A/RES/65/1 These systems should be supported by adequate and predictable development assistance and international cooperation for education, including through new, voluntary and innovative approaches for education financing that should supplement and not be a substitute for traditional sources of finance; (g) Continuing to implement national programmes and measures to eliminate illiteracy worldwide as part of the commitments made in the Dakar Framework for Action, adopted in 2000 at the World Education Forum, 17 and in the Millennium Development Goals. In this regard, we recognize the important contribution of South-South and triangular cooperation through, inter alia, innovative pedagogical methods in literacy; 16F (h) Supporting the efforts of national Governments to strengthen their capacity to plan and manage education programmes by involving all education providers in line with national policies and educational systems; (i) Giving greater focus to the transition from primary education and access to secondary education, vocational training and non-formal education and entry into the labour market; (j) Strengthening efforts to ensure primary education as a fundamental element of the response to and preparedness for humanitarian emergencies, ensuring that affected countries are supported, at their request, in their efforts to restore their education systems by the international community. Millennium Development Goal 3 – Promote gender equality and empower women 72. We commit ourselves to accelerating progress to achieve Millennium Development Goal 3, including by: (a) Taking action to achieve the goals of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action6 and its twelve critical areas of concern, our commitments in the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development 18 and the obligations and commitments of States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 19 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child; 20 17F 18F 19F (b) Ensuring access to education and successful schooling of girls by removing barriers and expanding support for girls’ education through measures such as providing free primary education, a safe environment for schooling and financial assistance such as scholarships and cash transfer programmes; promoting supportive policies to end discrimination against women and girls in education; and tracking completion and attendance rates with a view to retaining girls in schools through secondary levels; (c) Empowering women, in particular women living in poverty, through, inter alia, social and economic policies that guarantee them full and equal access to all levels of quality education and training and vocational training, including _______________ 17 See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Final Report of the World Education Forum, Dakar, Senegal, 26–28 April 2000 (Paris, 2000). 18 Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5–13 September 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex. 19 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378. 20 Ibid., vol. 1577, No. 27531. 16