A/RES/69/313
Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference
on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa Action Agenda)
preserving access to financing resources under favourable conditions. We further
acknowledge that successful debt restructurings enhance the ability of countries to
achieve sustainable development and the sustainable development goals. We
continue to be concerned with non-cooperative creditors who have demonstrated
their ability to disrupt timely completion of the debt restructurings.
99. We recognize that important improvements have been made since Monterrey
in enhancing the processes for cooperative restructuring of sovereign obligations,
including in the Paris Club of official creditors and in the market acceptance of new
standard clauses of government bond contracts. However, we acknowledge the
existence of stocks of sovereign bonds without those collective action clauses. We
recognize that there is scope to improve the arrangements for coordination between
public and private sectors and between debtors and creditors, to minimize both
creditor and debtor moral hazards and to facilitate fair burden-sharing and an
orderly, timely and efficient restructuring that respects the principles of shared
responsibility. We take note of the ongoing work being carried out by IMF and the
United Nations system in this area. We recognize the recent “Paris Forum” initiative
by the Paris Club that aims to foster dialogue among sovereign creditors and debtors
on debt issues. We encourage efforts towards a durable solution to the debt problems
of developing countries to promote their economic growth and sustainable
development.
100. We are concerned by the ability of non-cooperative minority bondholders to
disrupt the will of the large majority of bondholders who accept a restructuring of a
debt-crisis country’s obligations, given the potential broader implications in other
countries. We note legislative steps taken by certain countries to prevent these
activities and encourage all Governments to take action, as appropriate.
Furthermore, we take note of discussions in the United Nations on debt issues. We
welcome the reforms to pari passu and collective action clauses proposed by the
International Capital Market Association, and endorsed by IMF, to reduce the
vulnerability of sovereigns to holdout creditors. We encourage countries,
particularly those issuing bonds under foreign law, to take further actions to include
those clauses in all their bond issuance. We also welcome provision of financial
support for legal assistance to least developed countries and commit to boosting
international support for advisory legal services. We will explore enhanced
international monitoring of litigation by creditors after debt restructuring.
101. We note the increased issuance of sovereign bonds in domestic currency under
national laws and the possibility of countries voluntarily strengthening domestic
legislation to reflect guiding principles for effective, timely, orderly and fair
resolution of sovereign debt crises.
102. We recognize that severe natural disasters and social or economic shocks can
undermine a country’s debt sustainability, and note that public creditors have taken
steps to ease debt repayment obligations through debt rescheduling and debt
cancellation following an earthquake, a tsunami and in the context of the Ebola
crisis in West Africa. We encourage consideration of further debt relief steps, where
appropriate, and/or other measures for countries affected in this regard, as feasible.
We also encourage the study of new financial instruments for developing countries,
particularly least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island
developing States experiencing debt distress, noting experiences of debt-to-health and
debt-to-nature swaps.
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