Resolution Number: | 2018-B026 |
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Title: | Endorse the UN Sustainable Development Goals as the Basis for Policy and Action |
Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
Final Text: |
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church embrace the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as the successor to the Millennium Development Goals; and be it further
Resolved, That the Sustainable Development Goals become the basis of development policy and action of the Episcopal Church in its institutions, dioceses, and congregations; and be it further
Resolved, That 0.7% of the budget for the Episcopal Church adopted at the 79th General Convention be devoted to development projects shaped by the lens of the Sustainable Development Goals, during the triennium 2019 – 2021.
Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Austin, 2018 (New York: General Convention, 2018), p. 1056. |
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Legislative History
Author: | The Rt. Rev. Marc Andrus |
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Originating House: | House of Bishops |
Originating Committee: | Stewardship & Socially Responsible Investing |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Stewardship and Socially Responsible Investing presented its Report #7 on Resolution B026 (Embracing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(B026)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 79th General Convention of The Episcopal Church embrace the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as the successor to the Millennium Development Goals; and be it further
Resolved, That the Sustainable Development Goals become the basis of development policy and action of The Episcopal Church in its institutions, dioceses, and congregations; and be it further
Resolved, That 0.7% of the budget for The Episcopal Church adopted at the 79th General Convention be devoted to development projects shaped by the lens of the Sustainable Development Goals, during the triennium 2019 – 2021.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #146)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Stewardship and Socially Responsible Investing presented its Report #2 on HD Message #146 on Resolution B026 (Embracing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #310)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 12.
Abstract: | The 79th General Convention affirms the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as the basis for economic development policy and a percentage of budget funding of the Episcopal Church. |
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