A/RES/69/210
Entrepreneurship for development
Recalling the Istanbul Declaration and Programme of Action for the Least
Developed Countries for the Decade 2011–2020,8
Recalling also the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action9 and the agreed
conclusions adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-eighth
session, 10 and stressing that women, particularly in developing countries, are
important drivers of entrepreneurship,
Taking note of the ministerial declaration adopted at the high-level segment of
the substantive session of 2012 of the Economic and Social Council, entitled
“Promoting productive capacity, employment and decent work to eradicate poverty
in the context of inclusive, sustainable and equitable economic growth at all levels
for achieving the Millennium Development Goals”,11
Welcoming the contribution of all relevant stakeholders, including the private
sector, non-governmental organizations and civil society, to the implementation of
the outcomes of the United Nations conferences and summits and their reviews in
the economic, social, environmental and related fields, as well as the realization of
the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium
Development Goals,
Recognizing the important contribution entrepreneurship can make to
sustainable development by creating jobs and driving economic growth and
innovation, improving social conditions and contributing to addressing
environmental challenges, and stressing the importance of giving appropriate
consideration to the promotion of entrepreneurship in the context of the discussions
on the post-2015 development agenda,
Recognizing also the importance of developing comprehensive and comparable
data to monitor progress in the implementation of entrepreneurship policies,
1.
Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General;12
2.
Emphasizes the need for improved regulatory environments and policy
initiatives that promote entrepreneurship and foster small and medium-sized
enterprises, as well as microenterprises, and stresses the positive role
entrepreneurship plays in driving job creation and expanding opportunities for all,
including for women and youth;
3.
Encourages Governments to take a coordinated and inclusive approach to
promoting entrepreneurship involving all stakeholders, while noting initiatives of
civil society, academia and the private sector as important entrepreneurship drivers,
and to develop policies, taking into account national priorities and circumstances,
that address the legal, social and regulatory barriers to equal, effective economic
participation, and stresses the need for a comprehensive approach to
entrepreneurship that includes support from development partners in the areas of
technology transfer on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential
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8
Report of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Istanbul, Turkey, 9–
13 May 2011 (A/CONF.219/7), chap. I and II.
9
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.
10
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2014, Supplement No. 7 (E/2014/27), chap. I,
sect. A.
11
E/HLS/2012/1.
12
A/69/320.
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