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52. Reaffirms that social development requires the active involvement of all
actors in the development process, such as civil society organizations, including
workers’ and employers’ organizations, as well as corporations and small and
medium-sized businesses, and that partnerships among all relevant actors are
increasingly becoming part of national and international cooperation for social
development, and also reaffirms that, within countries, partnerships among the
Government, civil society and the private sector can contribute effectively to the
achievement of social development goals;
53. Underlines the responsibility of the private sector, at both the national
and the international levels, including small and large companies and transnational
corporations, regarding not only the economic and financial but also the
development, social, gender and environmental implications of their activities, their
obligations towards their workers and their contributions to achieving sustainable
development, including social development, and emphasizes the need to take
concrete actions on corporate responsibility and accountability, including through
the participation of all relevant stakeholders, inter alia, for the prevention or
prosecution of corruption;
54. Stresses the importance of promoting corporate social responsibility and
accountability, encourages responsible business practices, such as those promoted
by the Global Compact, and invites the private sector to take into account not only
the economic and financial implications but also the development, social, human
rights, including rights at work, gender and environmental implications of its
undertakings, and underlines the importance of the International Labour
Organization Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational
Enterprises and Social Policy;
55. Invites the Secretary-General, the Economic and Social Council, the
regional commissions, the relevant specialized agencies, funds and programmes of
the United Nations system and other intergovernmental forums, within their
respective mandates, to continue to integrate into their work programmes and give
priority attention to the Copenhagen commitments and the Declaration on the tenth
anniversary of the World Summit for Social Development, 16 to continue to be
actively involved in their follow-up and to monitor the achievement of those
commitments and undertakings;
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56. Invites the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
sixty-fifth session a comprehensive study on the impact of the converging world
crises on social development, in particular for the achievement of poverty
eradication, full and productive employment and decent work for all, and social
integration;
57. Invites the Commission for Social Development to emphasize in its
review of the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration on Social
Development and the Programme of Action the increased exchange of national,
regional and international experiences, the focused and interactive dialogues among
experts and practitioners and the sharing of best practices and lessons learned, and
to address, inter alia, the potential impact of the ongoing world financial and
economic crisis and the world food and energy crises on social development goals;
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See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 6 (E/2005/26), chap. I,
sect. A; see also Economic and Social Council decision 2005/234.
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