Harmony with Nature

A/RES/77/169View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 18h Harmony with nature, published in 2022.

What other versions does this mandate have?

14 versions · 2010–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/210

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/210	Harmony with nature	3,279	81%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/169	Harmony with nature	2,840	80%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/220	Harmony with nature	2,436	90%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/224	Harmony with nature	2,277	58%Compare
2018	A/RES/72/223	Harmony with nature	1,964	78%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

13 reports · 2010–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/276	Harmony with nature report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/210
2024	A/79/253	Harmony with nature report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/169
2022	A/77/244	Harmony with nature report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/220
2020	A/75/266	Harmony with nature report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/224
2019	A/74/236	Harmony with nature report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/235

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Conferences Nature Conservation Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on Harmony with Nature;¹⁴

¹⁴A/77/244.

Invites Member States to consider existing studies and, as appropriate, the findings and recommendations of the reports of the Secretary-General on Harmony with Nature,¹⁵ of the experts’ summary report of the first virtual dialogue of the General Assembly on Harmony with Nature, addressing Earth jurisprudence,¹⁶ and of the interactive dialogues of the Assembly on Harmony with Nature in the promotion of the balanced integration of the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development through harmony with nature;

¹⁵A/65/314, A/66/302, A/67/317, A/68/325, A/68/325/Corr.1, A/69/322, A/70/268, A/72/175, A/73/221, A/74/236, A/75/266 and A/77/244.

¹⁶See A/71/266.

Requests the President of the General Assembly to convene, at the seventy-seventh session of the Assembly, an interactive dialogue among Member States, to be held on 24 April 2023 at the plenary meetings during the commemoration of International Mother Earth Day, with the participation of the United Nations system, independent experts and other relevant stakeholders, in particular Indigenous Peoples, in order to discuss the possibility of convening and the scope of a high-level meeting, tentatively entitled “Earth Assembly”, to be held on 22 April 2024, so that an evolving non-anthropocentric or Earth-centred paradigm continues to reinforce multilateralism through the discussion of alternative holistic approaches based on diverse world views that may contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development¹⁷ and beyond;

¹⁷Resolution 70/1.

Requests the Secretary-General to provide adequate support, within existing resources, for a possible high-level meeting, as appropriate, and encourages delegations and all relevant stakeholders to support the participation of representatives of developing countries;

Encourages the experts of the Harmony with Nature Knowledge Network to carry out a study of the evolution of regional, local and national initiatives on the protection of Mother Earth, as applicable, to be considered by the Secretary-General in his report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to continue to observe International Mother Earth Day annually on 22 April, requests the Secretary-General to provide continuing support, and encourages Member States to observe the International Day at the national level;

Takes note with appreciation of the agreement between the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat,¹⁸ invites Member States to contribute to the earmarked activities related to Harmony with Nature under the trust fund of the high-level political forum on sustainable development, aiming, inter alia, at the participation of independent experts in the interactive dialogues of the General Assembly on Harmony with Nature, and invites relevant stakeholders to contribute to the earmarked activities related to Harmony with Nature;

¹⁸Available at www.harmonywithnatureun.org/trustFund.

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to use the website on Harmony with Nature, managed by the Division for Sustainable Development Goals of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, to gather information and contributions on ideas and activities to promote a holistic approach to sustainable development in harmony with nature and to advance the integration of interdisciplinary scientific work, including success stories on the use of traditional knowledge and on existing national legislation;

Notes with appreciation the proposal by the Head of State of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to establish a group of friends of Harmony with Nature, with a view to making innovative, transformative and action-oriented proposals for responding to present and future challenges, grounded in equity and justice;

Calls for holistic and integrated approaches to sustainable development, in its three dimensions, that will guide humanity to live in harmony with nature and lead to efforts to restore the health and integrity of the Earth’s ecosystems;

Invites States, as appropriate:

To further build up a knowledge network in order to advance a holistic conceptualization of sustainable development in its three dimensions to identify different approaches that reflect the drivers and values of and actions aimed at living in harmony with nature, relying on current scientific information to achieve sustainable development, and to facilitate support for and recognition of the fundamental interconnections between humankind and nature;

To promote harmony with nature, exemplified by Indigenous Peoples, among others, to learn from their cultures the protection of nature, and to support and promote efforts being made at the local, national, regional and global levels, taking into account, inter alia, the best practices and advances made in the establishment of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform;

Recognizes that protecting and conserving ecosystems and avoiding harmful practices against animals, plants, microorganisms and non-living environments contributes to the coexistence of humankind in harmony with nature, and invites the Secretary-General to address these issues in his report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Encourages all countries to develop and strengthen the quality and quantity of basic national statistical data on the three dimensions of sustainable development, including through the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting and other relevant intergovernmental mechanisms, as appropriate, and invites the international community and the pertinent bodies of the United Nations system to support the efforts of developing countries by providing capacity-building and technical assistance;

Recognizes the urgent need for broader and multidimensional measures of sustainable development, to complement gross domestic product in order to better inform policy decisions, and in this regard notes the ongoing work of the Statistical Commission on a work programme to develop broader measures of progress and to conduct a technical review of existing efforts in this area;¹⁹

¹⁹Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2013, Supplement No. 4 (E/2013/24), chap. I, sect. C, decision 44/114.

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;

Recognizes that the well-being of humanity depends on the health and integrity of nature, and calls upon the international community to consider the COVID-19 recovery as a unique opportunity to build back better towards more sustainable and inclusive economies and societies in harmony with nature;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, at its seventy-ninth session, an action-oriented report on the implementation of the present resolution, including recommendations on concrete actions that would help States and the United Nations system to accelerate their efforts in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the realm of the resolution on Harmony with Nature, and decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-ninth session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, the sub-item entitled “Harmony with Nature”.

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