A/RES/68/228
Human resources development
access to education and non-discrimination and maintain an enabling environment
for job creation,
Recognizing also that despite evidence of an uneven and fragile recovery, the
ongoing adverse impacts, particularly on development, of the world financial and
economic crisis continue to diminish the ability of many countries, especially
developing countries, to cope with and address human resources development
challenges and to formulate and implement effective strategies for poverty
eradication and sustainable development,
Acknowledging the important nexus between international migration and
development and the need to deal with the challenges and opportunities that
migration presents to countries of origin, transit and destination, recognizing that
migration brings benefits as well as challenges to the global community, and
stressing that the brain drain continues to be a severe problem in many developing
and transitioning countries, undermining efforts in the area of human resources
development,
Recognizing that science, technological knowledge and innovation can
overcome important physical, infrastructural and cultural barriers that prevent
people, especially in poor and marginalized communities, from living a healthy and
productive life,
Recognizing also the need to align science, technological knowledge and
innovation systems with national development objectives, fully integrated with
national human resources development and poverty eradication strategies and
supported by appropriate institutional and policy frameworks,
Acknowledging that science, technological knowledge and innovation policies
should take into account the specific features of the economy in developing
countries, including the size of the traditional sector, the importance of indigenous
knowledge, the limited access to skilled labour and capital, weak infrastructure and
inadequate institutional frameworks, in order to generate solutions that address the
specific challenges of those countries and to foster synergies between modern
science and technology and indigenous and local knowledge,
Reaffirming that gender equality is of fundamental importance for achieving
sustained economic growth, poverty eradication and sustainable development, in
accordance with the relevant General Assembly resolutions and United Nations
conferences, and that investing in the development of women and girls has a
multiplier effect, in particular on productivity, efficiency and sustained economic
growth, in all sectors of the economy, especially in key areas such as agriculture,
industry and services,
Recognizing that education is the key to promoting the development of human
potential, equality and understanding among peoples, as well as to sustaining
economic growth and eradicating poverty, and recognizing also that, to achieve
those ends, it is essential that quality education be available to all, including
indigenous peoples, girls and women, rural inhabitants and persons with disabilities,
Stressing that Governments have the primary responsibility for defining and
implementing appropriate policies for human resources development, and the need
for continued support from the international community for the national efforts of
developing countries,
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