Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development A/RES/74/207 8. Invites the President of the Economic and Social Council to take into consideration the deliberations of the 2019 High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development, in the preparation of the 2020 Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up; 9. Recalls that decisions relating to the Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up are to be contained within the forum’s intergovernmentally agreed conclusions and recommendations; 10. Takes note of the work of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters and the initial contributions made by India to the voluntary trust fund, by Norway to a multi-donor project aimed at supporting the work of the Committee, its subcommittees and related capacity development activities, as well as the contributions by the European Union and other countries in support of the Committee’s subsidiary bodies, and urges Member States to come forward to contribute more to the trust fund in order to further support the participation of developing countries; 11. Looks forward to the holding of the 2020 Global Infrastructure Forum in Washington, D.C., on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the Boards of Gove rnors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, invites the multilateral development banks to provide a briefing to Member States on the outcome of the Global Infrastructure Forum, and reiterates that the Global Infrastructure Forum is mandated to identify and address infrastructure and capacity gaps in developing countries, particularly in the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries, small island developing States and African countries; 12. Welcomes the progress made in operationalizing the three components of the Technology Facilitation Mechanism, and looks forward to the prompt establishment of the online platform as part of the Mechanism; 13. Also welcomes the operationalization of the Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries, and invites Member States, as well as international organizations, foundations and the private sector, to provide increased voluntary financial contributions and technical assistance to ensure its full and effective implementation; 14. Notes with appreciation the convening of the fourth annual multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals in New York on 14 and 15 May 2019, whose Co -Chairs’ summary 11 served as an input to the high-level political forum on sustainable development and highlighted, inter alia, the promotion of networking and matchmaking among relevant stakeholders, especially innovators, funders and other supporters, to bridge the technology gap for the Sustainable Development Goals; 15. Recalls that the Addis Ababa Action Agenda provides a global framework for financing sustainable development and is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, supports and complements it and helps to contextualize the means of implementation targets with concrete policies and actions, the implementation of which requires following up on, that relate to its seven action areas, namely domestic public resources; domestic and international private busin ess and finance; international development cooperation; international trade as an engine for development; debt and debt sustainability; addressing systemic issues and science, technology, innovation and capacity-building; and data, monitoring and follow-up; 16. Reiterates that States will not be able to achieve the ambitious Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development without a revitalized and enhanced global partnership and comparably ambitious means of implementation, and __________________ 11 4/5 See E/HLPF/2019/6. 19-22420