Future in one hand

33.+ We+ recognize+ that+ social+ and+ economic+ development+ depends+ on+ the+ sustainable+
management+of+our+planet’s+natural+resources.+We+are+therefore+determined+to+conserve+and+
sustainably+ use+ oceans+ and+ seas,+ freshwater+ resources,+ as+ well+ as+ forests,+ mountains+ and+
drylands+ and+ to+ protect+ biodiversity,+ ecosystems+ and+ wildlife.+ We+ are+ also+ determined+ to+
promote+ sustainable+ tourism,+ to+ tackle+ water+ scarcity+ and+ water+ pollution,+ to+ strengthen+
cooperation+on+desertification,+dust+storms,+land+degradation+and+drought+and+to+promote+
resilience+and+disaster+risk+reduction.+In+this+regard,+we+look+forward+to+the+thirteenth+meeting+
of+the+Conference+of+the+Parties+to+the+Convention+on+Biological+Diversity+to+be+held+in+Mexico.+
34.+ We+recognize+that+sustainable+urban+development+and+management+are+crucial+to+the+
quality+of+life+of+our+people.+We+will+work+with+local+authorities+and+communities+to+renew+
and+plan+our+cities+and+human+settlements+so+as+to+foster+community+cohesion+and+personal+
security+and+to+stimulate+innovation+and+employment.+We+will+reduce+the+negative+impacts+
of+ urban+ activities+ and+ of+ chemicals+ which+ are+ hazardous+ for+ human+ health+ and+ the+
environment,+ including+ through+ the+ environmentally+ sound+ management+ and+ safe+ use+ of+
chemicals,+ the+ reduction+ and+ recycling+ of+ waste+ and+ the+ more+ efficient+ use+ of+ water+ and+
energy.+And+we+will+work+to+minimize+the+impact+of+cities+on+the+global+climate+system.+We+
will+also+take+account+of+population+trends+and+projections+in+our+national+rural+and+urban+
development+ strategies+ and+ policies.+ We+ look+ forward+ to+ the+ upcoming+ United+ Nations+
Conference+on+Housing+and+Sustainable+Urban+Development+to+be+held+in+Quito.+
35.+ Sustainable+development+cannot+be+realized+without+peace+and+security;+and+peace+and+
security+will+be+at+risk+without+sustainable+development.+The+new+Agenda+recognizes+the+need+
to+build+peaceful,+just+and+inclusive+societies+that+provide+equal+access+to+justice+and+that+are+
based+on+respect+for+human+rights+(including+the+right+to+development),+on+effective+rule+of+
law+ and+ good+ governance+ at+ all+ levels+ and+ on+ transparent,+ effective+ and+ accountable+
institutions.+Factors+which+give+rise+to+violence,+insecurity+and+injustice,+such+as+inequality,+
corruption,+poor+governance+and+illicit+financial+and+arms+flows,+are+addressed+in+the+Agenda.+
We+ must+ redouble+ our+ efforts+ to+ resolve+ or+ prevent+ conflict+ and+ to+ support+ postJconflict+
countries,+including+through+ensuring+that+women+have+a+role+in+peacebuilding+and+StateJ
building.+We+call+for+further+effective+measures+and+actions+to+be+taken,+in+conformity+with+
international+ law,+ to+ remove+ the+ obstacles+ to+ the+ full+ realization+ of+ the+ right+ of+ selfJ
determination+ of+ peoples+ living+ under+ colonial+ and+ foreign+ occupation,+ which+ continue+ to+
adversely+affect+their+economic+and+social+development+as+well+as+their+environment.+
36.+ We+pledge+to+foster+intercultural+understanding,+tolerance,+mutual+respect+and+an+ethic+
of+ global+ citizenship+ and+ shared+ responsibility.+ We+ acknowledge+ the+ natural+ and+ cultural+
diversity+of+the+world+and+recognize+that+all+cultures+and+civilizations+can+contribute+to,+and+
are+crucial+enablers+of,+sustainable+development.+
37.+ Sport+ is+ also+ an+ important+ enabler+ of+ sustainable+ development.+ We+ recognize+ the+
growing+contribution+of+sport+to+the+realization+of+development+and+peace+in+its+promotion+of+
tolerance+and+respect+and+the+contributions+it+makes+to+the+empowerment+of+women+and+of+
young+people,+individuals+and+communities+as+well+as+to+health,+education+and+social+inclusion+
objectives.+