The Role of the United Nations in Promoting a New Global Human Order

A/RES/67/230View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 16 The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order, published in 2012.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2001–2015

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/69/202

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2015	A/RES/69/202	The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order	1,841	48%Compare
2013	A/RES/67/230	The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order	1,662	52%Compare
2011	A/RES/65/120	The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order	1,203	39%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/213	The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order	645	23%Compare
2002	A/RES/57/12	The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order	192	36%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

5 reports · 2002–2016

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2016	A/71/185	The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/69/202
2014	A/69/410	The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/67/230
2012	A/67/394	The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order and an assessment of the implications of inequality for development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/65/120
2012	A/67/378	Expenses incurred and reimbursements received by the United Nations in connection with assistance provided to the International Criminal Court report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/65/120
2002	A/57/215	The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/55/48

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Development Development Strategies Globalization Human Development International Cooperation Poverty Mitigation Regional Cooperation Resources Mobilization Rule of Law Social Security

What’s in this document?

24 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;³

³A/67/394.

Underlines the continued relevance of the outcomes of all major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields and the commitments set out therein, including the Millennium Development Goals, which have raised awareness and continue to generate real and important development gains, have played a vital role in shaping a broad development vision and constitute the overarching framework for the development activities of the United Nations, and strongly reiterates its determination to ensure the timely and full implementation of those outcomes and commitments;

Recognizes that the increased pace of globalization and growing interdependence have heightened the importance of international cooperation and multilateralism in meeting global challenges and solving common problems, including those that have arisen from the uneven impact of globalization on development and human well-being;

Emphasizes the need to promote human well-being and the full realization of human potential;

Reaffirms that national ownership and leadership are indispensable in the development process and that there is no one-size-fits-all approach, and reiterates that each country has primary responsibility for its own economic and social development and that the role of national policies, domestic resources and development strategies cannot be overemphasized; domestic economies are now interwoven with the global economic system and therefore the effective use of trade and investment opportunities can help countries to fight poverty, and development efforts at the national level need to be supported by an enabling national and international environment that complements national actions and strategies;

Also reaffirms the commitment to sound policies, good governance at all levels and the rule of law, to mobilizing domestic resources, fostering international financial flows, assuring long-term investment in human capital and infrastructure, promoting international trade as an engine for economic growth and development and increasing international financial and technical cooperation for development, sustainable debt financing and external debt relief, and to enhancing the coherence and consistency of the international monetary, financial and trading systems;

Recognizes that inequality within and among countries is a concern for all countries regardless of their level of development and that it represents a growing challenge with multiple implications for the realization of economic and social potential and the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals;

Also recognizes the need to continue and intensify efforts to enhance the coherence and consistency of the international monetary, financial and trading systems, and reiterates the importance of ensuring their openness, fairness and inclusiveness in order to complement national development efforts to ensure sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth and the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals;

Further recognizes that attention must be focused on the particular needs of the people in developing countries and on the large and increasing economic and social inequality that exists, and further recognizes that disparities both within and among countries, including between developed and developing countries, and inequality between the rich and the poor and between rural and urban populations, inter alia, remain persistent and significant and need to be addressed;

Recognizes that the eradication of poverty is one of the greatest global challenges facing the world today, particularly in Africa, in the least developed countries and in some middle-income countries, and underlines the importance of accelerating sustainable, inclusive and equitable economic growth, including full, productive employment generation and decent work for all;

Emphasizes the importance of efforts to address all aspects and dimensions of inequality;

Stresses the critical need for the expansion of and access to education and training, and encourages programmes to promote universal access to secondary education and to expand access to quality higher education, which is relevant to the needs of the labour market, in accordance with each country’s specific realities and development challenges;

Invites Member States to adopt a multisectoral approach and to work on determinants of health within sectors including, as appropriate, through the health-in-all-policies approach, while taking into consideration the social, environmental and economic determinants of health, with a view to reducing health inequities and enabling sustainable development, and stresses the urgent need to act on social determinants for the final push towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals;

Encourages Member States, in collaboration with other stakeholders where applicable, to plan or pursue the transition of their health systems towards universal coverage, while continuing to invest in and strengthen health-delivery systems to increase and safeguard the range and quality of services and to adequately meet the health needs of the population;

Calls upon Member States to pursue ambitious efforts to address inequality;

Recognizes the efforts of many countries in addressing inequality, and acknowledges the need for strengthened international efforts to complement national efforts in this area;

Encourages Member States in their efforts to address inequality and in partnership with relevant stakeholders to consider as appropriate, inter alia, programmes to promote the participation and empowerment of all members of society, implementing social protection floors or extending the scope of existing social protection programmes;

Urges Governments, with the cooperation of relevant entities, to develop systems of social protection that support labour-market participation and address and reduce inequality and social exclusion, and to extend or broaden, as appropriate, their effectiveness and coverage, including for workers in the informal economy, invites the International Labour Organization to strengthen its social protection strategies and policies on extending social security coverage, and urges Governments, while taking account of national circumstances, to focus on the needs of those living in or vulnerable to poverty and to give particular consideration to universal access to basic social security systems, including the implementation of social protection floors which can provide a systemic base for addressing poverty and vulnerability, and in this regard takes note of Recommendation No. 202 concerning national floors of social protection, adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 101st session, on 14 June 2012;

Encourages greater consideration of the impact of social and economic inequality in development, including in the design and implementation of development strategies, and in this regard also encourages further analytical and empirical research, in particular by the relevant institutions of the United Nations system, as well as the regional commissions and other national and international organizations;

Also encourages giving appropriate consideration to the need to reduce inequality in the elaboration of the post-2015 development agenda;

Recognizes that regional, subregional and interregional cooperation can facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experience and promote the most effective use of resources aimed at achieving human development and reducing inequality;

Requests the President of the General Assembly to convene, within existing resources, and in consultation with all relevant stakeholders, an informal thematic debate in 2013 to address the issue of inequality;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-ninth session the item entitled “The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order”.

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