The role of the United Nations System in implementing the Ministerial Declaration on the Internationally Agreed Goals and Commitments in regard to Sustainable Development adopted at the high-level segment of the substantive session of the Economic and Social Council in 2008
2009
Details
SymbolE/RES/2009/28
TitleThe role of the United Nations System in implementing the Ministerial Declaration on the Internationally Agreed Goals and Commitments in regard to Sustainable Development adopted at the high-level segment of the substantive session of the Economic and Social Council in 2008
Summary
Requests all member organizations of the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination to further mainstream, at all levels, the sustainable development agenda, including recommendations of the Commission on Sustainable Development, and to align and coordinate, as well as promote coherence among, their policies, programmes, initiatives and activities, as appropriate; requests the funds, programmes and agencies of the UN System, as appropriate within their mandates, to continue to provide and further strengthen their support to developing countries in: (a) Building their capacity to formulate effective sustainable development strategies; (b) Mobilizing adequate and sustained levels of financial resources for meeting the priority objectives of sustainable development; (c) Enhancing access to external resources as well as to key technologies for sustainable development; requests the funds, programmes and agencies of the UN System, as appropriate within their mandates, to mainstream, in a coordinated manner, sustainable urbanization, urban poverty reduction and slums upgrading in their efforts to assist developing countries, in accordance with national strategies and programmes, in achieving the Millennium Development Goals, and notes the efforts of the UN Development Group in facilitating the inclusion of these concerns in the UN Development Assistance Framework guidelines.
Action note2009-07-31
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 45th plenary meeting
Related resourceE/2009/INF/2/Add.1
DraftE/2009/L.44
Date2009-08-21
Notes
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2009 (Geneva, 6-31 July 2009) - E/2009/INF/2/Add.1 - 21 Aug. 2009 - p. 84-86.