A/RES/57/7
prejudging the outcome of the negotiations of the World Trade Organization, and
also within the framework of preferential agreements, and in this regard calls upon
developed countries to assist African countries in improving their capacity,
including by the removal of supply-side constraints and the promotion of
diversification, which is critical to enabling them to take full advantage of such
opportunities, taking into account the need to provide market access for developing
countries;
19. Calls upon developed countries that have not yet done so to work
towards the objective of duty-free and quota-free access for all exports of the least
developed countries, as envisaged in the Programme of Action for the Least
Developed Countries for the Decade 2001–2010;
20. Also calls upon developed countries to encourage and facilitate
investment by their private sectors in Africa, to help African countries to attract
investments and promote policies conducive to attracting investment, to encourage
and facilitate the transfer of the technology needed to African countries on
favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually
agreed, and to assist in building human and institutional capacities for the
implementation of the New Partnership consistent with its priorities and objectives;
21. Further calls upon developed countries to channel financial, technical
and other types of resources towards the priorities of the New Partnership, in
particular infrastructural development, health services, education, water and
agriculture, in accordance with the priorities determined by each African country,
and to explore ways of generating new public and private innovative sources of
finance for development purposes, provided that those sources do not unduly burden
developing countries, particularly in Africa, and in this regard notes the proposal for
the use of special drawing rights allocations for development purposes;
22. Recognizes the importance of South-South cooperation and the
contribution that it can make to the implementation of the New Partnership,
encourages in this regard other partners to support this type of cooperation,
including, as appropriate, through triangular cooperation, and considers that SouthSouth cooperation should be viewed not as a substitute for, but rather as a
complement to, the support provided by developed countries;
23. Calls upon the private sector and civil society outside Africa to
participate in and contribute to the implementation of the New Partnership in all its
aspects, including through effective partnerships between the public and private
sectors;
24. Calls upon the United Nations system, within respective mandates, to
align its activities in Africa with the priorities of the New Partnership, in accordance
with the priorities determined by each African country, and urges the scaling up of
resources for this purpose;
25. Also calls upon the United Nations system to enhance its advocacy role
and public information activities in support of Africa’s development;
26. Urges the United Nations system, in coordinating its activities at the
national, regional and global levels, to foster a coherent response, including through
close collaboration with bilateral donors in the implementation of the New
Partnership in response to the needs of individual countries within the larger
framework of the New Partnership;
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