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

A/RES/74/207View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 18 Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development, published in 2020.

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?

19 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;⁷

⁷A/74/260.

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;⁸

⁸Resolution 69/313, annex.

Takes note of the report of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development,⁹ 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;

⁹Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2019 (United Nations publications, Sales No. E.19.I.7).

Welcomes the intergovernmentally agreed conclusions and recommendations of the 2019 Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up,4 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 2020 forum;

Also welcomes in this regard the further development of integrated national financing frameworks, in support of nationally owned sustainable development strategies, in order to further implement the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, aimed at effectively mobilizing and aligning a wide range of financing sources and instruments with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and making use of the full potential of all means of implementation;

Looks forward to the summary by the President of the Economic and Social Council of the 2020 Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up, as well as the summary by the President of the General Assembly of the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development, held on 26 September 2019;¹⁰

¹⁰A/74/559.

Emphasizes that timely and adequate planning for the 2020 Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up is of paramount importance to its substantive work and outcome;

Invites the President of the Economic and Social Council to take into consideration the deliberations of the 2019 High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development, in the preparation of the 2020 Economic and Social Council 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, by Norway to a multi-donor project aimed at supporting the work of the Committee, its subcommittees and related capacity development activities, as well as the contributions 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 further support the participation of developing countries;

Looks forward to the holding of the 2020 Global Infrastructure Forum in Washington, D.C., on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, invites the multilateral development banks to provide a briefing to Member States on the outcome of the Global Infrastructure Forum, and reiterates that the Global Infrastructure 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;

Welcomes the progress made in operationalizing the three components of the Technology Facilitation Mechanism, and looks forward to the prompt establishment of the online platform as part of the Mechanism;

Also welcomes the operationalization of the Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries, and invites Member States, as well as international organizations, foundations and the private sector, to provide increased voluntary financial contributions and technical assistance to ensure its full and effective implementation;

Notes with appreciation the convening of the fourth annual multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals in New York on 14 and 15 May 2019, whose Co-Chairs’ summary¹¹ 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;

¹¹See E/HLPF/2019/6.

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;

Reiterates that States will not be able to achieve the ambitious Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development without a revitalized and enhanced global partnership and comparably ambitious means of implementation, and reaffirms the commitment at the very heart of the 2030 Agenda to leave no one behind and commit to taking more tangible steps to support people in vulnerable situations and the most vulnerable countries and to reach the furthest behind first;

Notes the policy recommendations of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Financing for Development of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and that the 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;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session an action-oriented report, which also takes into account the 2019 High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development, presenting emerging challenges and key accelerators that may be relevant for future discussion in the framework of the Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up;

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

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