New Partnership for Africa's Development : progress in implementation and international support : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Reaffirms its full support for the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa's Development; urges continued attention to the need to continue to take measures to address the challenges of poverty eradication and sustainable development in Africa, including, as appropriate, debt relief, improved market access, support for the private sector and entrepreneurship, enhanced official development assistance and increased flows of foreign direct investment, as well as transfer of technology; requests the UN system to continue to provide assistance to the secretariat of the New Partnership and to African countries in developing projects and programmes within the scope of the priorities of the New Partnership; urges the Commission for Social Development and the Commission on the Status of Women to give prominence to the New Partnership in future priority themes; requests the Secretary-General to continue to take measures to strengthen the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa in order to enable it to effectively fulfil its mandate; also requests the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its 60th session on the basis of inputs from Governments, organizations of the UN system and other stakeholders in the New Partnership, such as the private sector and civil society.

Adopted without vote, 76th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 59th sess., Suppl. no. 49.