A/RES/60/265
Recognizing the action already under way by all Member States, the United
Nations system and other international, regional and national forums and
organizations and the progress made to implement the internationally agreed
development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,
Recognizing also that the achievement of many of the internationally agreed
development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, in many
countries is currently off track, and emphasizing that vigorous implementation of all
development commitments will be needed without delay if the Goals are to be
achieved,
Remaining concerned that Africa is the only continent currently not on track to
achieve any of the goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration2 by 2015,
and in this regard emphasizing that concerted efforts and continued support are
required to fulfil the commitments to address the special needs of Africa,
Also remaining concerned by the lack of and/or uneven progress made by least
developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing
States in achieving the internationally agreed development goals including the
Millennium Development Goals, and in this regard reiterating the importance of
strengthening global partnership in the follow-up to and implementation of the
Brussels Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade
2001–2010, 3 the Almaty Programme of Action: Addressing the Special Needs of
Landlocked Developing Countries within a New Global Framework for Transit
Transport Cooperation for Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries 4 and the
Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for
the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States,5
Reaffirming the commitment to sound policies, good governance at all levels
and the rule of law, to mobilizing domestic resources, attracting international flows,
promoting international trade as an engine for development and increasing
international financial and technical cooperation for development, sustainable debt
financing and external debt relief and to enhancing the coherence and consistency of
the international monetary, financial and trading systems,
Reaffirming also that each country must take primary responsibility for its own
development and that the role of national policies and development strategies cannot
be overemphasized in the achievement of sustainable development, and recognizing
that national efforts should be complemented by supportive global programmes,
measures and policies aimed at expanding the development opportunities of
developing countries, while taking into account national conditions and ensuring
respect for national ownership, strategies and sovereignty,
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See resolution 55/2.
A/CONF.191/13, chap. II.
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Report of the International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and
Donor Countries and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit Transport
Cooperation, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 28 and 29 August 2003 (A/CONF.202/3), annex I.
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Report of the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Port Louis, Mauritius, 10–14 January 2005
(United Nations publication, Sales No. E.05.II.A.4 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.
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