Follow-Up to and Implementation of the Outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 19 Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development, published in 2018.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 2017–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/129

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/129	Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development	1,773	23%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/199	Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development	4,018	79%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/231	Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development	4,397	65%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/156	Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development	3,591	61%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/198	Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development	2,766	79%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

9 reports · 2018–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/336	Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/129
2025	A/80/387	Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/199
2024	A/79/285	Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/231
2023	A/78/190	Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/156
2022	A/77/223	Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/198

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Conferences Consultations Development Assistance Development Finance International Cooperation

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

Emphasizes the need to work towards the full and timely implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development;⁴

⁴Resolution 69/313, annex.

Takes note of the report of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development,⁵ and notes that progress, though uneven, has been reported in all seven action areas of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, while acknowledging that many implementation gaps persist;

⁵Financing for Development: Progress and Prospects 2018 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.18.I.5).

Welcomes the intergovernmentally agreed conclusions and recommendations of the 2018 Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up,2 urges their full, effective and timely implementation, and looks forward to staying engaged so as to assess progress, identify obstacles and challenges in the implementation of the financing for development outcomes and in the delivery of the means of implementation, promote the sharing of lessons learned from experiences at the national and regional levels, address new and emerging topics of relevance to the implementation of this agenda as the need arises and provide policy recommendations for action by the international community in substantive intergovernmentally agreed conclusions and recommendations at the 2019 forum;

Looks forward to the summary by the President of the Economic and Social Council of the 2019 Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up;

Invites the President of the Economic and Social Council to begin early planning of the 2019 forum on financing for development follow-up;

Recalls that decisions relating to the Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up are to be contained within the forum’s intergovernmentally agreed conclusions and recommendations;

Takes note of the work of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters and the initial contributions made by India to the voluntary trust fund and the contribution by the European Union and other countries in support of the Committee’s subsidiary bodies, and urges Member States to come forward to contribute more to the trust fund in order to support the participation of developing countries;

Welcomes the holding of the 2018 Global Infrastructure Forum in Bali, Indonesia, on 13 October 2018, and reiterates that the Forum is mandated to identify and address infrastructure and capacity gaps in developing countries, particularly in the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries, small island developing States and African countries;

Also welcomes the progress made in operationalizing the three components of the Technology Facilitation Mechanism and the holding of the annual multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, which is important, inter alia, in helping to facilitate the development, transfer and dissemination of relevant technologies for the Goals, looks forward to the establishment of the online platform as part of the Mechanism, and welcomes the progress made in operationalizing the Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries;

Notes with appreciation the convening of the third annual multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals in New York on 5 and 6 June 2018, whose Co-Chairs’ summary⁶ served as an input to the high-level political forum on sustainable development and highlighted, inter alia, the promotion of networking and matchmaking among relevant stakeholders, especially innovators, funders and other supporters, to bridge the technology gap for the Sustainable Development Goals;

⁶See E/HLPF/2018/6.

Recalls that the Addis Ababa Action Agenda provides a global framework for financing sustainable development and is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, supports and complements it and helps to contextualize the means of implementation targets with concrete policies and actions, the implementation of which requires following up on, that relate to its seven action areas, namely domestic public resources; domestic and international private business and finance; international development cooperation; international trade as an engine for development; debt and debt sustainability; addressing systemic issues and science, technology, innovation and capacity-building; and data, monitoring and follow-up;

Notes the establishment of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, whose agreed policy recommendations serve as an input to the Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up in accordance with the terms of reference of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts;

Welcomes the appointment by the President of the General Assembly of co-facilitators to consult with Member States on the substantive work, including the possible outcome, of the 2019 High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development of the General Assembly, and invites the President to keep Member States updated on the developments in the process;

Takes note of the joint meeting of the Second Committee and the Economic and Social Council, held on 14 September 2018, regarding the issues to be addressed in the thematic chapter of the 2019 and 2020 reports of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session a summary report synthesizing the findings of the first four reports of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development and the results as well as the agreed conclusions and recommendations of the four Economic and Social Council forums on financing for development follow-up as an input to the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development of the General Assembly in 2019 and the discussions of the Second Committee during the seventy-fourth session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session the item entitled “Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development”, unless otherwise agreed.

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