Turkey,  9–13 May 2011 (A/CONF.219/7), chap. I.  14 Ibid., chap. II.   Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21  and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development  and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development  A/RES/71/223   3/6  resolution 70/294 of 25 July 2016, in which the Assembly called upon all the  relevant stakeholders to commit to implementing the Declaration,     Recalling further the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing  Countries for the Decade 2014–202415 and the Vienna Declaration,16     Recalling the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway, 17     Reaffirming the importance of supporting the implementation of Agenda 2063  of the African Union and the programme of the New Partnership for Africa’s  Development,     Reaffirming also the Sendai Declaration and the Sendai Framework for  Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030,18 adopted at the Third United Nations World  Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction,     Recalling the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the United Nations Conference  on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III),19     Welcoming the Paris Agreement 20  and its early entry into force, and  encouraging all its parties to fully implement the Agreement, and parties to the  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 21 that have not yet done  so to deposit their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession,  where appropriate, as soon as possible,     Emphasizing the importance of oceans for sustainable development, as  embodied in Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and various  decisions taken by the former Commission on Sustainable Development, and  welcoming in this regard its decision, in its resolutions 70/226 of 22 December 2015  and 70/303 of 9 September 2016, to convene the high-level 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, to be held at United Nations Headquarters from 5 to 9 June 2017,     Recognizing that eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge facing the  world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, in  particular for developing countries, and that although each country has the primary  responsibility for its own sustainable development and poverty eradication and that  the role of national policies and development strategies cannot be overemphasized,  concerted and concrete measures are required at all levels to enable developing  countries to achieve their sustainable development goals related to the  internationally agreed poverty-related targets and goals, including those contained in  Agenda 21, the relevant outcomes of United Nations conferences, the United  Nations Millennium Declaration 22  and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable  Development,   _______________  15 Resolution 69/137, annex II.  16 Ibid., annex I.  17 Resolution 69/15, annex.  18 Resolution 69/283, annexes I and II.  19 Resolution 71/256, annex.  20 See FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21, annex.  21 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822.  22 Resolution 55/2.   A/RES/71/223  Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21  and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development   4/6    Reaffirming the need to further mainstream sustainable development at all  levels, integrating economic, social and environmental aspects and recognizing their  interlinkages, so as to achieve sustainable development in all its dimensions, and  reiterating that sustainable development is a key element of the overarching  framework for United Nations activities,     Recognizing that eradicating poverty, changing unsustainable and promoting  sustainable patterns of consumption and production and protecting and managing  the natural resource base of economic and social development are the overarching  and essential objectives for sustainable development,     Noting that the advancement of sustainable consumption and production cuts  across the three dimensions of sustainable development in an integrated manner,     Welcoming and recalling the commitment in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable  Development to making fundamental changes in the way that societies produce and  consume  goods  and  services,  stressing  that  Governments,  international  organizations, the business sector and other non-State actors and individuals must  contribute to changing unsustainable consumption and production patterns,  including through the mobilization, from all sources, of financial and technical  assistance to strengthen developing countries’ scientific, technological and  innovative capacities to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and  production, encouraging the further implementation of the 10-Year Framework of  Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, 23 and noting the  importance of all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead,  taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries,     Reaffirming the importance of freedom, peace and security, respect for all  human rights, including the right to development and the right to an adequate  standard of living, as well as the right to food, the rule of law, gender equality and  women’s empowerment, and the overall commitment to just and democratic  societies for development,     Stressing the importance of inclusiveness within the United Nations  development system and that no country is left behind in the implementation of the  present resolution,     1.  Reaffirms the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on  Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”,6 and urges its full  implementation;     2.  Stresses the importance of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable  Development and the resulting processes for the elaboration of the 2030 Agenda for  Sustainable Development24 and for the realization of sustainable development;     3.  Recognizes in this regard that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable  Development builds upon elements from the outcome document of the United  Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, inter alia, the establishment of the  high-level  political  forum  on  sustainable  development,  the  format  and  organizational arrangements of which were later established by its resolution 67/290  of 9 July 2013, a strengthened Economic and Social Council, as later defined in its  resolution 68/1 of 20 September 2013, the process that led to the adoption of the  _______________  23 A/CONF.216/5, annex.  24 Resolution 70/1.   Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21  and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development  and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development  A/RES/71/223   5/6  Sustainable Development Goals, as later defined in its resolutions 68/309 and 70/1,  the strengthening of the science-policy interface, including in the form of the Global  Sustainable Development Report, and the process that led to the adoption of the  Technology Facilitation Mechanism;     4.  Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation  of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and  the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United  Nations Conference on Sustainable Development; 25    5.  Stresses the importance of overcoming silos and seeking innovative and  coordinated approaches in integrating the three dimensions of sustainable  development — economic, social and environmental — at the global, regional and  national levels, and requests the United Nations to further mainstream and integrate  the three dimensions throughout the United Nations system;     6.  Affirms the contributions of the ongoing efforts and commitments  towards the full implementation of Agenda 21,2 the Programme for the Further  Implementation of Agenda 21,3 the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation,5  including the time-bound goals and targets, and the other internationally agreed  development goals, as well as the outcome document of the United Nations  Conference on Sustainable Development, and stresses the importance of their  continued implementation in the pursuit of sustainable development;     7.  Urges the speedy and effective implementation and the effective   follow-up and review of the sustainable development priorities for small island  developing States identified in the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action  (SAMOA) Pathway17 and set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,  and reaffirms that small island developing States remain a special case for  sustainable development in view of their unique and particular vulnerabilities;     8.  Emphasizes that regional and subregional organizations have a role to  play in promoting sustainable development in their respective regions by, inter alia,  promoting peer learning and cooperation, including South-South and triangular  cooperation, as well as effective linkages among global, regional, subregional and  national processes, as appropriate, to advance sustainable development;     9.  Notes that the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development,  among other commitments on sustainable consumption and production, adopted the  10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production  Patterns23 as a tool for action on sustainable consumption and production, and in  this regard recognizes the commitment by the United Nations Environment  Assembly to accelerate its implementation, including through relevant voluntary  actions by Member States;    10. Takes note of United Nations Environment Assembly resolution 2/8 of  27 May 2016 on sustainable consumption and production;26     11.  Decides to designate the Economic and Social Council to receive reports  from the Board and the secretariat of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on  Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, and affirms that due  consideration should continue to be given to sustainable consumption and  _______________  25 A/71/212.  26 Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-first Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/71/25), annex.   A/RES/71/223  Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21  and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development   6/6  production at the meetings of the high-level political forum on sustainable  development under the auspices of the Council;     12. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the mainstreaming of  the three dimensions of sustainable development throughout the United Nations  system, 27  reiterates the call of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable  Development and in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for the further  mainstreaming of the three dimensions throughout the United Nations system, and  in this regard invites the Secretary-General to continue to report to the General  Assembly, through the Economic and Social Council, on progress made, including  for the consideration of the high-level political forum on sustainable development;     13. Calls upon the relevant organizations of the United Nations system,  within their respective mandates and resources, to ensure that no country is left  behind in the implementation of the present resolution;    14. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its  seventy-second session a report on the implementation of the present resolution and  to include in the report a comprehensive and substantive analysis of the unfinished  business of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21  and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the  United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development;    15. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second  session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, the sub-item entitled  “Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of  Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and  of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development”, unless otherwise  agreed.     66th plenary meeting  21 December 2016    _______________  27 A/71/76-E/2016/55.