Development Cooperation with Middle-Income Countries

A/RES/64/208View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 55a Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence, published in 2010.

What other versions does this mandate have?

10 versions · 2009–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/149

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/149	Development cooperation with middle-income countries	4,713	72%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/162	Development cooperation with middle-income countries	4,472	76%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/215	Development cooperation with middle-income countries	3,840	78%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/231	Development cooperation with middle-income countries	3,154	61%Compare
2018	A/RES/72/230	Development cooperation with middle-income countries	2,748	58%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

9 reports · 2009–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/418	Development cooperation with middle-income countries report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/162
2023	A/78/224	Development cooperation with middle-income countries report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/215
2021	A/76/375	Development cooperation with middle-income countries report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/231
2019	A/74/269	Development cooperation with middle-income countries report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/230
2017	A/72/329	Development cooperation with middle-income countries report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/215

What subjects does this mandate have?

16 subjects

Aid Coordination Capacity Building Debt Management Development Assistance Development Strategies Economic Cooperation Economic Cooperation Among Developing Countries Economic Crisis Economic Development Financial Crisis Information Exchange International Financial Institutions Newly Industrialized Countries Regional Organizations Technical Cooperation Technology Transfer

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;⁸

⁸A/64/253.

Recognizes that middle-income countries still face significant challenges in their efforts to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and in that regard underlines the importance of international support, through various forms, that is well aligned with national priorities to address the development needs of middle-income countries;

Acknowledges the efforts made and successes achieved by many middle-income countries to eradicate poverty and achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, as well as their significant contribution to global and regional development and economic stability;

Also acknowledges that good governance and the rule of law at the national and international levels are essential for sustained economic growth, sustainable development and the eradication of poverty and hunger;

Recognizes the solidarity of middle-income countries with other developing countries with a view to supporting their development efforts, including in the context of South-South and triangular cooperation;

Invites the United Nations development system, in particular the funds and programmes, and at the regional level, in accordance with their respective mandates, to improve support, as appropriate, to middle-income countries and to improve coordination and exchange of experiences with other international organizations, international financial institutions and regional organizations in this field as well as to align the programming of its activities more closely with national development strategies while targeting specific existing and emerging needs of middle-income countries;

Invites the international community, including international financial institutions, to further strengthen their support to the development efforts of middle-income countries through targeted technical assistance, provision of resources, technology transfer and capacity-building, as appropriate, while taking into account their national priorities and development policies;

Acknowledges that official development assistance is still essential for a number of middle-income countries and that it has a role to play in targeted areas, taking into account the needs and domestic resources of these countries;

Calls upon the international community to continue to further undertake timely, appropriate and targeted measures to address the new and additional challenges that the current economic and financial crisis has imposed on middle-income countries, on a case-by-case basis, based on the specific needs and national priorities of each of those countries;

Underlines the need for sustained efforts towards achieving debt sustainability in middle-income countries in order to avoid a debt crisis, and to that end notes and encourages further efforts by international financial institutions to enhance facilities for them;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, and decides to include in its provisional agenda, under the item entitled “Globalization and interdependence”, a sub-item entitled “Development cooperation with middle-income countries”.

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