Towards Global Partnerships

A/RES/66/223View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 26 Towards global partnerships, published in 2011.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 2001–2012

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2012	A/RES/66/223	Towards global partnerships	1,879	34%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/223	Towards global partnerships	2,383	67%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/211	Towards global partnerships	1,760	68%Compare
2006	A/RES/60/215	Towards global partnerships	1,652	35%Compare
2004	A/RES/58/129	Towards global partnerships	1,329	34%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

6 reports · 2003–2013

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2013	A/68/326	Enhanced cooperation between the United Nations and all relevant partners, in particular the private sector report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/66/223
2011	A/66/320	Enhanced cooperation between the United Nations and all relevant partners, in particular the private sector report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/64/223
2009	A/64/337	Enhanced cooperation between the United Nations and all relevant partners, in particular the private sector report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/62/211
2007	A/62/341	Enhanced cooperation between the United Nations and all relevant partners, in particular the private sector report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/215
2005	A/60/214	Enhanced cooperation between the United Nations and all relevant partners, in particular the private sector report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/58/129

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Accountability Cooperation Between Organizations Corporate Social Responsibility Development Strategies Empowerment Executive Advisory Bodies Gender Equality Partnership Principles Private Sector

What’s in this document?

21 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General,⁶ the report of the Joint Inspection Unit⁷ and the comments of the Secretary-General thereon;⁸

⁶A/66/320.

⁷See A/66/137 and Corr.1.

⁸A/66/137/Add.1.

Stresses that partnerships are voluntary and collaborative relationships between various parties, both public and non-public, in which all participants agree to work together to achieve a common purpose or undertake a specific task and, as mutually agreed, to share risks and responsibilities, resources and benefits;

Also stresses the importance of the contribution of voluntary partnerships to the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, while reiterating that they are a complement to, but not intended to substitute for, the commitment made by Governments with a view to achieving those goals;

Further stresses that partnerships should be consistent with national laws and national development strategies and plans, as well as the priorities of countries where they are implemented, bearing in mind the relevant guidance provided by Governments;

Emphasizes the vital role played by Governments in promoting responsible business practices, including providing the necessary legal and regulatory frameworks, where appropriate, and invites them to continue to provide support to United Nations efforts to engage with the private sector, as appropriate and bearing in mind the activities undertaken by the United Nations Global Compact Local Networks;

Recognizes the vital role that the private sector plays in development, including through engaging in various partnership models and by generating decent employment and investment, giving access to and developing new technologies, as well as stimulating sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth, while bearing in mind the need to ensure that their activities conform fully with the principle of national ownership of development strategies;

Also recognizes the need for effective accountability and transparency in the implementation of such public-private partnerships by the United Nations;

Calls upon the international community to continue to promote multi-stakeholder approaches in addressing the challenges of development in the context of globalization;

Encourages the United Nations system to continue to develop, for those partnerships in which it participates, a common and systemic approach, which places greater emphasis on impact, transparency, coherence, accountability and sustainability, without imposing undue rigidity in partnership agreements, and with due consideration being given to the following partnership principles: common purpose, transparency, bestowing no unfair advantages upon any partner of the United Nations, mutual benefit and mutual respect, accountability, respect for the modalities of the United Nations, striving for balanced representation of relevant partners from developed and developing countries and countries with economies in transition, sectoral and geographic balance, and not compromising the independence and neutrality of the United Nations;

Also encourages the United Nations system to continue to find innovative and additional ways to achieve lasting impact by identifying and replicating successful partnership models and pursuing new forms of collaboration;

Requests the United Nations Global Compact Local Networks to promote the Women’s Empowerment Principles and to create awareness of the many ways in which business can promote gender equality in the workplace, marketplace and community;

Underlines, in this context, the importance of integrity measures as taken and advocated by the United Nations Global Compact;

Requests the Secretary-General to promote effective implementation of the revised United Nations guidelines for partnerships between the United Nations and the private sector, including through the effective implementation of the revised Guidelines on Cooperation between the United Nations and the Business Sector, thus promoting a culture of transparency and performance, and invites the Secretary-General to create an internal advisory group in the Secretariat, which will use innovative and cost-effective working methods to ensure coherent brand management across the United Nations and to make recommendations on partnership best practices and lessons learned;

Invites the United Nations system, when considering partnerships, to seek to engage in a more coherent manner with private sector entities, including small and medium-sized enterprises, that support the core values of the United Nations as reflected in the Charter and other relevant conventions and treaties and that commit to the principles of the United Nations Global Compact by translating them into operational corporate policies, codes of conduct and management, monitoring and reporting systems;

Encourages the international community to strengthen global partnerships for the integration and implementation of the International Labour Organization Global Jobs Pact in partnerships, in accordance with national plans and priorities;

Takes note with appreciation of the convening of an annual United Nations Private Sector Forum since 2008;

Also takes note with appreciation of the introduction of the private sector track at the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 9 to 13 May 2011;

Recognizes the work of the United Nations Global Compact Local Networks, as well as the importance of cooperation between the United Nations system at the local level and the United Nations Global Compact Local Networks, to support, as appropriate and in a manner complementary to existing networks, the coordination and application of global partnerships locally;

Acknowledges the holding of annual meetings of United Nations system private sector focal points, which bring together United Nations entities to share best practices and lessons learned in order to improve partnerships and create conditions for effective scaling up;

Notes the progress made in further facilitating the collaboration between the United Nations and the private sector and enhancing transparency by the launching of the United Nations business website,⁹ which links private sector resources with the needs of the United Nations system;

⁹See business.un.org.

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session a report on specific progress on integrity measures, on the implementation of the revised United Nations guidelines for partnerships between the United Nations and the private sector and on the strengthening of the United Nations Global Compact Local Networks.

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