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Recommendation 2150 (2019)
Strengthening co-operation with the United Nations in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
1. The Parliamentary Assembly refers
to its Resolution 2271
(2019) on strengthening co-operation with the United
Nations in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
2. It recommends that the Committee of Ministers:
2.1. consult at an early stage the
Parliamentary Assembly on the preparation of the biannual debate in
the General Assembly of the United Nations and of the draft resolution
on co-operation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe,
as well as, when applicable, in the process of preparing the Council
of Europe’s contribution to the review of progress in implementing
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
2.2. encourage the governments of the Council of Europe member
and observer States to include members of the Parliamentary Assembly
in their delegations to the General Assembly for the purpose of
the biannual debate on co-operation between the United Nations and
the Council of Europe, as well as to various events for the review
of progress in implementing the SDGs, including the High-level Political
Forum on Sustainable Development;
2.3. consider introducing regular exchanges of views on issues
relating to the Council of Europe contribution to the implementation
of SDGs, at the level of Ministers’ Deputies with the participation
of experts from capitals and United Nations high officials, as well
as of the Parliamentary Assembly;
2.4. find a pragmatic solution enabling the Council of Europe
to be represented at United Nations Headquarters in New York.