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manifested in several documents, especially the Declaration on International
Economic Cooperation, in particular the Revitalization of Economic Growth and
Development of the Developing Countries, 1/ the International Development
Strategy for the Fourth United Nations Development Decade, 2/ the Declaration
on the Right to Development, 3/ the United Nations New Agenda for the
Development of Africa in the 1990s, 4/ the Programme of Action for the Least
Developed Countries for the 1990s, 5/ the Cartagena Commitment, 6/ the Rio
Declaration on Environment and Development 7/ and Agenda 21, 8/
Also convinced of the importance of continuing to build upon the spirit
of cooperation and partnership for development through constructive dialogue
among all countries, in particular between the developed and developing
countries, for the purpose of promoting an international economic environment
conducive to sustainable development,
1.
Reaffirms the need to strengthen constructive dialogue and
partnership in order to promote further international economic cooperation for
development;
2.
Also reaffirms that such a dialogue should be conducted in
response to the imperatives of mutual interests and benefits, genuine
interdependence, shared responsibilities and the partnership for sustainable
development as established at the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development, 9/ and that the United Nations system should play a central role
in facilitating such a dialogue;
3.
Further reaffirms that the United Nations has a central role to
play in promoting international cooperation for development and in bringing
development issues to the attention of the international community;
4.
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly
at its forty-ninth session an analysis and recommendations on ways and means
to promote such a dialogue, reflecting the ongoing work on an agenda for
development and taking into account the progress achieved in fulfilment of the
commitment referred to in the eighth preambular paragraph above.
86th plenary meeting
21 December 1993
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9/ Ibid., vol. I: Resolutions adopted by the Conference, vol. II:
Proceedings of the Conference, and vol. III: Statements made by Heads of State
or Government at the Summit Segment of the Conference.