Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development
and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly
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56. Welcomes the contribution to the mobilization of resources for social
development by the initiatives taken on a voluntary basis by groups of Member States
based on innovative financing mechanisms, including those that aim to provide
further access to drugs at affordable prices to developing countries on a sustainable
and predictable basis, such as the International Drug Purchase Facility, UNITAID, as
well as other initiatives such as the International Finance Facility for Immunization
and the Advance Market Commitment for Vaccines;
57. Stresses that the international community shall enhance its efforts to create
an enabling environment for social development and poverty eradication through
increasing market access for developing countries, technolo gy transfer on mutually
agreed terms, financial aid and a comprehensive solution to the external debt problem;
58. Reaffirms that each country has the primary responsibility for its own
economic and social development and that the role of national policie s and
development strategies cannot be overemphasized, and underlines the importance of
adopting effective measures, including new financial mechanisms, as appropriate, to
support the efforts of developing countries to achieve sustained economic growth,
sustainable development, poverty eradication and the strengthening of their
democratic systems;
59. Stresses that the international community should support national
commitments to eradicate poverty in all its forms with the go al to ensure that no one
is left behind, and recognizes the need for greater international cooperation to further
reduce inequality between and within countries and increase capacity-building
support to countries with the most constrained resources to ensure that social
expenditures meet certain targets;
60. Reconfirms the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, and recognizes the need to
take steps to significantly increase investment to close resource gaps, including
through the mobilization of financial resources from all sources, including public,
private, domestic and international resource mobilization and allocation;
Follow-up
61. Reaffirms that the Commission for Social Development, as a functional
commission of the Economic and Social Council, in promoting the integrated
treatment of social development issues in the United Nations system, shall review, on
a periodic basis, issues related to the follow-up to and implementation of the
Copenhagen Declaration and the Programme of Action, in a manner consistent with
the functions and contributions of the relevant organs, organizations and bodies of the
United Nations system, and shall advise the Council thereon;
62. Also reaffirms that the Commission for Social Development continues to
have the primary responsibility for the follow-up to and review of the World Summit
for Social Development and the outcome of the twenty-fourth special session of the
General Assembly, 2 and that it serves as the main United Nations forum for an
intensified global dialogue on social development issues, and calls upon Member
States, the relevant specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations
system and civil society to enhance their support for its work;
63. Further reaffirms that the Commission for Social Development will
contribute to the follow-up to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, within
its existing mandate, by supporting the thematic reviews of the high -level political
forum on sustainable development on progress in the implementation of the
Sustainable Development Goals, including cross-cutting issues, which should reflect
the integrated nature of the Goals as well as the interlinkages between them, while
engaging all relevant stakeholders and, where possible, feeding into and being aligned
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