A/RES/53/192
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Further stressing that the fundamental characteristics of the operational activities of the United
Nations system should be, inter alia, their universal, voluntary and grant nature, their neutrality and their
multilateralism, as well as their ability to respond to the development needs of developing countries in a
flexible manner, and that the operational activities of the United Nations system are carried out for the
benefit of recipient countries, at the request of those countries and in accordance with their own policies
and priorities for development,
Noting, in this context, the activities of United Nations funds and programmes aimed at providing
technical assistance to recipient countries, in response to their national economic and social needs and
priorities, including poverty eradication and the promotion of all human rights, including the right to
development, for achieving sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with
relevant General Assembly resolutions and recent United Nations conferences, and stressing the need for
those activities to be undertaken at the request of interested recipient Governments strictly within the
respective mandates of United Nations funds and programmes, which should receive increased
contributions from donor countries,
Recognizing the urgent and specific needs of low-income countries, in particular the least developed
countries,
Emphasizing that developing countries are responsible for their development processes, and in this
context stressing the responsibility of the international community, in partnership, to assist developing
countries in their national development efforts,
Recalling the role of the Economic and Social Council in providing coordination and guidance to the
United Nations system to ensure that policies formulated by the General Assembly, particularly during the
triennial policy review of operational activities, are implemented on a system-wide basis in accordance
with Assembly resolutions 48/162 of 20 December 1993 and 50/227 of 24 May 1996,
1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the triennial
comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system;1
2. Reaffirms its resolutions 47/199, 50/120 and the parts relevant to operational activities for
development of its resolution 52/12 B, and stresses the need to implement fully, based on lessons learned,
all the elements of these resolutions in a coherent and timely manner, keeping in mind their interlinkages;
3. Emphasizes that recipient Governments have the primary responsibility for coordinating, on the
basis of national strategies and priorities, all types of external assistance, including that provided by
multilateral organizations, in order to integrate effectively such assistance into their development process;
4. Notes the efforts made in order to rationalize and to improve the function and impact of United
Nations funds and programmes;
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