Global partnership for development high-level international intergovernmental consideration of financing for development : — A/RES/52/179 | UN Mandate Registry
Global Partnership for Development High-Level International Intergovernmental Consideration of Financing for Development
Notes the need for systematic, comprehensive and integrated high-level international intergovernmental consideration of financing for development, with a view to creating a broader-based partnership for development;
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Also notes that various efforts have been undertaken both within and outside the United Nations system to address financing for development, and in that regard considers it important that efforts already undertaken and under way should contribute to the broader-based partnership for development;
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Stresses the need for a process that will take stock of various efforts undertaken both within and outside the United Nations system on financing for development in preparing for high-level international intergovernmental consideration;
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Decides to convene a resumed session of the Second Committee of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly for two days in order to solicit the views of Governments on the inputs required from a broad range of stakeholders, including actors both within and outside the United Nations system, as well as views on key elements that might be included in the consideration of the topic of financing for development, and to identify potential sources of such inputs;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General to ensure that the reports requested at the resumed session of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly are compiled and forwarded to Governments at the fifty-third session of the General Assembly, with an index report indicating recurring themes and key elements found therein, and also requests the Secretary-General to prepare a report to be submitted at the same time on the work of the United Nations to address financing for development;
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Also decides to create an ad hoc open-ended working group to work during the fifty-third session of the General Assembly in order to undertake an in-depth examination of all the inputs requested, with a view to formulating a report containing recommendations on the form, scope and agenda of the high-level international intergovernmental consideration of the topic of financing for development, which will be submitted to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session;
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Further decides to consider at the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly the convening, inter alia, of a summit, international conference, special session of the General Assembly or other appropriate high-level international intergovernmental forum on financing for development to further the global partnership for development, not later than the year 2001.
