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poverty eradication and the promotion of all human rights, including the right to
development, for achieving sustained economic growth and sustainable development
in accordance with relevant General Assembly resolutions and recent United
Nations conferences, and stressing the need for those activities to be undertaken at
the request of interested recipient Governments strictly within the respective
mandates of the United Nations funds and programmes, which should receive
increased contributions from donor countries,
Recognizing that the transition from relief to development represents a
complex challenge as regards the universal achievement of the MDGs, 2
Reiterating that developing countries are responsible for their own
development processes, and in this context stressing the responsibility of the
international community, in partnership, in assisting developing countries in their
national development efforts,
Recognizing that the United Nations development system should take into
account the specific needs and requirements of the countries with economies in
transition and other recipient countries,
Recognizing also that new technologies, including information and
communication technologies, present an opportunity to accelerate development,
especially in developing countries, and noting that the access to those technologies
is uneven and that a digital divide still prevails,
Reaffirming the need to ensure, in a coherent and timely manner, the full
implementation of all the elements of its resolutions 44/211, 47/199, 50/120, 53/192
and 56/201 and the parts of its resolution 52/12 B relevant to operational activities
for development, which should be considered an integral part of the present
resolution,
Reiterating the importance of the development of national capacities to
eradicate poverty and pursue sustained economic growth and sustainable
development as a central goal of the development cooperation of the United Nations
system,
Recognizing that new trends in development assistance, including sector-wide
approaches and budget support, pose challenges to the United Nations, and stressing
that the United Nations has a role to play in assisting developing countries to
manage the new aid modalities,
Noting the advances that the United Nations development system is making in
the area of coordination, including in the implementation of resolution 56/201,
Encouraging the governing bodies of United Nations agencies, funds and
programmes to ensure that gender perspectives are integrated into all aspects of
their monitoring functions in relation to policies and strategies, medium-term plans,
multi-year funding frameworks and operational activities, including those relating to
the implementation of the Millennium Declaration and the outcomes of major
United Nations conferences and summits in the economic and social fields,
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The internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration.