Recognizes the importance of industrialization to the sustained growth and accelerated development of Africa;
3
Expresses disappointment that, despite the first Industrial Development Decade for Africa in the 1980s and the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa (1993–2002), limited progress has been made in the industrialization of Africa;
4
Decides to bring the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa to a close, and calls upon the international community, including the United Nations system, to channel its support for Africa’s industrialization effort within the framework of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development;3
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Requeststhe Secretary-General to include the topic of industrialization in Africa in his consolidated annual report to the General Assembly on the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development.
