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UN General Assembly Reports on Social Development |
The report provides an overview of progress in implementing the resolution, focusing on the following emerging areas in youth development: (a) developing future-proof skills; (b) balancing opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence; and (c) fostering social resilience. It also reviews progress made in implementing the World Programme of Action for Youth, in the context of the thirtieth anniversary of the Programme. The report draws on input received from Member States, United Nations entities and youth organizations on efforts to advance youth development during the period under review. The report concludes with recommendations for consideration by the General Assembly.
UN General Assembly Reports on Social Development |
The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recalling all relevant
international human rights treaties, in particular the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the
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UN ECOSOC Reports on Social Development |
The report explores how youth-led local actions can accelerate the 2030 Agenda while advancing the World Programme of Action for Youth. Drawing on inputs from Member States, UN entities, and youth organizations, it highlights the need for stronger policy coordination between local and national authorities, focusing on social protection, resilient livelihoods, and sustainable communities. The report underscores youth participation in shaping, monitoring, and evaluating policies, and offers recommendations to enhance engagement, coherence across decision-making, and integrated action on poverty, education, employment, and climate.
Fact Sheet |
Following the conclusion of the post-2015 development agenda process and the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, this Action Plan intends to serve the sport for development and peace community in its contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals, placing sport in its role as an important enabler of sustainable development. It combines principles from previous editions of the Action Plan with new elements reflecting key developments in sport and related fields. In line with the reporting cycle on sport for development and peace, the Action Plan is intended to cover two years but to be applicable in the longer term. With a view to providing a global road map relevant to all stakeholders, this…
UN General Assembly Reports on Social Development |
Recalling its resolutions 58/5 of 3 November 2003 and 59/10 of 27 October 2004, its decision to proclaim 2005 the International Year for Sport and Physical Education to strengthen sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace, and its resolutions 60/1 of 16 September 2005, 60/9 of 3 November 2005, 61/10 of 3 November 2006, 62/271 of 23 July 2008, 63/135 of 11 December 2008, 65/4 of 18 October 2010, 67/17 of 28 November 2012, 69/6 of 31 October 2014, 71/160 of 16 December 2016, 73/24 of 3 December 2018, 75/18 of 1 December 2020 and 77/27 of 1 December 2022,
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UN General Assembly Reports on Social Development |
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The report, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 77/27, examines the contribution of sport to achieving peace and the Sustainable Development Goals. It describes progress towards implementation between 2022 and 2024 of the United Nations Action Plan on Sport for Development and Peace. Drawing on inputs from leading global experts, Member States, the United Nations system and other stakeholders, the report focusses on progress in five priority areas of impact: (i) social inclusion through sport, (ii) physical activity, physical education, and community-based participation in sport, (iii) gender equality in…
UN General Assembly Reports on Social Development |
Recalling its resolutions 58/5 of 3 November 2003 and 59/10 of 27 October 2004, its decision to proclaim 2005 the International Year for Sport and Physical Education to strengthen sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace, and its resolutions 60/1 of 16 September 2005, 60/9 of 3 November 2005, 61/10 of 3 November 2006, 62/271 of 23 July 2008, 63/135 of 11 December 2008, 65/4 of 18 October 2010, 67/17 of 28 November 2012, 69/6 of 31 October 2014, 71/160 of 16 December 2016, 73/24 of 3 December 2018, 75/18 of 1 December 2020 and 77/27 of 1 December 2022,
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UN General Assembly Reports on Social Development |
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…
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes the “growing contribution of sport to the realization of development and peace in its promotion of tolerance and respect, and the contributions it makes to the empowerment of women and of young people, individuals and communities, as well as to health, education and social inclusion objectives” (2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development A/RES/70/1, paragraph 37). The General Assembly has emphasized the contributions of sport to development and peace in a series of resolutions on sport as an enabler of sustainable development, and through an expanding network of actors and stakeholders supporting the theme.
Given the ever-growing…
UN General Assembly Reports on Social Development |
The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 77/27 of 1 December 2022, in which it reaffirmed that sport is an important enabler of sustainable development and recognized the growing contribution of sport to the realization of development and peace, the promotion of tolerance and respect, and the empowerment of women and girls, young people, individuals and communities, and persons with disabilities, as well as to the achievement of physical and mental health, education and social inclusion objectives,
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