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the fulfilment of their commitments, including by raising public awareness, and by
providing data on aid effectiveness and demonstrating tangible results;
(g) Making rapid progress to fulfil the Gleneagles and other donors’
substantial commitments to increase aid through a variety of means. We are
concerned that at the current rate the commitment of doubling aid to Africa by 2010
will not be reached;
(h) Exploring new innovative finance mechanisms and strengthening and
scaling up existing ones, where appropriate, given their potential to contribute to the
achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Such voluntary mechanisms
should be effective and should aim to mobilize resources that are stable and
predictable, they should supplement and not be a substitute for traditional sources of
finance and should be disbursed in accordance with the priorities of developing
countries and not unduly burden them. We note the ongoing work in this regard,
including by the Leading Group on Innovative Financing for Development as well
as by the Task Force on International Financial Transactions for Development and
the Task Force on Innovative Financing for Education;
(i) Enhancing and strengthening domestic resource mobilization and fiscal
space, including, where appropriate, through modernized tax systems, more efficient
tax collection, broadening the tax base and effectively combating tax evasion and
capital flight. While each country is responsible for its tax system, it is important to
support national efforts in these areas by strengthening technical assistance and
enhancing international cooperation and participation in addressing international tax
matters. We look forward to the upcoming report by the Secretary-General
examining the strengthening of institutional arrangements to promote international
cooperation in tax matters;
(j) Implementing measures to curtail illicit financial flows at all levels,
enhancing disclosure practices and promoting transparency in financial information.
In this regard, strengthening national and multinational efforts to address this issue
is crucial, including support to developing countries and technical assistance to
enhance their capacities. Additional measures should be implemented to prevent the
transfer abroad of stolen assets and to assist in the recovery and return of such
assets, in particular to their countries of origin, consistent with the United Nations
Convention against Corruption;13
(k) Fully supporting and further developing a universal, rules-based, open,
non-discriminatory, equitable and transparent multilateral trading system, inter alia,
by working expeditiously towards a balanced and ambitious, comprehensive and
development-oriented outcome of the Doha Development Agenda 28 of multilateral
trade negotiations, in order to bring benefits to all and contribute to enhancing the
integration of developing countries into the system, while recognizing the
importance of making progress in key areas of the Doha Development Agenda of
special interest to developing countries, and reaffirming the importance of special
and differential treatment referred to therein;
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(l) Emphasizing the critical importance of rejecting protectionism and not
turning inward in times of financial uncertainty, mindful of the importance of trade
for economic growth and development and for the achievement of the Millennium
Development Goals by 2015;
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