IPU, Alm.del - 2022-23 (2. samling) - Bilag 3: UN Resolution. Enhancing the role of parliaments in accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

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United Nations

/RES/77/159

Distr.: General

20 December 2022

General Assembly

Seventy-seventh session

Agenda item 18

Sustainable development

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 14 December 2022

[on

the report of the Second Committee (A/77/443, para. 32)]

77/159.

Enhancing the role of parliaments in accelerating the achievement

of the Sustainable Development Goals

The General Assembly,

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 see king

to address their unfinished business,

Guided

by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and

grounded in international law and the principle of leaving no one behind,

Recognizing

the essential role of national parliaments and parliaments at other

levels, where they exist, through their enactment of legislation and adoption of

budgets and their role in ensuring accountability for the effective implementation of

their commitments,

Recalling

its resolution

76/270

of 21 June 2022 on interaction between the

United Nations, national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, in which it

recognized the actions and contributions of parliaments at the national, regional and

global levels, including through multi-stakeholder partnerships, in support of the

accelerated achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030,

Highlighting

the importance of women’s full, equal and meaningful

participation in parliaments, including in leadership positions and in decision-making

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Enhancing the role of parliaments in accelerating the achievement

of the Sustainable Development Goals

at all levels, and the importance for parliaments to mainstream a gender perspective

in their work,

Acknowledging

the role and responsibility of parliaments with regard to national

plans and strategies aimed at fully implementing the 2030 Agenda, as well as in ensuring

greater transparency and accountability at both the national and the global levels,

Taking note

of Economic and Social Council resolution

2017/23

of 7 July 2017,

in which the Council encouraged all Governments to inform and engage their

parliaments in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, while noting that some

parliaments have taken a proactive role in their implementation,

Taking into account

the first Global Parliamentary Meeting on Achieving the

Sustainable Development Goals, held by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the House

of Representatives of Indonesia in September 2021, on “Turning the challenges of the

coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic into opportunities for parliaments to

achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”, and looking forward to further

engagement to bring parliaments together at a critical time to support the achievement

of the Goals,

Noting with great concern

the severe negative impact on human health, safety

and well-being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the severe disruption

to societies and economies and the devastating impact on lives and livelihoods, and

that the poorest and most vulnerable are the hardest hit by the pandemic, reaffirming

the ambition to get back on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by

designing and implementing sustainable and inclusive recovery strategies to

accelerate progress towards the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for

Sustainable Development and to help to reduce the risk of and build resilience to

future shocks, crises and pandemics, including by strengthening health systems a nd

achieving universal health coverage, and recognizing that equitable and timely access

for all to safe, quality, effective and affordable COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and

diagnostics are an essential part of a global response based on unity, solidarit y,

renewed multilateral cooperation and the principle of leaving no one behind,

Emphasizing

that success in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and

the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions depends on the creation of

enabling environments at all levels,

Mindful

that rapid technological change includes new and powerful tools that

can help to realize the vision of the 2030 Agenda, and that the spread of information

and communications technologies and global interconnectedness has great potential

to accelerate human development and bridge all digital divides, among and within

countries, including the gender digital divide, and recognizing that national

parliaments, among others, play an important role in addressing the impact,

opportunities and challenges of rapid technological change,

Welcoming

the work carried out, at the request of Member States, by the

agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system and by the

Inter-Parliamentary Union and other international organizations of parliamentarians

in support of national parliaments around the world in mobilizing action towards the

implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third

International Conference on Financing for Development,

the Sendai Framework for

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Resolution

69/313,

annex.

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Enhancing the role of parliaments in accelerating the achievement

of the Sustainable Development Goals

A/RES/77/159

Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030,

the Paris Agreement

and the Beijing

Declaration and Platform for Action,

Emphasizes

the importance of parliamentary involvement in renewed

commitment to unity, solidarity and multilateral cooperation to support an inclusive,

sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and accelerating the

decade of action and delivery for sustainable development, leaving no one behind,

while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable

Development;

Encourages

parliaments to assess the contribution of their countries’

existing national legal frameworks to the achievement of the Sustainable

Development Goals and targets, acknowledging that the Goals are integrated and

indivisible and that policy coherence is key in achieving the 2030 Agenda as a whole;

Encourages

Member States to promote the engagement and support of

parliaments in the follow-up and review processes of the achievement of the

Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in the preparation of vo luntary national

reviews, in order to ensure and strengthen national ownership and accountability;

Welcomes

the practice of including parliamentarians as members of

national delegations to major United Nations meetings and events, as appropriate,

including the high-level political forum on sustainable development, and invites

Member States to continue this practice in a more regular and systematic manner, and

with due consideration given to achieving gender balance within such delegations;

Acknowledges

that a strong and constructive relationship between

parliaments and independent oversight bodies is important for improving the

effectiveness of efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and

encourages parliaments to ensure that their oversight mechanisms are well structured

and have appropriate resources and equipment, as well as access to expertise and

resources, to ensure qualified monitoring and evaluation of national development

plans and strategies aimed at fully implementing the 2030 Agenda;

Encourages

public awareness of parliamentary processes and opportunities

for public engagement in monitoring the implementation of the 2030 Agenda;

Underscores

the importance of analytical support to parliamentarians on

the respective government budget proposal to enable effective financing for achieving

the Sustainable Development Goals;

Encourages

Member States, including their parliaments, to place gender

equality and the empowerment of women at the centre of their efforts to acce lerate

progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and promote the full, equal and

meaningful participation and representation of women in parliaments and their

processes, including by considering the promotion of legislation and parliamentarian

working methods that are gender-responsive and prevent all forms of violence and

discrimination against women;

Calls upon

Member States to ensure that laws, mechanisms and the

parliament buildings are inclusive and accessible to encourage and empower per sons

with disabilities to participate in political and public life;

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Resolution

69/283,

annex II.

Adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in

FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1,

decision 1/CP.21, annex.

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.

Resolution

70/1.

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Enhancing the role of parliaments in accelerating the achievement

of the Sustainable Development Goals

10.

Recognizes

the value and the contribution of youth to the full and

successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and therefore recommends that

parliaments seek ways to achieve the full, equal and meaningful participation of youth

in parliamentary processes, as appropriate, related to the achievement of the

Sustainable Development Goals;

11.

Encourages

communication among parliaments, including within the

Inter-Parliamentary Union, to work closely to support national, regional and

international efforts to achieve sustainable development in its three dimensions –

economic, social and environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner;

12.

Calls upon

Member States to promote the leadership role of parliaments

in accelerating the achievement of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals in a

balanced and integrated manner, reaffirming the commitment to achieving sustainable

development in its three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – and

encourages the United Nations to work with Member States, upon their request, on

strengthening the institutional capacity of parliaments in this regard;

13.

Recommends

inter-parliamentary cooperation, including through the

Inter-Parliamentary Union, to inspire ambitious collective plans, enhance mutual

learning and sharing of best practices, enhance knowledge-sharing and awareness-

raising among parliamentarians and generate momentum to support the

implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

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