Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic and social fields : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Emphasizes that each country has a primary responsibility for its own economic and social development and that the role of national policies and development strategies cannot be overemphasized; encourages and supports development frameworks initiated at the regional level; underlines that the inter-agency guidelines for operational activities for development of the UN system and the work of the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination and the UN Development Group should reflect the agreements and commitments reached at the major UN conferences and summits; affirms that the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organization have an important role to play in the implementation of the outcomes of the major UN conferences and summits; underlines the importance of the contribution of civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to the implementation of conference outcomes; emphasizes the importance of the simplification and harmonization of requests of the UN system for reports by Member States; decides to include in the annual agenda of the General Assembly an item entitled "Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major UN conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields"; decides that the Economic and Social Council should review by means of a cross-sectoral approach the progress made in the implementation of the outcomes of the major UN conferences and summits and their follow-up processes, and assess its impact on the achievement of the goals and targets of the conferences and summits; underlines that reports under the agenda items of the 2nd and 3rd Committees should continue to follow established reporting procedures, taking into account processes launched by General Assembly resolution 57/300 of 20 Dec. 2002

Adopted without vote, 91st plenary meeting

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