Resolution Number: | 2022-A020 |
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Title: | Encourage Support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals |
Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
Final Text: |
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention express continued support for the ways in which the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become the cornerstone of development policy and action of the Episcopal Church’s institutions, agencies, dioceses, and congregations and provided a framework for approaching the Church’s call to eradicate poverty and promote sustainable development; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention encourage all parishes, dioceses, and jurisdictions to support the UN’s Decade of Action (2020-30) to achieve the SDGs by (1) educating themselves about the SDGs using United Nations, Anglican Communion and Episcopal Church resources; (2) developing their own educational resources to translate the core Christian values and imperatives of the SDGs in ways that can be easily grasped, shared, and put into action; (3) undertaking self-audits to assess how their existing mission work and ministries already address the SDGs; and (4) sharing stories about how they are working toward the SDGs and furthering the work that Jesus calls all of us to do; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention commend and acknowledge Episcopalians who are already working towards the SDGs, including the Episcopal presence at the annual UN High-Level Political Forum on the SDGs and Episcopal Relief & Development which continues to educate the Church about the SDGs and work toward the SDGs through its programs and priorities.
Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 2022 (New York: General Convention, 2023), p. 543. |
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Legislative History
Author: | Standing Commission on World Mission |
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Originating House: | House of Bishops |
Originating Committee: | Environmental Stewardship and Care of Creation |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Environmental Stewardship and Care of Creation presented its Report #1 on Resolution A020 (Support Decade of Action to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A020)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring,
That the 80th General Convention express continued support for the ways in which the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have become the cornerstone of development policy and action of the Episcopal Church’s institutions, agencies, dioceses, and congregations and provided a framework for approaching the Church’s call to eradicate poverty and promote sustainable development; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention encourage all parishes, dioceses, and jurisdictions to support the UN’s Decade of Action (2020-30) to achieve the SDGs by (1) educating themselves about the SDGs using United Nations, Anglican Communion and Episcopal Church resources; (2) developing their own educational resources to translate the core Christian values and imperatives of the SDGs in ways that can be easily grasped, shared, and put into action; (3) undertaking self-audits to assess how their existing mission work and ministries already address the SDGs; and (4) sharing stories about how they are working toward the SDGs and furthering the work that Jesus calls all of us to do; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention commend and acknowledge Episcopalians who are already working towards the SDGs, including the Episcopal presence at the annual UN High-Level Political Forum on the SDGs and Episcopal Relief & Development which continues to educate the Church about the SDGs and work toward the SDGs through its programs and priorities.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #16)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Environmental Stewardship and Care of Creation presented its Report #9 on HB Message #16 on Resolution A020 (Support Decade of Action to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #301)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 11.
Report Reference: | Standing Commission on World Mission, Reports to the 80th General Convention, 2022, pp. 433-465. |
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Source Document: | United Nations, Sustainable Development Goals Source Citation: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/E_SDG_Guidelines_Sep20238.pdf. Last accessed 10/30/2023. |
Abstract: | The 80th General Convention expresses its support for Sustainable Development Goals and urges parishes, dioceses, and jurisdictions to support the United Nation’s Decade of Action (2020-2030) to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. |