A/RES/58/207 empowerment of women, involvement of young people, the needs of vulnerable groups of society, the needs of local indigenous communities, political freedom, popular participation and respect for human rights, justice and equity, all of which are essential for enhancing human capacity in order to meet the challenge of development; Encourages all countries to ensure local and community-level 6. engagement in the formulation and implementation of national and local policies to promote human resources development, and in this regard also encourages them to continue developing individual capacity as well as empowering communities; Emphasizes the need to ensure the full participation of women in the 7. formulation and implementation of national and local policies to promote human resources development; States the importance of ensuring adequate resources for education as a 8. fundamental aspect of eradicating poverty and promoting development with a view to achieving sustainable economic growth and human development; Encourages Governments to manage resources assigned to education in a 9. responsible, accurate and transparent way and to ensure accountability; 10. Recognizes the lack of adequate resources in many developing countries to expand access to and improve the quality of education, and, in particular, to provide free universal primary education; 11. Encourages the international community to provide greater technical assistance, financial support and allocation to human resources development in developing countries in support of their national efforts; 12. Encourages the United Nations system to focus in its cooperation activities on building human and institutional capacity, giving specific attention to women, girls and vulnerable groups; 13. Calls upon the United Nations system to harmonize further its collective human resources development efforts, in accordance with national policies and priorities; 14. Encourages the United Nations system to continue engaging in partnerships with the private sector and other relevant stakeholders, where appropriate, in accordance with United Nations resolutions and national priorities, so as to contribute further to the building of human resources development capacity in developing countries; 15. Recognizes the role of information and communication technologies in promoting human resources development, and in this regard welcomes the World Summit on the Information Society, the first phase of which was held in Geneva from 10 to 12 December 2003 and the second phase of which will be held in Tunis from 16 to 18 November 2005, as an important step towards addressing the challenges of bridging the digital divide as well as identifying a truly information and knowledge-based approach towards the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,2 in developing countries; 16. Also recognizes the need to direct concerted efforts at enhancing the technical skills and know-how of people living in rural and agricultural areas, with a view to improving their means of livelihood and material well-being, and in this regard encourages the allocation of more resources for this purpose so as to 3