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those needs and challenges through the full, timely and effective implementation of
the Almaty Programme of Action: Addressing the Special Needs of Landlocked
Developing Countries within a New Global Framework for Transit Transport
Cooperation for Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries 23 and the São Paulo
Consensus adopted at the eleventh session of the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development. 24 We encourage the work undertaken by United Nations
regional commissions and organizations towards establishing a time-cost
methodology for indicators to measure the progress in implementation of the Almaty
Programme of Action. We also recognize the special difficulties and concerns of
landlocked developing countries in their efforts to integrate their economies into the
multilateral trading system. In this regard, priority should be given to the full and
timely implementation of the Almaty Declaration 25 and the Almaty Programme of
Action.23
66. We recognize the special needs and vulnerabilities of small island developing
States and reaffirm our commitment to take urgent and concrete action to address
those needs and vulnerabilities through the full and effective implementation of the
Mauritius Strategy adopted by the International Meeting to Review the
Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of
Small Island Developing States, 26 the Barbados Programme of Action 27 and the
outcome of the twenty-second special session of the General Assembly. 28 We further
undertake to promote greater international cooperation and partnership for the
implementation of the Mauritius Strategy through, inter alia, the mobilization of
domestic and international resources, the promotion of international trade as an
engine for development and increased international financial and technical
cooperation.
67. We emphasize the need for continued, coordinated and effective international
support for achieving the development goals in countries emerging from conflict
and in those recovering from natural disasters.
Meeting the special needs of Africa
68. We welcome the substantial progress made by the African countries in
fulfilling their commitments and emphasize the need to carry forward the
implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development 29 to promote
sustainable growth and development and deepen democracy, human rights, good
governance and sound economic management and gender equality and encourage
African countries, with the participation of civil society and the private sector, to
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23
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.
24
TD/412, part II.
25
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 II.
26
Report of the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Port Louis, Mauritius, 10-14 January 2005
(United Nations publication, Sales No. E.05.II.A.4 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.
27
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 I.
28
Resolution S-22/2, annex.
29
A/57/304, annex.
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