Committing to the Effective Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific

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2016E/ESCAP/RES/72/6Committing To the Effective Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific : Resolution / Adopted by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

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Endorses the actions requested by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in paragraph 7 of resolution 72/6.

Resolution 72/6

Committing to the effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,

Recalling General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, and Assembly resolution 69/313 of 27 July 2015 on the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development,

Recalling also General Assembly resolution 69/214 of 19 December 2014, in which the Assembly acknowledged, inter alia, the importance of the regional dimension of sustainable development and invited the United Nations regional commissions to continue to contribute to the work of the high-level political forum on sustainable development, including through annual regional meetings, with the involvement of other relevant regional entities, major groups and other stakeholders, as contained in Assembly resolution 67/290 of 9 July 2013, and other relevant stakeholders, as appropriate,

Recalling further resolution 71/1 of 29 May 2015 of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, entitled “Restructuring the conference structure of the Commission to be fit for the evolving post-2015 development agenda”, in which the Commission recognized the need for it to continue to adapt and respond to the evolving development challenges and opportunities within the Asia-Pacific region,

Recalling Commission resolution 71/5 of 29 May 2015, in which it recognized a number of priorities and recommendations as the region’s contribution to the preparations for the third International Conference on Financing for Development, and noting the contributions of the Asia-Pacific Outreach Meeting on Sustainable Development Financing, which was held in Jakarta on 10 and 11 June 2014, and of the Asia-Pacific High-level Consultation on Financing for Development, which was held in Jakarta on 29 and 30 April 2015,

Noting the diversity of Asia-Pacific countries in terms of geography, population, income and level of development, coupled with the complex, multisectoral and integrated dimensions of the 2030 Agenda, which calls for strengthening capacities in least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation and regional cooperation,

Noting also that international public finance plays an important role in complementing the efforts of countries to mobilize public resources domestically, especially in the poorest and most vulnerable countries with limited domestic resources,

Having considered the report of the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development on its third session,

Calls upon States members of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific to cooperate at the regional level in the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, as provided for by the General Assembly in its resolution 70/1;

Welcomes the report of the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development on its third session,1 and decides to implement the recommendations contained therein, while recognizing in this regard the importance of finalizing the form, function and modalities of the Forum, as well as of developing the regional road map for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda;

Recognizes the role of the Advisory Committee of Permanent Representatives and Other Representatives Designated by Members of the Commission in providing advice and guidance to the Executive Secretary of the Commission, as appropriate, on the organization of the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development in 2017;

Invites members and associate members of the Commission to identify priority areas of cooperation on and implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific, with particular emphasis on the practical means of implementation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals;

Encourages all members and associate members to actively engage in the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development and to continue to work on the development of the regional road map for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda;

Notes the regional discussions on financing for development in the Asia-Pacific region, in particular those that took place at the first High-level Follow-up Dialogue on Financing for Development, held in Incheon, Republic of Korea, on 30 and 31 March 2016;

Requests the Executive Secretary:

To promote the balanced integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development and provide annual updates and recommendations to member States, including through the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development;

To support the process to define a regional road map for implementing the 2030 Agenda and to address challenges to its achievement in Asia and the Pacific, pursuant to the recommendations of the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, as contained in its report;

To strengthen support to member States in their efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda in an integrated approach, inter alia, with analytical products, technical services and capacity-building initiatives through knowledge-sharing products and platforms, and to enhance data and statistical capacities;

To continue to provide capacity-building opportunities to member States, leveraging existing expertise and its intergovernmental forum to contribute to the strengthening of their capacity, including through support for mainstreaming financing for development issues in areas such as domestic resource mobilization, as well as through support for their efforts in developing integrated approaches, models and tools in enhancing their regional cooperation on the Sustainable Development Goals with a special emphasis on the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States;

Calls upon all development partners, in particular the relevant organizations of the United Nations development system, to collaborate with the Commission in promoting sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region, through all appropriate mechanisms, including through active participation in Commission sessions, enhanced cooperation on projects and policies and the sharing of good practices through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation;

Calls upon the Executive Secretary, as convener of the Asia-Pacific Regional Coordination Mechanism, to strengthen and promote communication, cooperation and collaboration among the relevant organizations of the United Nations development system in Asia and the Pacific and other stakeholders, as appropriate, in support of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals by member States, in particular least developed, landlocked developing and Pacific island developing countries;

Requests the Executive Secretary to report to the Commission at its seventy-third session on progress in the implementation of the present resolution.

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