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Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
and the problem of unattended diseases affecting developing countries. We are
committed to the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases, including
behavioural, developmental and neurological disorders, which constitute a major
challenge for sustainable development.
27. We will seek to build strong economic foundations for all our countries.
Sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth is essential for prosperity.
This will only be possible if wealth is shared and income inequality is addressed.
We will work to build dynamic, sustainable, innovative and people-centred
economies, promoting youth employment and women’s economic empowerment, in
particular, and decent work for all. We will eradicate forced labour and human
trafficking and end child labour in all its forms. All countries stand to benefit from
having a healthy and well-educated workforce with the knowledge and skills needed
for productive and fulfilling work and full participation in society. We will
strengthen the productive capacities of least developed countries in all sectors,
including through structural transformation. We will adopt policies which increase
productive capacities, productivity and productive employment; financial inclusion;
sustainable agriculture, pastoralist and fisheries development; sustainable industrial
development; universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy
services; sustainable transport systems; and quality and resilient infrastructure.
28. We commit to making fundamental changes in the way that our societies
produce and consume goods and services. Governments, international organizations,
the business sector and other non-State actors and individuals must contribute to
changing unsustainable consumption and production patterns, including through the
mobilization, from all sources, of financial and technical assistance to strengthen
developing countries’ scientific, technological and innovative capacities to move
towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production. We encourage
the implementation of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable
Consumption and Production Patterns. All countries take action, with developed
countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of
developing countries.
29. We recognize the positive contribution of migrants for inclusive growth and
sustainable development. We also recognize that international migration is a
multidimensional reality of major relevance for the development of countries of
origin, transit and destination, which requires coherent and comprehensive
responses. We will cooperate internationally to ensure safe, orderly and regular
migration involving full respect for human rights and the humane treatment of
migrants regardless of migration status, of refugees and of displaced persons. Such
cooperation should also strengthen the resilience of communities hosting refugees,
particularly in developing countries. We underline the right of migrants to return to
their country of citizenship, and recall that States must ensure that their returning
nationals are duly received.
30. States are strongly urged to refrain from promulgating and applying any
unilateral economic, financial or trade measures not in accordance with international
law and the Charter of the United Nations that impede the full achievement of
economic and social development, particularly in developing countries.
31. We acknowledge that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change 9 is the primary international, intergovernmental forum for negotiating the
global response to climate change. We are determined to address decisively the
threat posed by climate change and environmental degradation. The global nature of
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