United Nations
A/RES/58/76
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 January 2004
Fifty-eighth session
Agenda item 151
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2003
[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/58/513)]
58/76. Model Legislative Provisions on Privately Financed
Infrastructure Projects of the United Nations Commission
on International Trade Law
The General Assembly,
Bearing in mind the role of public-private partnerships to improve the
provision and sound management of infrastructure and public services in the interest
of sustainable economic and social development,
Recognizing the need to provide an enabling environment that both encourages
private investment in infrastructure and takes into account the public interest
concerns of the country,
Emphasizing the importance of efficient and transparent procedures for the
award of privately financed infrastructure projects,
Stressing the desirability of facilitating project implementation by rules that
enhance transparency, fairness and long-term sustainability and remove undesirable
restrictions on private sector participation in infrastructure development and
operation,
Recalling the valuable guidance that the United Nations Commission on
International Trade Law has provided to Member States towards the establishment
of a favourable legislative framework for private participation in infrastructure
development through the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Privately Financed
Infrastructure Projects, 1
Believing that the Model Legislative Provisions on Privately Financed
Infrastructure Projects of the United Nations Commission on International Trade
Law will be of further assistance to States, in particular developing countries, in
promoting good governance and establishing an appropriate legislative framework
for such projects,
Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Commission on
1.
International Trade Law for the completion and adoption of the Model Legislative
Provisions on Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects, the text of which is
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