The United Nations General Assembly has discussed today the proclamation of 2024-2033 as the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development
Today, Friday 25th August 2023, the United Nations General Assembly, during its 96th Plenary meeting of its 77th session adopted a resolution co-sponsored by Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Viet Nam, and Zimbabwe.
All stakeholders of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development fully support this resolution.
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, …
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, …
Noting that one of the flagship events of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development, entitled “A chance for society to build on sciences for sustainability”, convened by the President of the General Assembly on 24 May 2023 at United Nations Headquarters, highlighted the need for the proclamation of the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development, …
1. Decides to proclaim the period 2024–2033 the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development, within existing structures and available resources, to represent a unique opportunity for humanity to use the critical role that sciences play in the pursuit of sustainable development in its three dimensions as one of the key means of implementation as well as in responding to the complex challenges of our time to ensure a safe and prosperous future for all;
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