A/RES/55/186
commissions 3 and the addendum thereto provided by the United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development on the work it has undertaken on the involvement of the
private sector in the prevention and resolution of financial crises; 4
2.
Underlines the utmost importance of implementing the resolve expressed
in the United Nations Millennium Declaration 1 to create an environment, at the
national and global levels alike, that is conducive to development and to the
elimination of poverty, inter alia, through good governance within each country, as
well as good governance at the international level and transparency in the financial,
monetary and trading systems;
3.
Also underlines the utmost importance of implementing the commitment
in the United Nations Millennium Declaration to an open, equitable, rule-based,
predictable and non-discriminatory multilateral trading and financial system;
4.
Stresses the special importance of creating an enabling international
economic environment through strong cooperative efforts by all countries and
institutions to promote equitable economic development in a world economy that
benefits all people, and, in this context, invites developed countries, in particular
major industrialized countries, which have significant weight in influencing world
economic growth, when formulating their macroeconomic policies, to take into
account their effects in terms of the external economic environment favourable to
growth and development, in particular of developing countries;
5.
Also stresses the special importance of creating an enabling domestic
environment through, inter alia, the rule of law, capacity-building, including
institutional capacity-building, and the implementation of appropriate economic and
social policies, so that domestic and international resources may be effectively
mobilized and used for development;
6.
Reiterates the urgent need to accelerate the growth and development
prospects of the least developed countries, which remain the poorest and most
vulnerable of the international community, and calls upon development partners, in
particular industrialized countries, to facilitate the financing of their development,
inter alia, through public and private financial flows, increased official development
assistance, strengthened debt relief, the adoption of a policy of duty- and quota-free
access for essentially all of their exports and enhanced balance-of-payments support,
and in this context welcomes the holding at Brussels in May 2001 of the Third
United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries;
7.
Recognizes the stability of the international financial system as an
important global public good and a necessary condition for positive financial flows
for development, and, in this context, calls upon all countries, including major
industrialized countries, whose policies have significant impact on most economies,
to adopt and to pursue policies that promote international financial stability and
facilitate financial flows for development, and requests the Secretary-General, in
collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme, to provide
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