World Bicycle Day

The General Assembly,  Recalling its resolution 72/272 of 12 April 2018, entitled “ World Bicycle Day ”, Recalling also that, in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 1 inter alia, sport was recognized as an important enabler of sustainable development, Recognizing that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, and acknowledging that, in many developing countries, bicycling to work as a mode of transportation can be directly associated with poverty and lack of adequate financial resources of families and inability to elevate their standard of living, Recognizing also the need to strengthen and further coordinate efforts, including multi-stakeholder partnerships, at all levels to maximize the potential of the bicycle and other active mobility modes to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets of the 2030 Ag...

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed by Resolution A/RES/72/272 the date of June 3rd as World Bicycle Day . The General Assembly,   Recognizing the contribution of sport to the realization of the Millennium Development Goals, as declared in its resolution 60/1 of 16 September 2005 and Resolution 65/1 of 22 September 2010, Recalling that, in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 1 inter alia, sport was recognized as an important enabler of sustainable development, Recognizing the need to strengthen and further coordinate efforts, including multi-stakeholder partnerships, at all levels to maximize the potential of the bicycle to contribute to the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Sustainable Development Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda, and a culture of peace, Reaffirming its resolution 53/199 of 15 December 1998 and Resolution 61/185 of 20 December 2006 on the proclamation of international years, and Economic and...