Implementation of the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) A/RES/72/233 among the main goals of national agendas or long-term national strategies, as stated by countries during the 2017 session, Recalling the Monterrey Consensus of the International Financing for Development 11 and the Doha Declaration on Development: outcome document of the Follow-up International Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of Consensus, 12 Conference on Financing for Conference on the Monterrey Acknowledging, in this regard, the efforts to implement the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, welcoming the convening of the second Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up in May 2017, recalling its intergovernmentally agreed conclusions and recommendations, taking note with appreciation of the first substantive report of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development, noting that progress can be reported in all seven action areas of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, while acknowledging that many implementation gaps remain, and stressing the need for continued substantive deliberation on the implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda in the forum as the designated mechanism to follow up on the financing for development outcomes, Recalling its resolution 71/243 of 21 December 2016 on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system, Welcoming the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Sendai, Japan, from 14 to 18 March 2015, 13 and recognizing the links between disaster resilience and poverty eradication, Taking note of the adoption of the Nairobi Maafikiano on 22 July 2016, during the fourteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, held in Nairobi from 17 to 22 July 2016, 14 reaffirming the role of the Conference as the focal point within the United Nations system for the integrated treatment of trade and development and interrelated issues in the areas of finance, technology, investment and sustainable development, and recognizing that trade and development can contribute to the eradication of poverty and that the Confer ence therefore has a role to play in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, Concerned at the global nature of poverty and inequality, underlining the fact that the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, and of hunger is an ethical, social, political, environmental and economic imperative of all humankind, and in this regard recognizing that there is a need to better understand the multidimensional nature of development and poverty, Reaffirming that each country faces specific challenges in its pursuit of sustainable development, that the most vulnerable countries and, in particular, African countries, the least developed countries, landlocked develop ing countries and small island developing States deserve special attention, as do countries in situations of __________________ 11 12 13 14 17-23311 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. Resolution 63/239, annex. Resolution 69/283, annex II. TD/519/Add.2 and TD/519/Add.2/Corr.1. 3/15