A/HRC/45/39 human rights, and in the evaluation and follow-up of such plans and programmes at the local level. VI. Continuity and strengthening of efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals 81. In the political declaration of the high-level political forum on sustainable development, Heads of State and Government and other representatives reaffirmed their determination to implement the 2030 Agenda as a plan of action for people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership, to free humanity from the tyranny of poverty and heal and secure the planet for future generations. They recognized the need to accelerate action at all levels and by all stakeholders, in order to implement the Sustainable Development Goals. 82. The political declaration of the high-level political forum on sustainable development launched an ambitious and accelerated response to reach that goal by 2030 and affirmed the commitment to making the coming decade one of action and delivery. 83. The Heads of State and Government recognized the special challenges facing the most vulnerable countries and, in particular African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries, small island developing States and countries in conflict and post-conflict situations, as well as the specific challenges facing middle-income countries, in pursuing sustainable development. 84. It is generally recognized that the 2030 Agenda has a transformative purpose and that action to implement the Sustainable Development Goals must involve coordinated efforts in the medium and long term. One of the key messages of the debate organized in 2019 by the General Assembly is that the Goals can still be achieved if the international community increases the speed and expands the ambitions of its actions. Recommendations Member States 85. The following recommendations can be made to Member States by the Human Rights Council: (a) Continue to give the utmost attention to the adoption of policies, plans and programmes for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and targets by integrating human rights, reviewing and adapting policies, plans and programmes, taking into account the specific situation and challenges in each country and the periodic evaluation of the results, as well and the recent experience of infectious diseases, in accordance with the primary principle of leaving no one behind; (b) Ensure that national parliaments, Governments and other State and political bodies are involved in the adoption and review of those plans and programmes by adopting the appropriate legislation and budgetary allocations, in order to give them a national expression and significance, as representing the national will; (c) Give specific means of implementation to the plans and programmes adopted, while fully integrating human rights, including the specific targets set out in the Sustainable Development Goals, a time frame for their realization and delegation of responsibilities, ensuring that no one is left behind, taking the furthest behind first and having in view in particular members of vulnerable groups; (d) Give increased attention, in all plans and programmes, to the gender dimension of development and to leaving no one behind, eliminating any gender discrimination and taking into account the human rights and the specific situation of women and girls in different fields of life, in particular education, employment and political life, as well as the specific situation of those living in rural areas; 17