A/RES/48/180
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Recalling with satisfaction the active collaboration between the United
Nations system and private-sector associations, such as the ongoing efforts of
the United Nations Development Programme with the International Chamber of
Commerce, the Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Chamber of
Commerce and Industry of the Group of 77,
Mindful of the resource constraints of the Secretariat and, therefore,
of the need to rationalize related agenda items and requests for reports,
1.
Invites interested Member States to enhance the exchange of
information among themselves and all relevant organs, organizations and bodies
of the United Nations system on activities, programmes and experiences of
Member States and the United Nations system concerning entrepreneurship,
privatization, demonopolization and administrative deregulation, in order to
increase the efficiency and effectiveness of technical cooperation in this
field;
2.
Requests the Secretary-General to strengthen, within existing
resources and with due priority, the activities of the United Nations system
related to the promotion of entrepreneurship and to the implementation of
privatization programmes, demonopolization and administrative deregulation,
through, inter alia, better coordination;
3.
Calls upon the relevant organs, organizations and programmes of
the United Nations system, according to their mandates, to develop and, upon
request, increase technical assistance, and to incorporate in their respective
programming and activities specific objectives that will:
(a)
Facilitate, as appropriate, the creation of enabling environments
for the establishment and growth of small and medium-size enterprises and for
the support of local entrepreneurs;
(b)
Facilitate, as appropriate, the design and implementation of
privatization, demonopolization and administrative deregulation policies, and
assist relevant national institutions in developing the capacities to
institute appropriate policy, legal, regulatory and fiscal frameworks and
incentives to promote entrepreneurship;
4.
Encourages the relevant organs, organizations and bodies of the
United Nations system, in pursuing those activities, to foster active
partnerships between public and private entities, taking into account the
capacities for self-organization of entrepreneurs, through, for example:
Mechanisms for discussion and consultation by relevant parties as
(a)
to the appropriate ways to enhance the environment for entrepreneurship,
privatization, demonopolization and administrative deregulation;
(b)
Promoting initiatives, such as national and, where appropriate,
regional workshops, to review and disseminate experience and lessons learned
locally and internationally on the promotion of entrepreneurship and on the
implementation of privatization, demonopolization and administrative
deregulation;
5.
Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a biennial report, in
consultation with the heads of relevant organs, organizations and programmes
of the United Nations system, on policies and activities related to
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