New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support A/RES/71/320 Noting relevant forums such as the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation and its second high-level meeting, held in Nairobi from 28 November to 1 December 2016, Bearing in mind that African countries have primary responsibility for their own economic and social development and that the role of national policies and development strategies cannot be overemphasized, bearing in mind also the need for their development efforts to be supported by the international community and an enabling international economic environment, reiterating the need for the international community to implement all commitments regarding the economic and social development of Africa, and in this regard recalling the support giv en by the International Conference on Financing for Development to the New Partnership, 5 1. Welcomes the fourteenth consolidated report of the Secretary-General 6 and the second biennial report of the Secretary-General on the review of the implementation of the commitments made towards Africa’s development; 7 2. Reaffirms its full support for the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development; 8 3. Reaffirms the importance of supporting the African Union Agenda 2063 and its first 10-year implementation plan (2014–2023) and acknowledges the programme of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, both of which are integral to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 9 and offer an important opportunity for Africa to achieve inclusive and transformative development with equity, and underscores in this regard the importance of a coherent and coordinated implementation of Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda; 4. Recalls the adoption of General Assembly resolution 71/254 of 23 December 2016 on the Framework for a Renewed United Nations-African Union Partnership on Africa’s Integration and Development Agenda 2017–2027; 5. Welcomes the adoption by the General Assembly of resolution 70/293 of 25 July 2016 on the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa ( 2016–2025); 6. Reaffirms its commitment to the full implementation of the political declaration on Africa’s development needs, adopted at the high-level meeting on Africa’s development needs on 22 September 2008; 10 7. Recognizes the progress made in the implementation of the New Partnership as well as regional and international support for the New Partnership, while acknowledging that much needs to be done in its implementation; 8. Takes note of the declaration of the special summit of the African Union on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, held in Abuja from 12 to 1 6 July 2013, on the progress made in implementing the Abuja actions towards the elimination of HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Africa by 2030, also takes note of the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030, adopted on 8 June 2016 at _______________ 5 See Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico, 18–22 March 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolution 1, annex. 6 A/71/189. 7 A/71/203. 8 A/57/304, annex. 9 Resolution 70/1. 10 Resolution 63/1. 3/13