United Nations Literacy Decade : Education for All

A/RES/59/149View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 94b United Nations Literacy Decade : education for all, published in 2005.

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5 versions · 2003–2011

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/65/183

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2011	A/RES/65/183	United Nations Literacy Decade : Education for All	1,857	54%Compare
2009	A/RES/63/154	United Nations Literacy Decade : Education for All	1,221	63%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/140	United Nations Literacy Decade : education for all	1,081	72%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/149	United Nations Literacy Decade : education for all	951	64%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/166	United Nations Literacy Decade : education for all	639	–

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11 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General, prepared in cooperation with the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, on the implementation of the International Plan of Action for the United Nations Literacy Decade,³ as well as the report prepared by the Joint Inspection Unit on achieving the universal primary education goal of the United Nations Millennium Declaration;⁴

³See A/59/267.

⁴See A/59/76 and Add.1 and Add.1/Corr.1.

Welcomes the efforts made so far by Member States and the international community in launching the Decade and implementing the International Plan of Action;

Appeals to all Governments to develop reliable literacy data and information and to further reinforce political will, mobilize adequate national resources, develop more inclusive policy-making environments and devise innovative strategies for reaching the poorest and most marginalized groups and for seeking alternative formal and non-formal approaches to learning with a view to achieving the goals of the Decade;

Urges all Governments to take the lead in coordinating the activities of the Decade at the national level, bringing all relevant national actors together in a sustained dialogue and collaborative action on policy formulation, implementation and evaluation of literacy efforts;

Appeals to all Governments and professional organizations to strengthen national and professional educational institutions in their countries with a view to expanding their capacity and promoting the quality of education, with particular focus on literacy;

Appeals to all Governments and to economic and financial organizations and institutions, both national and international, to lend greater financial and material support to the efforts to increase literacy and achieve the goals of Education for All and those of the Decade, through, inter alia, the 20/20 initiative,⁵ as appropriate;

⁵See Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6–12 March 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II, para. 88 (c).

Invites Member States, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, as well as relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to intensify their efforts to implement effectively the International Plan of Action, and to integrate substantially those efforts in the Education for All process and other initiatives and activities of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and within the framework of the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration;1

Requests the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to reinforce its lead coordinating role in stimulating and catalysing the activities undertaken at the international level within the framework of the Decade in a manner that is complementary to and coordinated with the ongoing Education for All process, with the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration, and with other global initiatives;

Requests all relevant entities of the United Nations system, particularly the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in cooperation with national Governments, to take immediate, concrete steps to address the needs of countries with high illiteracy rates and/or with large populations of illiterate adults, with particular regard to women;

Requests the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to seek the views of Member States on the progress achieved in implementing their national programmes and plans of action for the Decade and to submit progress reports on the implementation of the International Plan of Action to the General Assembly on a biennial basis, beginning in 2006;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-first session, under the item entitled “Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family”, the sub-item entitled “United Nations Literacy Decade: education for all”.

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