Promotion of sustainable tourism, including ecotourism, for poverty eradication and environment protection A/RES/69/233 product positioning, of local communities, cooperatives and small and mediumsized businesses involved in sustainable tourism, including ecotourism activities; 23. Recognizes the role of North-South cooperation in promoting sustainable tourism, including ecotourism, as a means to achieve economic growth, to reduce inequalities and to improve living standards in developing countries, and also recognizes that South-South and triangular cooperation, as complements to NorthSouth cooperation, have the potential to promote sustainable tourism, including ecotourism; 24. Invites Governments and other stakeholders to consider joining the framework of the Global Observatory of Sustainable Tourism of the World Tourism Organization as a way to promote socioeconomic and environmentally sustainable tourism, including ecotourism, and to support better informed sustainable tourism policies around the world, mainly through the identification and dissemination of best practices and enhanced awareness of and capacity-building for sustainability among tourism stakeholders; 25. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session, in collaboration with the World Tourism Organization and other relevant United Nations agencies and programmes, a report on the implementation of the present resolution, including recommendations on ways and means to promote sustainable tourism, including ecotourism, as a tool for fighting poverty and promoting sustainable development, taking into account relevant reports prepared by the World Tourism Organization in this field. 75th plenary meeting 19 December 2014 5/5