GEN

Underlines the fact that each country has the primary responsibility for its own sustainable development and poverty eradication; resolves to continue to support the development efforts of middle-income developing countries to help them meet, inter alia, their financial, technical and technological requirements; also resolves to address the development needs of low-income developing countries to help them meet, inter alia, their financial, technical and technological requirements; resolves to operationalize the World Solidarity Fund established by the General Assembly, and invites Member States, international organizations, the private sector, relevant institutions, foundations and individuals in a position to do so to make voluntary contributions to the Fund; resolves to promote a comprehensive and durable solution to the external debt problems of African countries, including through the cancellation of 100 per cent of multilateral debt consistent with the recent Group of Eight proposal for the heavily indebted poor countries.

Adopted without vote, 68th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 60th sess., Suppl. no. 49.