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58. Reaffirms that social development requires the active involvement of all
actors in the development process, including civil society organizations, corporations
and small 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;
59. 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 implications 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;
60. Stresses the importance of promoting corporate social responsibility and
accountability, encourages responsible business practices, such as those promoted
by the Global Compact, invites the private sector to take into account not only the
economic and financial implications but also the development, social, human rights,
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;
61. 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, 17 to continue to be
actively involved in their follow-up and to monitor the achievement of those
commitments and undertakings;
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62. Invites the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
sixty-sixth session a comprehensive study on the impact of the converging world
crises on social development, in particular for the achievement of poverty
eradication, mindful of the discussion that will be held during the forty-ninth
session of the Commission for Social Development;
63. 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 impact of the world financial and economic crisis and the
world food and energy crises on social development goals;
64. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-sixth session the
sub-item entitled “Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social
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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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