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Recognizes the importance of the efforts of Governments to foster public
participation in governance and development processes through cooperating with all
stakeholders in their societies, including the private sector, civil society and nongovernmental organizations;
Stresses that national efforts to improve governance, public
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administration and institutional and managerial capacities are essential to enable
Member States to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including
the Millennium Development Goals, and encourages Member States to increase
their efforts in this regard;
Encourages the international community to increase support for national
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efforts, including those of developing countries, in public administration, including
through North-South cooperation, South-South cooperation and public-private
partnership to, inter alia, provide financial, educational, material and technical
support and cooperation as appropriate;
Requests all Member States to abide by the principles of proper
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management of public affairs and public property, fairness, responsibility and
equality before the law and the need to safeguard integrity and foster a culture of
transparency, accountability and rejection of corruption at all levels and in all its
forms, consistent with the United Nations Convention against Corruption, 2 and in
that regard urges Member States that have not yet done so to consider enacting laws
to accomplish those ends;
Agrees that the United Nations should promote innovation in government
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and public administration, and stresses the importance of making more effective use
of United Nations Public Service Day and the United Nations Public Service Awards
in the process of revitalizing public administration by building a culture of
innovation, partnership and responsiveness;
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to facilitate, through the
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United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance, the
dissemination of information, knowledge and valuable practices in public
administration;
Stresses the valuable contribution that the Global Forum on Reinventing
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Government has made to the exchange of lessons learned in public administration
reform;
10. Takes note with appreciation of the Seoul Declaration on Participatory
and Transparent Governance, which was adopted by the participants in the sixth
Global Forum on Reinventing Government, held in Seoul from 24 to 27 May 2005; 3
11. Expresses its appreciation to the Government of the Republic of Korea
for hosting the sixth Global Forum on Reinventing Government;
12. Emphasizes the importance of the seventh Global Forum on Reinventing
Government, to be hosted by the United Nations in 2007, which will highlight the
importance of improving public administration in order to achieve the
internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development
Goals;
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Resolution 58/4, annex.
A/60/391, annex.