A/RES/67/225
Industrial development cooperation
Stressing that industrial development comprises more than the development of
the manufacturing sector alone, encompassing aspects of energy, agro-industry,
infrastructure and logistics, science, technology and innovation and human
resources development and education, as well as the development of the mining
sector,
Recalling the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the
Millennium Development Goals and its resolution 65/1 of 22 September 2010, by
which the Assembly adopted the outcome document of the meeting,
Recognizing that industrialization is an essential driver of sustained inclusive
and equitable economic growth, sustainable development and poverty and hunger
eradication in developing countries and countries with economies in transition,
including the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and
African countries, through, inter alia, the creation of decent productive employment,
income generation and the facilitation of social integration, including the integration
of women and youth into the economic growth process, and that it plays a key role
in maintaining social stability and cohesion,
Stressing the importance of international industrial cooperation to promote
equitable and sustainable patterns of industrial development and to address major
challenges such as poverty eradication, growth and jobs, resource efficiency, energy,
pollution and climate change, shifting demographics, knowledge creation and
transfer and the narrowing of growing inequalities,
Recognizing the role of the business community, including the private sector,
in enhancing the dynamic process of the development of the industrial sector,
underlining the importance of the benefits of foreign direct investment in that
process, and recognizing also in this regard that an enabling national environment is
vital for mobilizing national resources, increasing productivity, reducing capital
flight, encouraging the private sector and making effective use of international
investment and assistance and that efforts to create such an environment should be
supported by the international community,
Recognizing also the important and positive role of micro, small and mediumsized enterprise clusters and organizations in the social and solidarity economy
field, including cooperatives, as vehicles for promoting small-scale industry and for
the implementation of the development goals, including the Millennium
Development Goals, in fields such as employment policy, social integration,
regional and rural development, agriculture and environmental protection,
Underscoring the importance of the transfer of technology and knowledge
networking on mutually agreed terms to developing countries as an effective means
of international cooperation in the pursuit of the eradication of poverty and hunger
and of sustainable development,
Noting the important role played by the United Nations Industrial
Development Organization, including in the development of the public and private
sectors, productivity growth, trade capacity-building, corporate social responsibility,
environmental protection, energy access, energy efficiency, the promotion of
renewable sources of energy and the implementation of energy interconnection
initiatives among developing countries,
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