A/RES/59/221 President of the Trade and Development Board to present the outcomes of such reviews to the Economic and Social Council, Recalling also that, to benefit fully from trade, which in many cases is the single most important external source of development financing, the establishment and the enhancement of appropriate institutions and policies in developing countries, as well as in countries with economies in transition, are needed and that, in this context, enhanced market access, balanced rules and well-targeted, sustainably financed technical assistance and capacity-building programmes for developing countries also play an important role, Noting the significant contribution of the multilateral trading system to economic growth, development and employment and the importance of maintaining the process of reform and liberalization of trade policies, as well as the importance of rejecting the use of protectionism, so that the system plays its full part in promoting recovery, growth and development, in particular of developing countries, bearing in mind paragraph 10 of General Assembly resolution 55/182 of 20 December 2000, Reaffirming that agriculture remains a key sector for the overwhelming majority of developing countries, and stressing the importance of the successful conclusion of the World Trade Organization Doha work programme4 in accordance with the decision of 1 August 2004 of the General Council of the World Trade Organization, Reaffirming also the urgency, subject to national legislation, of recognizing the rights of local and indigenous communities that are holders of traditional knowledge, innovations and practices and, with the approval and involvement of the holders of such knowledge, innovations and practices, of developing and implementing benefit-sharing mechanisms on mutually agreed terms for the use of such knowledge, innovations and practices, Recalling that it is particularly important for developing countries, bearing in mind development goals and objectives, that all countries take into account the need for an appropriate balance between national policy space and international disciplines and commitments, Bearing in mind the special needs of the least developed countries, the small island developing States and the landlocked developing countries, as identified, respectively, in the Brussels Programme of Action 6 and the Barbados Programme of Action 7 and within a new global framework for transit transport cooperation for landlocked and transit developing countries as set out in the Almaty Programme of Action, 8 Noting with concern that a number of developing countries, in particular the least developed countries and commodity-dependent developing countries, have not fully benefited from the global economy and trade liberalization, _______________ 6 A/CONF.191/13, chap. II. Report of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Bridgetown, Barbados, 25 April–6 May 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.94.I.18 and corrigenda), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II. 8 Report of the International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Donor Countries and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 28 and 29 August 2003 (A/CONF.202/3), annex I. 7 2