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of people living in poverty by 2015, reaffirms the commitment made to meet that
target, and emphasizes the principle of international cooperation, including
partnership and commitment, between developed and developing countries towards
achieving the goal;
24. Notes with concern that some developing countries will fail to meet the
deadline of 2015 to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, and in this regard
invites Member States and the international community to take proactive measures
aimed at creating a conducive environment to contribute to meeting the targets set in
the Millennium Development Goals and to allow for the effective implementation of
the post-2015 development agenda;
25. Urges developed countries that have not yet done so to make concrete
efforts towards meeting the targets of 0.7 per cent of their gross national product for
official development assistance to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.2 per cent of
their gross national product to least developed countries, and encourages developing
countries to build on the progress achieved in ensuring that official development
assistance is used effectively to help to meet development goals and targets;
26. Recognizes the need to address market access for developing countries,
including in the sectors of agriculture, services and non-agricultural products, in
particular those of interest to developing countries;
27. Calls once again for the implementation of a desirable pace of
meaningful trade liberalization, including in areas under negotiation in the World
Trade Organization, the implementation of commitments on implementation-related
issues and concerns, a review of special and differential treatment provisions, with a
view to strengthening them and making them more precise, effective and
operational, the avoidance of new forms of protectionism and capacity-building and
technical assistance for developing countries as important issues in making progress
towards the effective implementation of the right to development;
28. Recognizes the important link between the international economic,
commercial and financial spheres and the realization of the right to development,
stresses in this regard the need for good governance and for broadening the base of
decision-making at the international level on issues of development concern and the
need to fill organizational gaps, as well as to strengthen the United Nations system
and other multilateral institutions, and also stresses the need to broaden and
strengthen the participation of developing countries and countries with economies in
transition in international economic decision-making and norm-setting;
29. Also recognizes that good governance and the rule of law at the national
level assist all States in the promotion and protection of human rights, including the
right to development, and agrees on the value of the ongoing efforts being made by
States to identify and strengthen good governance practices, including transparent,
responsible, accountable and participatory government, that are responsive and
appropriate to their needs and aspirations, including in the context of agreed
partnership approaches to development, capacity-building and technical assistance;
30. Further recognizes the important role and the rights of women and the
application of a gender perspective as a cross-cutting issue in the process of
realizing the right to development, and notes in particular the positive relationship
between the education of women and their equal participation in the civil, cultural,
economic, political and social activities of the community and the promotion of the
right to development;
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