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Recognizing that economic reforms and structural adjustment programmes are aimed at benefiting those
countries which undertake them but that these programmes can also affect the capacity of Governments to
implement appropriate policies that promote human resources development, and that there is a need, in the
formulation of these programmes, to continue to integrate measures that mitigate such an effect,
Recognizing also the vital role of South-South cooperation in supporting national efforts at human
resources development,
Emphasizing the continued need for coordination and integration among the organs and organizations
of the United Nations system in assisting developing countries, in particular the least developed among them,
to foster the development of their human resources, especially that of the most vulnerable, and for the United
Nations to continue to give priority to human resources development in developing countries,
Recognizing the importance accorded to the human component of development in the declarations and
programmes of action adopted at all the major United Nations conferences and summits since 1990,
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Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General;2
2. Emphasizes that, in the development of human resources, an overall, well-conceived and integrated
approach that mainstreams a gender perspective and takes into account the needs of all people should be
adopted, incorporating such vital areas as population, health, nutrition, water, sanitation, housing,
communications, education and training, and science and technology, as well as taking into account the need
to create more opportunities for employment in an environment that guarantees political freedom, popular
participation, respect for human rights, justice and equity, all of which are essential for enhancing human
capacity to meet the challenge of development;
3. Encourages all countries to apply the requisite policies to ensure the development of their human
resources, through education and training and by seeking, where possible, to increase receptivity to
technological innovations, including those in the field of information technology;
4. Emphasizes the need to ensure the full participation of women in the formulation and
implementation of national policies to promote human resources development;
5. Acknowledges the efforts of developing countries in promoting human resources development, and,
in this regard, emphasizes the need for international cooperation to advance human resources development
and the need for concerted efforts to support the efforts of developing countries, especially in those Africa
and the least developed countries, to develop their human resources;
6. Encourages all countries to accord priority, in particular in national budgets, to human resources
development in the context of the adoption of economic and social policies;
7. Emphasizes that human resources development and institution-building can be promoted through
South-South cooperation, and calls upon countries to take action in this regard;
8. Invites international organizations, including international financial institutions, to continue to give
priority to supporting the objectives of human resources development and to integrating them into their
policies, programmes and operations;
9. Emphasizes that structural adjustment programmes should support social development goals, in
particular the eradication of poverty, the promotion of full and productive employment and the enhancement
of social integration, with due regard to the implementation of sound economic policies;
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