Promotion of sustainable tourism, including ecotourism,
for poverty eradication and environment protection
A/RES/71/240
Recalling further the Sendai Declaration and the Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, 2 adopted at the Third United Nations World
Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, the latter of which, inter alia, highlighted
the need to promote and integrate disaster risk management approaches throughout
the tourism industry, given the often heavy reliance on tourism as a key economic
driver,
Welcoming the Paris Agreement 3 and its early entry into force, encouraging all
its parties to fully implement the Agreement, and parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change 4 that have not yet done so to deposit
their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where
appropriate, as soon as possible,
Welcoming also the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the United Nations
Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), held in
Quito from 17 to 20 October 2016, 5
Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 6 the Monterrey
Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development, 7 the Rio
Declaration on Environment and Development, 8 the Plan of Implementation of the
World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg Plan of
Implementation), 9 the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: outcome
document of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development
to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, 10 the Outcome of the
Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on
Development, 11 the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the
General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, 12 the outcome document
of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, 13 the report of the
eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological
Diversity, 14 the outcome document of the third International Conference on Small
Island Developing States, entitled “SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action
(SAMOA) Pathway”, 15 and the outcome document of the second United Nations
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2
Resolution 69/283, annexes I and II.
See FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21, annex.
4
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822.
5
Resolution 71/256, annex.
6
Resolution 55/2.
7
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.
8
Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro,
3–14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales
No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I.
9
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa,
26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum),
chap. I, resolution 2, annex.
10
Resolution 63/239, annex.
11
Resolution 63/303, annex.
12
Resolution 65/1.
13
Resolution 66/288, annex.
14
United Nations Environment Programme, document UNEP/CBD/COP/11/35.
15
Resolution 69/15, annex.
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