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11. Underlines the importance of the transparency and involvement of debtor countries in any review
and analysis that is conducted during the adjustment period;
12. Welcomes the implementation since 1994 by the Paris Club of the Naples terms as well as the
decision to go beyond the Naples terms to provide debt reduction for eligible countries, in particular the
poorest and most heavily indebted countries, and invites all other bilateral, multilateral and commercial
creditors to make an appropriate and consistent contribution to the common objective of debt sustainability;
13. Invites creditor countries, private banks and multilateral financial institutions, within their
prerogatives, to continue the initiatives and efforts to address the commercial debt problems of the least
developed countries and the requests for continued mobilization of resources through the Debt-reduction
Facility of the International Development Association in order to help eligible least developed countries
reduce their commercial debt;
14. Recognizes the efforts of indebted developing countries in regard to fulfilling their commitments
on debt servicing despite the high social cost incurred and, in this regard, encourages private creditors and,
in particular, commercial banks to continue their initiatives and efforts to address the commercial debt
problems of middle-income developing countries;
15. Stresses the urgent need to continue to provide social safety nets to vulnerable groups most
adversely affected by the implementation of economic reform programmes in debtor countries, in particular
low-income groups;
16. Notes with concern the continuing burden of debt and debt-service obligations of middle-income
developing countries, including in particular those in Africa, and encourages creditors, including multilateral
financial institutions and commercial banks, to continue to support those countries in addressing these
obligations effectively;
17. Expresses strong support for the continuation of Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility operations,
and stresses the need to find consensus regarding its funding modalities in the interim period 2001-2004, and
in this regard invites the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund to consider concrete measures
in order to generate funds that can be used for this purpose;
18. Stresses the need for further efforts of all donors to secure adequate funding for the eleventh
replenishment of the International Development Association in accordance with the agreed timetable and the
need to start negotiations, at an appropriate time, for an adequate twelfth replenishment of the Association
to a level commensurate with the needs of the poorest countries;
19. Reaffirms the Mid-term Global Review of Progress towards the Implementation of the Programme
of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s,6 in particular the appropriate actions in favour
of those countries concerning their official bilateral commercial and multilateral debt;
20. Stresses the need for new financial flows to debtor developing countries from all sources, in
addition to debt-relief measures that include debt and debt-service reduction, and urges creditor countries and
multilateral financial institutions to continue to extend concessional financial assistance, particularly to the
least developed countries, in order to support the implementation of economic reforms and stabilization and
structural adjustment programmes by the developing countries that will enable them to extricate themselves
from the debt overhang and attract new investment and to assist them in achieving sustained economic growth
and sustainable development, in accordance with the relevant General Assembly resolutions and recent United
Nations conferences, and the eradication of poverty;
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