United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 96United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, published in 2004.

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3 versions · 2003–2005

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Civil Society Community Participation Consultations Coordination Within UN System Development Education Development Strategies Intergovernmental Organizations International Decades International Organizations Non-Governmental Organizations Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Public Information Sustainable Development

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Takes note of the Framework for a Draft International Implementation Scheme prepared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, requests the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, as the designated lead agency, to promote the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, in coordination with other relevant United Nations agencies and programmes, and further requests it to finalize the international implementation scheme, while clarifying its relationship with the existing educational processes, in particular the Dakar Framework for Action adopted at the World Education Forum and the United Nations Literacy Decade, in consultation with Governments, the United Nations and other relevant international organizations, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders;

Reaffirms that education for sustainable development is critical for promoting sustainable development, and in this regard encourages Governments to consider the inclusion of measures to implement the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development in their respective educational strategies and national development plans by 2005;

Invites Governments to promote public awareness of and wider participation in the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, including through cooperation and initiatives engaging civil society and other relevant stakeholders;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session, under the item entitled “Environment and sustainable development”, a sub-item entitled “United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development”.

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