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Human resources development
emphasizes the need to ensure the full participation of women in the formulation
and implementation of such policies, strategies and actions;
22. Stresses the important contributions of the public and private sectors,
respectively, in meeting national training and education needs to support the
efficient functioning of enterprises and matching the needs of a rapidly changing
economy, and encourages the integration of those contributions, in cluding through
the greater use of public-private partnerships and incentives;
23. Calls for actions at the national, regional and international levels that
will give high priority to improving and expanding literacy, as well as science
proficiency, including by providing tertiary, technical vocational and adult
education, and stresses the need to ensure that, by 20 30, children everywhere, boys
and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling and will
have equal access to all levels of education;
24. Encourages Governments to consider appropriate measures at the
national level, such as upgrading human skills, better aligning educational and
training systems to labour market needs and strengthening labour institutions and
regulations to respond to economic downturns;
25. Encourages countries in a position to do so to maintain or consider
enhancing measures to boost job-rich recovery, such as policies and incentives to
enhance labour productivity and stimulate private investment, in addition to efforts
to reduce budget deficits in the long term, as appropriate;
26. Encourages efforts by Member States and the international community to
promote a balanced, coherent and comprehensive approach to international
migration and development, in particular by building partnerships and ensuring
coordinated action to develop capacities, including for the management of
migration, and in this regard reiterates the need to consider innovative measures to
maximize the benefits of migration while minimizing the negative effects of the
migration of both highly skilled and low-skilled workers from developing countries;
27. Encourages giving appropriate consideration to human resources
development strategies in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda fo r Sustainable
Development; 3
28. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-second session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, and
decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session, under the
item entitled “Eradication of poverty and other development issues” the sub -item
entitled “Human resources development”, unless otherwise agreed in the discussions
on the revitalization of the Second Committee.
81st plenary meeting
22 December 2015
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