Literacy for Life : Shaping Future Agendas

A/RES/71/166View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 26b Literacy for life: shaping future agendas, published in 2017.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2014–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/151

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/151	Literacy for life : shaping future agendas	2,412	89%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/192	Literacy for life : shaping future agendas	2,235	63%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/155	Literacy for life : shaping future agendas	1,456	90%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/145	Literacy for life : shaping future agendas	1,410	82%Compare
2017	A/RES/71/166	Literacy for life : shaping future agendas	1,247	54%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

4 reports · 2018–2024

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2024	A/79/155	Literacy for empowerment and transformation report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/192
2022	A/77/187	Literacy for life : shaping future agendas and education for democracy report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/155
2020	A/75/188	Literacy for life, work, lifelong learning and education for democracy report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/145
2018	A/73/292	Literacy for life : shaping future agendas and education for democracy report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/71/166

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects

Literacy Literacy Programmes

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization entitled “Literacy for life: shaping future agendas and education for democracy”;⁵

⁵A/71/177.

Commends the efforts made by Member States, their development partners, the international donor community, the private sector, civil society and the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, including the lead organization of the United Nations Literacy Decade, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in promoting enjoyment of the right to education, including by making progress on the five strategic axes of action for the period following the Decade;

Calls upon Governments to scale up literacy programmes for children, youth and adults, with particular attention to those who are vulnerable or marginalized, to foster innovative delivery of literacy services, including through technology and a strengthened institutional network, to promote an intersectoral approach by linking literacy learning with multiple sectors to address diverse learning needs, such as through relevant and inclusive educational resources in different languages, to establish multi-stakeholder partnerships with the active participation of civil society and the private sector, to improve distance and digital learning resources and to develop a data-collection mechanism to assess levels of literacy;

Encourages Member States, United Nations organizations, multilateral and bilateral donors, regional organizations, civil society, academia and the private sector to sustain their collective efforts for the promotion of literacy and literate environments and to contribute to shaping the Global Alliance for Literacy within the framework of lifelong learning into an effective platform for synergistic action at the global, regional, national and community levels;

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity, and calls upon Member States and other stakeholders to consider implementing the recommendations contained therein;

Calls upon States, and invites other relevant stakeholders, to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,2 including all literacy-related Sustainable Development Goals and targets;

Requests the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to continue its coordinating and catalysing role through the implementation of the recommendations of the Global Alliance for Literacy and by continuing to provide support to Member States, in collaboration with partners, in enhancing capacities for policy formulation, programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation, as well as sharing information and knowledge on policies, programmes and progress in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal targets connected with literacy, especially target 4.6 on youth and adult literacy, and creating synergies of action between the Alliance and other initiatives, including its Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education and Global Network of Learning Cities;

Encourages efforts to provide quality education in safe learning environments for all, especially for boys, girls and youth, in humanitarian emergencies to contribute to a smooth transition from relief to development;

Requests the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session, under the item entitled “Social development”, the sub-item entitled “Literacy for life: shaping future agendas”.

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