A/RES/80/267 Promotion of durable peace through sustainable development in Africa strategies, priorities and other related frameworks and, where appropriate and in line with their governance arrangements, to consider providing additional resources in support of their implementation; 11. Encourages the Secretary-General to utilize the Peacebuilding Fund to support countries, upon their request, to work in coordination with relevant stakeholders, on the basis of the principles of national leadership and ownership, to advance greater coherence in peacebuilding, including in support of voluntary national prevention and peacebuilding strategies and approaches to sustain peace; 12. Welcomes the progress made by African countries, the African Union and subregional organizations in conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and development, calls for intensified efforts, support and a coordinated approach among national Governments, the African Union, subregional organizations, the United Nations system and relevant partners in addressing those challenges, with a view to achieving further progress towards the goal of a conflict free Africa, and in this regard recognizes the important role played by civil society organizations, including women’s organizations; 13. Reiterates that we are setting out together on the path towards sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner, including through international cooperation and partnership on the basis of mutual trust and the full benefit of all, in a spirit of global solidarity, and for the common future of present and coming generations, focusing on the needs of African countries and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals; 14. Recognizes the need for African countries to make continued efforts to create enabling environments for inclusive growth in support of sustainable development, and calls upon the international community to enhance support and fulfil its commitments to take further action in areas critical to Africa’s economic and social development; 15. Underscores the importance of adopting a comprehensive and integrated approach to the peace and security challenges facing the continent, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to promote the coordination of United Nations entities to support a comprehensive response to Africa’s peace and development challenges; 16. Urges continued support for measures to address the challenges of poverty eradication and hunger, decent job creation and sustainable development in Africa, including, as appropriate, domestic resource mobilization, debt relief, improved market access, regional integration and intra-African trade, including through the African Continental Free Trade Area, support for the private sector and entrepreneurship, fulfilment of commitments on official development assistance and increased flows of foreign direct investment and transfer of technology on mutually agreed terms; 17. Underscores the importance of scaling up demand-based institutional, technological and human capacity-building in African countries as a foundation for sustainable peace and Africa-led development, including for strengthened fiscal systems and domestic resource mobilization, enhanced financial accountability and improved efficiency in public spending, and further emphasizes the need to expand fiscal space in ways that uphold public trust, including by leveraging digital public infrastructure to promote transparency, improve access to services, strengthen fiscal management and foster civic participation in public decision -making; 18. Also underscores that the multilateral system should place the strengthening of State capacity and legitimacy within the core mandate of 6/13 26-07988

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