Role of the United Nations in Promoting Development in the Context of Globalization and Interdependence

A/RES/54/231View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 104 Globalization and interdependence, published in 2000.

What other versions does this mandate have?

19 versions · 2000–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/216

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/216	Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence	3,361	88%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/175	Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence	3,150	62%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/228	Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence	2,175	62%Compare
2018	A/RES/72/227	Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence	1,959	24%Compare
2016	A/RES/70/211	Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence	560	25%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

8 reports · 2003–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/94	Sustainable development and globalization : long-term trends and challenges report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/216
2024	A/79/321	Fulfilling the promise of globalization : advancing sustainable development in an interconnected world report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/175
2019	A/74/239	Fulfilling the promise of globalization : advancing sustainable development in an interconnected world report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/227
2017	A/72/301	Fulfilling the promise of globalization : advancing sustainable development in an interconnected world report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/211
2009	A/64/310	Globalization and interdependence role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence : report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/63/222

What subjects does this mandate have?

16 subjects

Africa Bretton Woods Institutions Capacity Building Communication Technology Conferences Cooperation Between Organizations Decision-Making Development Policy Extrabudgetary Financing Globalization Information Technology Interdependence International Economic Relations Poverty Mitigation Sustainable Development Technology Transfer

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that the United Nations has a central role to play in promoting international cooperation for development and in promoting greater policy coherence on global development issues, including in the context of globalization and interdependence;

Strongly stresses that the United Nations, the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organization should intensify their collaboration, as appropriate, in promoting policy coherence, complementarity and coordination on economic, financial, trade and development issues at the global level, which should aim at optimizing the benefits and minimizing the negative consequences of globalization, liberalization and interdependence, taking into account the specific vulnerabilities, concerns and needs of developing countries;

Calls for increased international cooperation to address the challenges of globalization through the enhanced participation of developing countries in the international economic policy decision-making process; integrated consideration of trade, finance, technology transfer and development issues by the relevant international institutions; and the continuation of a wide range of reforms of the international financial system;

Calls upon all countries, in particular the major developed economies, to enhance coherence among their financial, trade and development cooperation policies, with a view to creating an enabling international economic environment supportive of development, in particular of developing countries;

Stresses the importance, at the national level, of maintaining sound macroeconomic policies and developing effective institutional and regulatory frameworks and human resources, so as to realize the mutually reinforcing objectives of poverty eradication and development, including through national poverty reduction strategies and enhanced policy coherence;

Urges the international community to promote international development cooperation aimed at enhancing the participation of developing countries in the globalizing world economy;

Also urges the international community to adopt policies that promote equity in finance, trade and transfer of technology and address the problems of developing countries in the areas of external debt and transfer of resources, financial vulnerability, declining terms of trade and market access;

Welcomes the efforts of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the International Trade Centre and other multilateral and bilateral efforts to help developing countries, including landlocked developing countries, small island developing States and, in particular, African countries and the least developed countries, in addressing their specific concerns within the globalizing economy, in particular through technology-related assistance in the fields of trade and policy, in the improvement of trade efficiency and policies and trade in services, and in electronic commerce;

Emphasizes the importance of recognizing and addressing the specific concerns of countries with economies in transition so as to help them to benefit from globalization with a view to their full integration into the world economy;

Strongly underlines the importance of an enabling environment for investment, in particular foreign direct investment, and of market access, governance responsive to the needs of the people based on efficient, participatory, transparent and accountable public service, policy-making processes and administration, an increase in the volume and effectiveness of official development assistance, tackling unsustainable debt burdens, including debt conversion measures and flexibility in the implementation of the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative and, as recommended in the report of the Secretary-General,⁵ support for regional cooperation and integration as priority areas that need to be addressed in order to achieve sustainable development in African countries and to encourage the participation of all African countries in the global economy;

⁵A/52/871-S/1998/318; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-third Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1998, document S/1998/318.

Emphasizes the technology-led dimension of globalization and the importance of facilitating access to and transfer of information and communication technology and corresponding knowledge, in particular to developing countries, on favourable terms, including concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed, taking into account the need to protect intellectual property rights, as well as the special needs of developing countries, to enable them to benefit from globalization through full and effective integration into the emerging global information network;

Strongly emphasizes the need for the regional and national capacity-building programmes of the United Nations system, the regional commissions, United Nations funds and programmes and the specialized agencies to have a strong component oriented towards assisting developing countries, as well as countries with economies in transition, in the area of information and communication technology;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare, in close collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and in consultation with other relevant organizations, a comprehensive report containing action-oriented recommendations on promoting further the role of the United Nations system in the transfer of information and communication technology to developing countries and also on its role in promoting policy coherence, complementarity and coordination on economic, financial, trade, technology and development issues at the global level in order to optimize the benefits of globalization;

Also requests the Secretary-General to convene, if possible, from extrabudgetary resources, a meeting of a high-level panel of experts on information and communication technology, taking into account equitable geographical representation, and in consultation with Member States, to prepare a report, to be made available in early June 2000, containing recommendations on the role of the United Nations in enhancing the integration of developing countries in the emerging global information network, facilitating access for developing countries to information and communication technology, including access on preferential and concessional terms, where appropriate, and promoting the participation of developing countries, including through infrastructure facilities, in knowledge-intensive sectors of the global economy;

Invites countries, and other relevant entities in a position to do so, to provide the necessary extrabudgetary resources for the convening of the high-level panel;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session the item entitled “Globalization and interdependence”.

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