Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development
and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly
A/RES/69/143
45. Also recognizes the need to give priority to investing in and further
contributing to sustainable development, including sustainable agricultural
development, and to a financial infrastructure that provides access to a variety of
sustainable products and services for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises
and entrepreneurship cooperatives and other forms of social enterprises, and the
participation and entrepreneurship of women as means to promote full and
productive employment and decent work for all;
46. Reaffirms the commitments made in respect of meeting the special needs
of Africa at the 2005 World Summit, 20 underlines the call of the Economic and
Social Council for enhanced coordination within the United Nations system and the
ongoing efforts to harmonize the current initiatives on Africa, and requests the
Commission for Social Development to continue to give due prominence in its work
to the social dimensions of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development; 21
47. Also reaffirms, in this context, that international cooperation has an
essential role in assisting developing countries, including the least developed
countries, in strengthening their human, institutional and technological capacity;
48. Stresses that the international community should enhance its efforts to
create an enabling environment for social development and poverty eradication
through increasing market access for developing countries, technology transfer on
mutually agreed terms, financial aid and a comprehensive solution to the external
debt problem;
49. Also stresses that international trade and stable financial systems can be
effective tools to create favourable conditions for the development of all countries
and that trade barriers and some trading practices continue to have negative effects
on employment growth, particularly in developing countries;
50. Acknowledges that good governance and the rule of law at the national
and international levels are essential for sustained economic growth, sustainable
development and the eradication of poverty, hunger and malnutrition;
51. Underlines the fact that the fulfilment of all official development
assistance commitments is crucial, including the commitments by many developed
countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of gross national product for official
development assistance to developing countries by 2015 and the target of 0.15 to
0.20 per cent of gross national product for official development assistance to the
least developed countries, and urges developed countries that have not yet done so
to fulfil their commitments for official development assistance to developing
countries;
52. Stresses the essential role that official development assistance plays in
complementing, leveraging and sustaining financing for development efforts in
developing countries and in facilitating the achievement of development objectives,
including the internationally agreed development goals, in particular the Millennium
Development Goals, and welcomes steps to improve the effectiveness and quality of
aid based on the fundamental principles of national ownership, alignment,
harmonization, managing for results and mutual accountability;
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A/57/304, annex.