Impact of Rapid Technological Change on the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and Targets

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 133 Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, published in 2018.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2018–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/334

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/79/334	Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets	3,820	57%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/320	Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets	3,093	90%Compare
2021	A/RES/75/316	Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets	2,867	23%Compare
2018	A/RES/73/17	Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets	1,194	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2025

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2025	A/79/961	Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/77/320

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Science and Technology Sustainable Development Technological Innovations

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Encourages Member States to continue to consider the impact of key rapid technological changes on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets1 in order to benefit from opportunities and address challenges, promote the development of national strategies and public policies, science, technology and innovation road maps, capacity-building and scientific engagement, and share best practices;

Requests the Technology Facilitation Mechanism and the Commission on Science and Technology for Development, through the Economic and Social Council, to continue to consider, in a coordinated manner within their respective mandates and existing resources, the impact of key rapid technological changes, such as artificial intelligence, among others, on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, and to align this endeavour with the follow-up cycle of the high-level political forum on sustainable development in order to support the efforts of all countries towards the attainment of the Goals, including through forging partnerships with other relevant actors, organizations, initiatives and forums, and the dissemination of advances and best practices to facilitate cooperation towards this end;

Also requests the Technology Facilitation Mechanism and the Commission on Science and Technology for Development, through the Economic and Social Council, to present their completed and updated findings on the impact of key rapid technological changes on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, with an evidence-based approach, at a session of its fourth multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, in 2019;

Reiterates the mandate of the multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals,⁴ and encourages Member States and all stakeholders to consider its outcomes in relevant forums and to consider in the upcoming deliberation on the next cycle of evaluation of the high-level political forum on sustainable development the inclusion of the topic “Science, technology and innovation for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets” as a cross-cutting theme;

⁴Resolution 70/1, para. 70.

Invites the Commission on Science and Technology for Development and the Technology Facilitation Mechanism to strengthen synergies and mutually reinforce their work on science, technology and innovation, and requests the Secretariat to coordinate the dates of their meetings in order to avoid overlap and to ensure coherence and coordination between both entities;

Invites the Secretary-General to take into consideration the Technology Facilitation Mechanism and Commission on Science and Technology for Development findings and related reports in his report to the high-level segment of the Economic and Social Council, and to bring to the attention of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination the importance for the diverse United Nations entities, including the United Nations Sustainable Development Group, to take into consideration this issue, within their respective mandates, bearing in mind the three dimensions and the integrated and indivisible nature of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets;

Invites the President of the General Assembly to convene within existing resources a high-level thematic debate to take stock of progress on this topic at its seventy-fourth session, and decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session an item entitled “Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets”, in order to discuss the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution, including the presentation of the work of the Technology Facilitation Mechanism, unless otherwise agreed.

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