United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014)

A/RES/65/163View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 20h United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, published in 2011.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2011–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/70/209

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2016	A/RES/70/209	United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014)	1,583	17%Compare
2011	A/RES/65/163	United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014)	533	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Coordination Within UN System Development Education International Decades Programme Implementation Public Information Resources Mobilization Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the mid-Decade review of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, 2005-2014,⁴ including the areas identified for further action in the remaining half of the Decade;

⁴See A/65/279.

Also takes note of the Bonn Declaration of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development, held from 31 March to 2 April 2009,⁵ including the areas identified for further action in the remaining half of the Decade;

⁵Available from www.esd-world-conference-2009.org.

Recognizes that, while progress has been made in raising awareness of the significance of education for sustainable development, such progress remains unevenly distributed;

Encourages the international community to reinforce its collective commitment to raise awareness of the significance of education for sustainable development, including by mobilizing resources, supporting national efforts and establishing processes that will continue beyond the end of the Decade;

Encourages Governments to continue implementing the Decade at the international, national and local levels, including by working with all relevant stakeholders, particularly education systems at all levels, introducing, as appropriate, the concept of sustainable development into curricula and cooperating in order to conserve, protect and restore the health and integrity of the Earth’s ecosystem;

Invites Governments to continue to promote public awareness of and wider participation in the Decade, inter alia, through cooperation with and initiatives engaging civil society and other relevant stakeholders;

Requests the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, as the designated lead agency, to continue its coordination role in promoting the Decade, in cooperation with other relevant United Nations organizations, funds and programmes;

Notes that the End-of-Decade World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development will be hosted jointly by the Government of Japan and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2014;

Requests the Secretary-General to invite the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to prepare, in cooperation with other relevant United Nations organizations, funds and programmes, a review of the implementation of the Decade for submission to the General Assembly at its seventieth session, under the sub-item entitled “United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development”.

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