A/RES/59/314
Global partnership for development
20. We reaffirm our commitment to the global partnership for development set out
in the Millennium Declaration,1 the Monterrey Consensus 2 and the Johannesburg
Plan of Implementation. 3
21. We further reaffirm our commitment to sound policies, good governance at all
levels and the rule of law, and to mobilize domestic resources, attract international
flows, promote international trade as an engine for development and increase
international financial and technical cooperation for development, sustainable debt
financing and external debt relief and to enhance the coherence and consistency of
the international monetary, financial and trading systems.
22. We reaffirm that each country must take primary responsibility for its own
development and that the role of national policies and development strategies cannot
be overemphasized in the achievement of sustainable development. We also
recognize that national efforts should be complemented by supportive global
programmes, measures and policies aimed at expanding the development
opportunities of developing countries, while taking into account national conditions
and ensuring respect for national ownership, strategies and sovereignty. To this end,
we resolve:
(a) To adopt, by 2006, and implement comprehensive national development
strategies to achieve the internationally agreed development goals and objectives,
including the Millennium Development Goals;
(b) To manage public finances effectively to achieve and maintain
macroeconomic stability and long-term growth and to make effective and
transparent use of public funds and ensure that development assistance is used to
build national capacities;
(c) To support efforts by developing countries to adopt and implement
national development policies and strategies through increased development
assistance, the promotion of international trade as an engine for development, the
transfer of technology on mutually agreed terms, increased investment flows and
wider and deeper debt relief, and to support developing countries by providing a
substantial increase in aid of sufficient quality and arriving in a timely manner to
assist them in achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the
Millennium Development Goals;
(d) That the increasing interdependence of national economies in a
globalizing world and the emergence of rule-based regimes for international
economic relations have meant that the space for national economic policy, that is,
the scope for domestic policies, especially in the areas of trade, investment and
industrial development, is now often framed by international disciplines,
commitments and global market considerations. It is for each Government to
evaluate the trade-off between the benefits of accepting international rules and
commitments and the constraints posed by the loss of policy space. It is particularly
important for developing countries, bearing in mind development goals and
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Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development (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).
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Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (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).
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