A/RES/69/224 Harmony with Nature 9. Encourages all countries and the relevant bodies of the United Nations system to develop and strengthen the quality and quantity of basic statistical data on the three dimensions of sustainable development, and invites the international community and the pertinent bodies of the United Nations system to assist the efforts of developing countries by providing capacity-building and technical support; 10. Recognizes the need for broader measures of progress to complement gross domestic product in order to better inform policy decisions, and in this regard welcomes the ongoing work of the Statistical Commission on a work programme to develop broader measures of progress,11 which, based on a stocktaking exercise of current national, regional and international practices to measure progress, will conduct a technical review of existing efforts in this area, with a view to identifying best practices and to facilitating the sharing of knowledge, especially for the benefit of developing countries; 11. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventieth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution; 12. Decides to continue the consideration of the sub-item entitled “Harmony with Nature” at its seventieth session under the item entitled “Sustainable development”. 75th plenary meeting 19 December 2014 _______________ 11 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2013, Supplement No. 4 (E/2013/24), chap. I, sect. C, decision 44/114. 4/4