Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development A/RES/73/244 14. Realizes that bridging the digital divide will require strong commitment by all relevant stakeholders at the national and international levels, and encourages efforts by all relevant stakeholders, especially United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, in the spirit of win-win cooperation, to assist developing countries in overcoming the digital divide and promoting the use of information and communication technologies to foster economic and social development, particula rly in rural areas, with the aim of building a shared future for humankind; 15. Recognizes the devastating impact of diseases on societies, and calls for measures by relevant United Nations bodies, in accordance with their respective mandates, and other stakeholders to make good use of their experience and advantages to further help developing countries with the aim of improving rural development planning, including poverty eradication and multisectoral development activities covering economic and social aspects, including the gender perspective; 16. Reiterates the urgent need to accelerate the pace of rural poverty eradication, and requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session a report on the status of the implementation of and follow up to the present resolution in order to identify the gaps an d challenges faced in rural poverty eradication, especially in developing countries; 17. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session, under the item entitled “Eradication of poverty and other development issues”, a sub-item entitled “Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. 62nd plenary meeting 20 December 2018 18-22622 5/5