A/RES/66/216 Recalling the outcomes of the International Conference on Financing for Development 7 and the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 8 the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: outcome document of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, 9 the Outcome of the Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, 10 and the outcomes of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, 11 the high-level meeting on HIV and AIDS, 12 the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases, 13 the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries 14 and the high-level meeting on Africa’s development needs, 15 Welcoming the full operationalization of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) on 1 January 2011, noting that its establishment and the conduct of its work should lead to more effective coordination, coherence and gender mainstreaming across the United Nations, and recognizing its role to assist Member States and the United Nations system in progressing more effectively and efficiently towards the goals of achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women, Noting the importance of the organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, in particular its funds and programmes, and the specialized agencies, in facilitating the advancement of women in development, Reaffirming that gender equality is of fundamental importance for achieving sustained and inclusive economic growth, poverty eradication and sustainable development, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and United Nations conferences, and that investing in the development of women and girls has a multiplier effect, in particular on productivity, efficiency and sustained and inclusive economic growth, in all sectors of the economy, especially in key areas such as agriculture, industry and services, Recognizing that access to basic affordable health care, preventive health-care information and the highest standard of health, including in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, is critical to women’s economic advancement, that lack of economic empowerment and independence increases women’s vulnerability to a range of negative consequences, including the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS, and that the neglect of women’s full enjoyment of human rights severely limits their opportunities in public and private life, including the opportunities for receiving an education and for achieving economic and political empowerment, _______________ 7 Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico, 18–22 March 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolution 1, annex. 8 Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex. 9 Resolution 63/239, annex. 10 Resolution 63/303, annex. 11 See resolution 65/1. 12 Resolution 65/277, annex. 13 Resolution 66/2, annex. 14 Report of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Istanbul, Turkey, 9–13 May 2011 (United Nations publication, Sales No. 11.II.A.1), chaps. I and II. 15 See resolution 63/1. 2