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making this an educational priority, and noting the constraints faced by some
developing countries in this regard,
Recognizing the importance of science and technology in promoting gender
equality and the empowerment of women,
Stressing the importance of the effective use of science and technology in
promoting human resources development in the context of national strategies
focused on technological knowledge and learning, assisted by an enabling domestic
and international environment,
Stressing also that Governments have the primary responsibility for defining
and implementing appropriate policies for human resources development and the
need for greater support from the international community for the national efforts of
developing countries,
Stressing further that health and education are at the core of human resources
development and the need to ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and
girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling and will have
equal access to all levels of education,
Noting the impact of the movement of highly skilled people and those with an
advanced education on human resources development and sustainable development
in developing countries, and stressing the need for a global and comprehensive
approach to maximize the positive impact of skilled labour mobility on human
resources development,
Stressing that, while the private sector plays an important role in the diffusion
of applied science and technology, Governments have the primary responsibility for
defining and implementing a national strategy to promote technological knowledge
and learning, with the support of the international community,
Emphasizing the continuing need for coordination and collaboration among the
organizations of the United Nations system, within their mandates, in assisting
developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, in fostering their
human resources development,
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Encourages Member States to make technological knowledge and
learning a priority of their human resources development strategies at all levels of
education, including formal and informal learning, emphasizes the importance of the
capacity of educators in the technology learning process, and encourages the
international community to continue to facilitate, in view of the difference in level
of development between countries, an adequate diffusion of scientific and technical
knowledge and transfer of, access to and acquisition of technology for developing
countries, under fair, transparent and mutually agreed terms, in a manner conducive
to human resources development;
Recognizes the importance of human resources development in
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promoting sustainable development, and encourages Governments to integrate
human resources development policies into their national development strategies;
Calls for steps to integrate gender perspectives into human resources
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development, including through policies, strategies and targeted actions aimed at
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