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by, inter alia, a substantial increase in their funding on a predictable,
continuous and assured basis, commensurate with the increasing needs of
developing countries, as well as through the full implementation of
resolutions 47/199 and 48/162;
6.
Urges developed countries, in particular those countries whose
overall performance is not commensurate with their capacity, taking into
account established official development assistance targets, including targets
established at the Second United Nations Conference on the Least Developed
Countries 2/ and their current levels of contribution, to increase
substantially their official development assistance, including contributions
to the operational activities of the United Nations system;
7.
Notes with appreciation the sustained contributions of many donors
and recipient countries to the operational activities for development in a
spirit of partnership;
8.
Expresses serious concern at the persistent insufficiency of
resources for the operational development activities of the United Nations, in
particular the decline in contributions to core resources;
9.
Stresses the need for a substantial increase in resources for
operational activities for development on a predictable, continuous and
assured basis, commensurate with the increasing needs of developing countries;
10.
Decides that intensified consultations and negotiations on
prospective new specific modalities for financing operational activities for
development on a predictable, continuous and assured basis, in accordance with
paragraphs 31 to 34 of annex I to resolution 48/162 on the restructuring and
revitalization of the United Nations in the economic and social fields, should
lead to an agreed outcome in the framework of the review process of that
resolution;
11.
Reaffirms the need for priority allocation of scarce grant
resources to programmes and projects in low-income countries, particularly the
least developed countries;
12.
Emphasizes that recipient Governments have the primary
responsibility for coordinating, on the basis of national strategies and
priorities, all types of external assistance, including that provided by
multilateral organizations, in order to integrate effectively such assistance
into their development process;
13.
Urges the members of the United Nations development system to
continue to develop an agreed division of responsibility, in accordance with
their respective mandates, under the coordination of Governments as well as
greater complementarity in their respective roles at the field level in
response to the needs and priorities of recipient countries;
14.
Stresses the need for the United Nations system to take full
account of the interests and concerns of all recipient countries, and, in that
context, stresses the need for it to give serious consideration to ways of
2/
See Report of the Second United Nations Conference on the Least
Developed Countries, Paris, 3-14 September 1990 (A/CONF.147/18), part one.
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