Future We Want - Outcome document







The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 64/236 of
24 December 2009, in which it decided to organize the
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
at the highest possible level in 2012, as well as its resolution
66/197 of 22 December 2011,

1. Expresses its profound gratitude to the Government and
the people of Brazil for hosting the United Nations Conference
on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro from 20 to 22
June 2012, and for providing all the necessary support;

2. Endorses the outcome document of the United Nations
Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled
"The future we want", annexed to the present resolution.
The future we want I. Our common vision



1. We, the Heads of State and Government and high-level
representatives, having met at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from
20 to 22 June 2012, with the full participation of civil society,
renew our commitment to sustainable development and to
ensuring the promotion of an economically, socially and
environmentally sustainable future for our planet and for
present and future generations.

2. Eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge facing
the world today and an indispensable requirement for
sustainable development. In this regard we are committed
to freeing humanity from poverty and hunger as a matter
of urgency.

3. We therefore acknowledge the need to further mainstream
sustainable development at all levels, integrating economic,
social and environmental aspects and recognizing their
interlinkages, so as to achieve sustainable development in
all its dimensions.

4. We recognize that poverty eradication, changing unsustainable
and promoting sustainable patterns of consumption and production
and protecting and managing the natural resource base of economic
and social development are the overarching objectives of and
essential requirements for sustainable development. We also
reaffirm the need to achieve sustainable development by promoting
sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth, creating
greater opportunities for all, reducing inequalities, raising basic
standards of living, fostering equitable social development and
inclusion, and promoting integrated and sustainable management
of natural resources and ecosystems that supports, inter alia,
economic, social and human development while facilitating
ecosystem conservation, regeneration and restoration and resilience
in the face of new and emerging challenges.

5. We reaffirm our commitment to make every effort to accelerate
the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals,
including the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

6. We recognize that people are at the centre of sustainable
development and in this regard we strive for a world that is just,
equitable and inclusive, and we commit to work together to
promote sustained and inclusive economic growth, social
development and environmental protection and thereby to benefit all.

7. We reaffirm that we continue to be guided by the purposes and
principles of the Charter of the United Nations, with full respect for
international law and its principles.

8. We also reaffirm the importance of freedom, peace and security,
respect for all human rights, including the right to development
and the right to an adequate standard of living, including the right
to food, the rule of law, gender equality, women's empowerment
and the overall commitment to just and democratic societies for
development.

9. We reaffirm the importance of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, as well as other international instruments relating
to human rights and international law. We emphasize the
responsibilities of all States, in conformity with the Charter of the
United Nations, to respect, protect and promote human rights
and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction of any
kind as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other
opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, disability or
other status.

10. We acknowledge that democracy, good governance and the
rule of law, at the national and international levels, as well as
an enabling environment, are essential for sustainable development,
including sustained and inclusive economic growth, social development,
environmental protection and the eradication of poverty and hunger.
We reaffirm that to achieve our sustainable development goals we
need institutions at all levels that are effective, transparent,
accountable and democratic.

11. We reaffirm our commitment to strengthen international
cooperation to address the persistent challenges related to
sustainable development for all, in particular in developing countries.
In this regard, we reaffirm the need to achieve economic stability,
sustained economic growth, promotion of social equity and
protection of the environment, while enhancing gender equality,
women's empowerment and equal opportunities for all, and the
protection, survival and development of children to their full potential,
including through education.

12. We resolve to take urgent action to achieve sustainable development.
We therefore renew our commitment to sustainable development,
assessing the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the
implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on
sustainable development and addressing new and emerging challenges.
We express our determination to address the themes of the
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, namely,
a green economy in the context of sustainable development and
poverty eradication, and the institutional framework for sustainable
development.

13. We recognize that opportunities for people to influence their lives
and future, participate in decision-making and voice their concerns
are fundamental for sustainable development. We underscore that
sustainable development requires concrete and urgent action. It can
only be achieved with a broad alliance of people, governments,
civil society and the private sector, all working together to secure
the future we want for present and future generations.

II. Renewing political commitment

A. Reaffirming the Rio Principles and past action plans

14. We recall the Stockholm Declaration of the United Nations
Conference on the Human Environment adopted at Stockholm
on 16 June 1972.

15. We reaffirm all the principles of the Rio Declaration on
Environment and Development, including, inter alia, the
principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, as
set out in principle 7 of the Rio Declaration.

16. We reaffirm our commitment to fully implement the
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, Agenda 21,
the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21,
the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on
Sustainable Development (Johannesburg Plan of Implementation)
and the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development
of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the
Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of
Small Island Developing States (Barbados Programme of Action)
and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of
the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of
Small Island Developing States. We also reaffirm our commitment
to the full implementation of the Programme of Action for the
Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020
(Istanbul Programme of Action), the Almaty Programme of Action:

Addressing the Needs of Landlocked Developing Countries within
a New Global Framework for Transit Transport Cooperation for
Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries, the political
declaration on Africa's development needs, and the New Partnership
for Africa's Development. We recall as well our commitments
in the outcomes of all the major United Nations conferences and
summits in the economic, social and environmental fields, including
the United Nations Millennium Declaration, the 2005 World Summit
Outcome, the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference
on Financing for Development, the Doha Declaration on Financing
for Development, the outcome document of the High-level Plenary
Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development
Goals, the Programme of Action of the International Conference
on Population and Development, the key actions for the further
implementation of the Programme of Action of the International
Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action.

17. We recognize the importance of the three Rio conventions
for advancing sustainable development and in this regard we
urge all parties to fully implement their commitments under
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,
the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries
Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly
in Africa, in accordance with their respective principles and
provisions, as well as to take effective and concrete actions
and measures at all levels and to enhance international cooperation.

18. We are determined to reinvigorate political will and to
raise the level of commitment by the international community
to move the sustainable development agenda forward,
through the achievement of the internationally agreed
development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals.
We further reaffirm our respective commitments to other
relevant internationally agreed goals in the economic, social
and environmental fields since 1992. We therefore resolve to
take concrete measures that accelerate implementation of
sustainable development commitments.


B. Advancing integration, implementation and coherence: assessing the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development and addressing new and emerging challenges


19. We recognize that the 20 years since the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 have
seen uneven progress, including in sustainable development
and poverty eradication. We emphasize the need to make
progress in implementing previous commitments. We also
recognize the need to accelerate progress in closing
development gaps between developed and developing countries,
and to seize and create opportunities to achieve sustainable
development through economic growth and diversification,
social development and environmental protection. To this end,
we underscore the continued need for an enabling environment
at the national and international levels, as well as continued
and strengthened international cooperation, particularly in the
areas of finance, debt, trade and technology transfer, as mutually
agreed, and innovation, entrepreneurship, capacity-building,
transparency and accountability. We recognize the diversification
of actors and stakeholders engaged in the pursuit of sustainable
development. In this context, we affirm the continued need
for the full and effective participation of all countries, in particular
developing countries, in global decision-making.

20. We acknowledge that since 1992 there have been areas of
insufficient progress and setbacks in the integration of the three
dimensions of sustainable development, aggravated by multiple
financial, economic, food and energy crises, which have threatened
the ability of all countries, in particular developing countries, to
achieve sustainable development. In this regard, it is critical that
we do not backtrack from our commitment to the outcome of
the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.
We also recognize that one of the current major challenges for
all countries, particularly for developing countries, is the impact
from the multiple crises affecting the world today.

21. We are deeply concerned that one in five people on this planet,
or over 1 billion people, still live in extreme poverty, and that one
in seven or 14 per cent is undernourished, while public health
challenges, including pandemics and epidemics, remain omnipresent
threats. In this context, we note the ongoing discussions on
human security in the General Assembly. We acknowledge that
with the world's population projected to exceed 9 billion by 2050
with an estimated two thirds living in cities, we need to increase
our efforts to achieve sustainable development and, in particular,
the eradication of poverty, hunger and preventable diseases.


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