A/RES/62/199
Reaffirming that the United Nations has a central role in promoting
international cooperation for development and in promoting policy coherence on
global development issues, including in the context of globalization and
interdependence,
Reaffirming also the resolve expressed in the United Nations Millennium
Declaration 2 to ensure that globalization becomes a positive force for all the world’s
people,
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Recognizing that globalization, driven largely by economic liberalization and
technology, implies that the economic performance of a country is increasingly
affected by factors outside its geographical borders and that maximizing in an
equitable manner the benefits of globalization requires developing responses to
globalization through a strengthened global partnership for development to achieve
the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium
Development Goals,
Reaffirming the commitment to eradicate poverty and hunger and promote
sustained economic growth, sustainable development and global prosperity for all
and to promote the development of the productive sectors in developing countries to
enable them to participate more effectively in and benefit from the process of
globalization,
Reaffirming also its strong support for fair globalization and the need to
translate growth into reduction of poverty and, in this regard, its resolve to make the
goals of full and productive employment and decent work for all, including for
women and young people, a central objective of relevant national and international
policies as well as national development strategies, including poverty reduction
strategies, as part of efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals,
Noting that particular attention must be given, in the context of globalization,
to the objective of protecting, promoting and enhancing the rights and welfare of
women and girls, as stated in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 3
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Reaffirming its commitment to governance, equity and transparency in the
financial, monetary and trading systems and its commitment to open, equitable,
rule-based, predictable and non-discriminatory multilateral trading and financial
systems,
Reaffirming the importance of migration as a phenomenon, among others,
accompanying increased globalization, including its impact on economies, aware of
the fact that all countries are impacted by international migration, and hence
stressing the crucial importance of dialogue and cooperation so as to better
understand the international migration phenomenon, including its gender
perspective, and to identify appropriate ways and means to maximize its
development benefits and minimize its negative impacts,
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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 4
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Recognizes that some countries have successfully adapted to the changes
and benefited from globalization, but that many others, especially the least
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See resolution 55/2.
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
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A/62/303.
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