A/RES/54/203 Page 2 note of the final communiqué of the first meeting of the Patrons Group of Heads of State and Government of the Alliance for Africa’s Industrialization, adopted at Algiers on 13 July 1999,6 and the Conference on Industrial Partnerships and Investment in Africa, held at Dakar on 20 and 21 October 1999, Taking note of the statement of the Conference of African Ministers of Trade, held at Algiers in September 1999, to the Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization and resolution 2 (XIV) on the African common position on globalization, adopted by the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of African Ministers of Industry, held at Dakar on 22 and 23 October 1999,7 both of which recognize the critical need for support for African countries in addressing the supply-side constraints on their integration into the world economy, Recognizing the importance of industrialization as a key element in promoting sustained economic growth and sustainable development in Africa, in accordance with relevant General Assembly resolutions, as well as the outcomes of major United Nations conferences, and also its role in facilitating efforts for the eradication of poverty through, inter alia, promotion of competitiveness, productive employment, capacitybuilding, gender-mainstreaming and effective and efficient management systems, Recognizing also the commendable efforts of African countries to engage their respective private sectors in policy dialogue at the highest levels and to improve further the capacity of the private sector, including small and medium-sized enterprises, Recognizing further the need for African countries to continue their efforts to create a climate favourable to private sector development and foreign direct investment and also the commitment of African countries to using both human and financial resources more efficiently in the process of industrialization, and emphasizing the continuing need for the mobilization of adequate resources through domestic initiatives and international support, inter alia, through enhanced official development assistance, investment guarantees, debt-for-industrial development swaps, as appropriate, and enhanced market access, Welcoming the reform and revitalization of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, as well as its new approach of providing comprehensive packages of integrated services to promote sustainable industrial development in African countries and its approach to field activities through joint programming with the United Nations resident coordinator system in the United Nations Development Assistance Framework, where appropriate, and commending the United Nations Industrial Development Organization for initiating closer collaboration with the World Trade Organization, with the participation of their secretariats and the States Members of the United Nations and observer States, with a view to, inter alia, contributing to efforts towards enhancing market access, as appropriate, for African industrial products, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the programme for the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa (1993-2002);8 6 7 8 A/54/320, annex. See E/ECA/CAMI.14/99/10, annex IV. A/54/320. /...