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Recognizing also that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent
and interrelated,
Recognizing further that an enabling economic environment should, inter alia,
foster a dynamic and well-functioning business sector and include efforts to further
promote good corporate and public-sector governance, to combat corruption in the
public and private sectors and to promote the strengthening of and respect for the
rule of law,
Noting that particular attention must be given, in the context of globalization,
to the objective of protecting, promoting and enhancing the rights and welfare of
women and girls, as stated in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 3
Noting also that an overall commitment to multiculturalism helps to provide an
environment for preventing and combating discrimination and promoting solidarity
and tolerance in our societies,
Noting further the ongoing work on cultural diversity in the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,
Reaffirming the commitment to eradicate poverty and hunger and promote
sustained economic growth, sustainable development and global prosperity for all
and to promote the development of the productive sectors in developing countries to
enable them to participate more effectively in and benefit from the process of
globalization,
Reaffirming also its strong support for fair globalization and its resolve to
make the goals of full and productive employment and decent work for all,
including women and young people, a central objective of relevant national and
international policies as well as national development strategies, including poverty
reduction strategies, as part of the efforts to achieve the Millennium Development
Goals, and that these measures should also encompass the elimination of the worst
forms of child labour, as defined in International Labour Organization Convention
No. 182, and forced labour, and resolving to ensure full respect for the fundamental
principles and rights at work,
Reaffirming further the commitment to broaden and strengthen the
participation of developing countries and countries with economies in transition in
international economic decision-making and norm-setting, and to that end stressing
the importance of continuing efforts to reform the international financial
architecture, and noting that enhancing the voice and participation of developing
countries and countries with economies in transition in the Bretton Woods
institutions is a continuing concern,
Reaffirming its commitment to governance, equity and transparency in the
financial, monetary and trading systems and its commitment to open, equitable, rulebased, predictable and non-discriminatory multilateral trading and financial
systems,
1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 4
2.
Reaffirms the need for the United Nations to play a fundamental role in
the promotion of international cooperation for development and the coherence,
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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.
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A/60/322.
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