United Nations A/RES/65/173 General Assembly Distr.: General 24 January 2011 Sixty-fifth session Agenda item 24 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2010 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/65/440)] 65/173. Promotion of ecotourism for poverty eradication and environment protection The General Assembly, Recalling the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 1 0F Recalling also the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 2 the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development, 3 the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 4 the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”), 5 the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: outcome document of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, 6 the Outcome of the Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development 7 and the outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, 8 1F 2F 3F 4F 5F 6F 7F Recalling further its resolution 53/200 of 15 December 1998 entitled “Proclamation of 2002 as the International Year of Ecotourism”, Stressing that poverty is a multifaceted problem that requires a multifaceted and integrated approach in addressing its economic, political, social, environmental and institutional dimensions at all levels, _______________ 1 See resolution 60/1. See resolution 55/2. 3 Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico, 18–22 March 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolution 1, annex. 4 Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I. 5 Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex. 6 Resolution 63/239, annex. 7 Resolution 63/303, annex. 8 See resolution 65/1. 2 10-52292 *1052292* Please rec cle ♲