United Nations Literacy Decade : Education for All

A/RES/61/140View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 60c United Nations Literacy Decade : education for all, published in 2007.

What other versions does this mandate have?

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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12 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of 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

³See A/61/151.

Welcomes the efforts made so far by Member States and the international community in 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 policymaking 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,⁴ as appropriate;

⁴See 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;Error: Reference source not found

Requests the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to reinforce its lead role in coordinating and catalysing the activities of the Decade at the regional and international levels, prepare and conduct the mid-Decade review in collaboration with all Decade partners during 2007 and 2008 and submit its results to the General Assembly;

Invites Member States and the relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to take an active part in the preparation and organization of high-level regional conferences, scheduled to be held in 2007–2008 in Qatar, Azerbaijan, Mali, Costa Rica and in Asia and the Pacific, aimed at marshalling high political commitment, building an effective partnership among all the stakeholders and mobilizing resources needed for achieving the goals of the Decade and the International Plan of Action;

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, including through programmes that promote low-cost and effective literacy provisions;

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 the next progress report on the implementation of the International Plan of Action to the General Assembly in 2008;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session, under the item entitled “Social development”, the sub-item entitled “United Nations Literacy Decade: education for all”.

United Nations Literacy Decade : Education for All

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