A/RES/72/202 GA

United Nations A/RES/72/202 General Assembly Distr.: General 23 January 2018 17-23264 (E) 260118 *1723264* Seventy-second session Agenda item 17 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2017 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/72/418/Add.1)] 72/202. International trade and development The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 56/178 of 21 December 2001, 57/235 of 20 December 2002, 58/197 of 23 December 2003, 63/203 of 19 December 2008, 66/185 of 22 December 2011, 67/196 of 21 December 2012, 68/199 of 20 December 2013, 69/205 of 19 December 2014, 70/187 of 22 December 2015 and 71/214 of 21 December 2016, Taking note of its resolutions 59/221 of 22 December 2004, 60/184 of 22 December 2005, 61/186 of 20 December 2006, 62/184 of 19 December 2007, 64/188 of 21 December 2009 and 65/142 of 20 December 2010, Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to working tirelessly for the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recognition that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions — economic, social and environmental — in a balanced and integrated manner, and to building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and seeking to address their unfinished business, Reaffirming also its resolution 69/313 of 27 July 2015 on the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, which is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, supports and complements it, helps to contextualize its means of implementation targets with concrete policies and actions, and reaffirms the strong political commitment to address the challenge of financing and creating an enabling environment at all levels for sustainable development in the spirit of global partnership and solidarity, A/RES/72/202 International trade and development 17-23264 2/2 Reiterating the pledge that no one will be left behind, reaffirming the recognition that the dignity of the human person is fundamental, and the wish to see the Goals and targets met for all nations and peoples and for all segments of society, and recommitting to endeavour to reach the furthest behind first, Recommitting to ensuring that no country or person is left behind and to focusing our effort where the challenges are greatest, including by ensuring the inclusion and participation of those who are furthest behind, 1. Takes note of the report of the Trade and Development Board of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development1 and the report of the Secretary-General;2 2. Reaffirms that international trade is an engine for inclusive growth and poverty reduction and that it contributes to the promotion of sustainable development; 3. Also reaffirms the commitments made through the adoption of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development3 in, inter alia, international trade as an important action area for sustainable development; 4. Recommits to promoting a universal, rules-based, open, transparent, predictable, inclusive, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, as well as meaningful trade liberalization; 5. Welcomes the convening of the Eleventh Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Buenos Aires from 10 to 13 December 2017, looks forward to a successful outcome and expresses its appreciation to the Government of Argentina for hosting the meeting; 6. Takes note of the fourteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and its outcome documents;4 7. Urges the international community to adopt urgent and effective measures to eliminate the use of unilateral economic, financial or trade measures that are not authorized by relevant organs of the United Nations, that are inconsistent with the principles of international law or the Charter of the United Nations or that contravene the basic principles of the multilateral trading system and that affect in particular, but not exclusively, developing countries; 8. Calls upon the relevant organizations of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates and resources, to ensure that no one is left behind and no country is left behind in the implementation of the present resolution; 9. Requests the Secretary-General, in collaboration with the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to submit to the General Assembly, at its seventy-third session, a report on the implementation of the present resolution, and decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session, under the item entitled “Macroeconomic policy questions”, the sub-item entitled “International trade and development”, unless otherwise agreed. 74th plenary meeting 20 December 2017 __________________ 1 A/72/15 (Part I), A/72/15 (Part II), A/72/15 (Part III), A/72/15 (Part IV) and A/72/15 (Part V). 2 A/72/274. 3 Resolution 69/313, annex. 4 TD/519, TD/519/Add.1, TD/519/Add.2 and TD/519/Add.2/Corr.1.

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