A/RES/70/214
Culture and sustainable development
5.
Reaffirms that sustainable development cannot be realized without peace
and security and that peace and security will be at risk without sustainable
development, and acknowledges that culture can contribute to sustainable
development by constituting a valuable resource for empowering communities to
participate fully in social and cultural life, facilitating inclusive governance and
dialogue at the national, regional and international levels and contributing to
conflict prevention and resolution, as well as to reconciliation and recovery;
6.
Recognizes that culture should be taken into account in the promotion
and implementation of new sustainable consumption and production patterns that
contribute to the responsible use of resources and address the adverse impacts of
climate change;
7.
Acknowledges that quality education is enriched by culture, which
transmits shared values, knowledge and skills;
8.
Welcomes the inclusion in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
of several targets reflecting the contribution of culture to sustainable development,
recalls that the Sustainable Development Goals and targets are integrated and
indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development, and in this
regard looks forward to their achievement, building on the positive results and
impact of programmes utilizing culture as an enabler of sustainable development;
9.
Decides to give consideration, as appropriate, to the contribution of
culture to sustainable development in the follow-up and review framework of the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
10. Invites all countries, intergovernmental bodies, organizations of the
United Nations system, relevant non-governmental organizations and all other
relevant stakeholders:
(a) To raise public awareness of the importance of cultural diversity for
sustainable development, promoting its positive value through education and media
tools;
(b) To ensure a more visible and effective integration and mainstreaming of
culture into economic, social and environmental development policies and strategies
at all levels;
(c) To ensure that women and men can equally access, participate in and
contribute to cultural life and decision-making, and to further commit themselves to
the development of cultural policies and programmes with a gender perspective at
the local, national and international levels in order to promote gender equality and
the empowerment of women and girls;
(d) To promote capacity-building, where appropriate, at all levels for the
development of a dynamic cultural and creative sector, in particular by encouraging
creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, supporting the development of cultural
institutions and cultural industries, providing technical and vocational training for
culture professionals and increasing employment opportunities in the cultural and
creative sector for sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth and
development;
(e) To actively support the emergence of local markets for cultural goods and
services and to facilitate the effective and licit access of such goods and services to
international markets, taking into account the expanding range of cultural
production and consumption and, for States parties to it, the provisions of the
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