A/RES/57/7 United Nations in support of the efforts of African countries to achieve sustainable development, 2 Cognizant of the link between the priorities of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 3 in which the international community committed itself to addressing the special needs of Africa, and of the need to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including those set out in the Millennium Declaration, Mindful of the Brussels Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001–2010, 4 the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, 5 the Doha Ministerial Declaration, 6 the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development 7 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 8 Having considered the report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole of the General Assembly for the Final Review and Appraisal of the Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s, 9 Noting with satisfaction the contribution made by individual Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to the work of the Ad Hoc Committee, Also noting with satisfaction that the Group of Eight, at its summit meeting held at Kananaskis, Canada, in June 2002, devoted part of its deliberations to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, which resulted in the adoption of a Group of Eight action plan for Africa, I Final review and appraisal of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s 1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the final review and appraisal of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s, 10 in particular the lessons learned about the New Agenda, as well as recommendations and proposals on the modalities for the future engagement of the United Nations with the New Partnership for Africa’s Development; 1 2. Takes note of the report on the independent evaluation on the New Agenda; 11 _______________ 2 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/56/3/Rev.1), chap. III, para. 29. 3 See resolution 55/2. 4 A/CONF.191/11. 5 Resolution S-26/2, annex. 6 A/C.2/56/7, annex. 7 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. 8 Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–4 September 2002 (A/CONF.199/20), chap. I, resolution 2, annex. 9 See A/57/468 and Add.1. 10 A/57/156 and Corr.1. 11 A/AC.251/9. 2