A/RES/72/235
Human resources development
Stressing also that human resources development is vital to the efforts to achieve
the internationally agreed development goals, including the Sustainable Development
Goals, and to expand opportunities for people, in particular for the most vulnerable
groups of the population,
Welcoming the considerable efforts made over the years, yet recognizing that
many countries continue to face formidable challenges in developing a s ufficient pool
of human resources capable of meeting national economic and social needs and that
the formulation and implementation of effective human resources strategies often
require resources and capacities not always available in developing countries, and
recognizing also the need for new ways to address human resources development,
Stressing that climate change is a significant development challenge and that
improving educational and institutional capacities to tackle climate change is closely
linked to human resources development efforts to ensure that populations can lead
healthy and prosperous lives,
Recognizing that the benefits of human resources development are best realized
in national and international environments that support equality of op portunity and
treatment, access to education and non-discrimination and maintain an enabling
environment for job creation,
Recognizing also that despite evidence of an uneven and fragile recovery, the
ongoing adverse impacts, particularly on development, of the world financial and
economic crisis continue to diminish the ability of many countries, especially
developing countries, to cope with and address human resources development
challenges and to formulate and implement effective strategies for poverty eradication
and sustainable development,
Acknowledging the important nexus between international migration and
development and the need to deal with the challenges and opportunities that migration
presents to countries of origin, transit and destination, recognizing that migration
brings benefits as well as challenges to the global community, recognizing also the
role that migrants returning to their country of origin can play through the utilization
of their skills, and stressing that the brain drain continues to be a severe problem in
many developing and transitioning countries, undermining efforts in the area of
human resources development,
Recognizing the need to align science, technological knowledge and innovation
systems with national development objectives, fully integrated with national human
resources development, labour needs and poverty eradication strategies and supported
by appropriate institutional and policy frameworks, which can lead to positive
transformations in people’s lives,
Acknowledging that science, technological knowledge and innovation policies
should take into account the specific features of the economy in developing countries,
including the size of the traditional sector, the importance of indigenous knowledge,
the limited access to skilled labour and capital, weak infrastructure and inadequate
institutional frameworks, in order to generate solutions that address the specific
challenges of those countries and to foster synergies between modern science and
technology and indigenous and local knowledge,
Stressing that technological changes and breakthroughs are expanding at a rapid
pace and impacting the world of work and that, in this regard, the development of
human resources needs to keep pace and be supported by proactive stra tegies,
investments and normative frameworks to address emerging issues relating to the
future of work, education and training,
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