International financial system and development
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32. Emphasizes the relevance of inclusion in the international financial system
at all levels and the importance of considering financial inclusion as a policy objective
in financial regulation, in accordance with national priorities and legislation;
33. Reiterates that effective, inclusive multilateral surveillance should be at
the centre of crisis prevention efforts, stresses the need to continue to strengthen
surveillance of the financial policies of countries, and in this regard notes the current
efforts to update the surveillance approach of the International Monetar y Fund to
better integrate bilateral and multilateral surveillance, along with cross -border and
cross-sectoral linkages with macroeconomic and macroprudential policies, while
paying closer attention to the spillover effects from national economic and finan cial
policies on to the global economy;
34. Notes the potential for source countries of capital flows to use appropriate
combinations of macroeconomic, macroprudential and regulatory policies that avoid
excessive leverage and large international spillover s in the form of capital flow
volatility, while still meeting domestic macroeconomic objectives, encourages source
countries to consider such policies, and calls for greater macroeconomic coordination
among systemically important economies, which can also help to address global
financial market volatility;
35. Invites the international financial and banking institutions, in consultation
with national Governments, to develop tailored guidelines on how countries can
attract long-term international investments, guided by the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, in line with national plans and policies, and with a view to
minimizing the adverse effects of capital market volatility;
36. Reiterates the need to resolve to reduce mechanistic reliance on credit rating agency assessments, including in regulations, and to promote increased
competition as well as measures to avoid conflict of interest in the provision of credit
ratings;
37. Invites the international financial and banking institutions to continue t o
enhance the transparency and analytical rigour of risk-rating mechanisms, noting that
sovereign risk assessments should maximize the use of objective and transparent
parameters, which can be facilitated by high-quality data and analysis, and
encourages relevant institutions, including the United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development, to continue their work on the issue, including the potential impact
of the role played by private credit rating agencies on the development prospects of
developing countries, in accordance with their mandates;
38. Recommits itself to enabling women’s full and equal participation in the
economy and their equal access to decision-making processes and leadership;
39. Welcomes efforts by new development banks to develop safeguard systems
in open consultation with stakeholders on the basis of established international
standards, and encourages all development banks to establish or maintain social and
environmental safeguard systems, including on human rights, gender equality and
women’s empowerment, that are transparent, effective, efficient and time -sensitive;
40. Reiterates that States are strongly urged to refrain from promulgating and
applying any unilateral economic, financial or trade measures not in accordance with
international law and the Charter of the United Nations that impede the full
achievement of economic and social development, particularly in developing
countries;
41. Requests, in this regard, the Secretary-General to submit to the General
Assembly at its seventy-fifth session an action-oriented report on the implementation
of the present resolution with a particular focus on the decline in correspondent
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