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improve its development effectiveness in accordance with the provisions of the
Nairobi outcome document of the High-level United Nations Conference on SouthSouth Cooperation, 15 and commits to strengthening triangular cooperation as a means
of bringing relevant experience and expertise to bear in development cooperation;
59. Considers that innovative mechanisms of financing can make a positive
contribution towards assisting developing countries in mobilizing additional
resources for financing for development on a voluntary basis and that such financing
should supplement and not be a substitute for traditional sources of financing, and,
while highlighting the considerable progress on innovative sources of financing for
development achieved to date, stresses the importance of scaling up present
initiatives and developing new mechanisms, as appropriate;
60. Welcomes the increasing efforts to improve the quality of official
development assistance and increase its development impact, recognizes the
Development Cooperation Forum of the Economic and Social Council, notes other
initiatives, such as the high-level forums on aid effectiveness, which produced, inter
alia, the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, the Accra Agenda for Action 16 and
the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, which make
important contributions to the efforts of the countries that have made commitments
to them, including through the adoption of the fundamental principles of national
ownership, alignment, harmonization, transparency, accountability and managing
for results, and bears in mind that there is no one -size-fits-all formula that will
guarantee effective assistance and that the specific situation of each country needs
to be fully considered;
61. Invites development partners to continue to assist African countries in
their efforts to strengthen national health systems, including by providing and
developing skilled health personnel, reliable health information and data, research
infrastructure and laboratory capacity, and to expand surveillance systems in the
health sector, including support for the efforts to prevent, protect against and combat
outbreaks of diseases, including of neglected tropical diseases, and in this context
reiterates its support for the Kampala Declaration and Agenda for Global Action and
follow-up conferences to respond to the serious health workforce crisis in Africa;
62. Recognizes the need for Africa’s development partners that are
supporting agriculture, nutrition and food security in Africa to align their efforts to
implement the commitments contained in the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated
Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved
Livelihoods and the Declaration on Nutrition Securit y for Inclusive Economic
Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa, and towards supporting the
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme and using its results
framework, which is an integral component of the design and implementation of the
national and regional investment plans of the Programme for alignment of external
funding, and in this regard takes note of the Declaration of the World Summit on
Food Security; 17
63. Also recognizes the need for Africa’s development partners to align the ir
efforts in infrastructure investment towards supporting the Programme for
Infrastructure Development in Africa, and welcomes in this regard the convening in
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Resolution 64/222, annex.
A/63/539, annex.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, document WSFS 2009/2.
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