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Code: Committee: The Economic and Social Council Subject: Evaluating the Progress and Projections of the Millennium Development Goals

Sponsors: China; Norway; Republic of Korea; United States of America; Signatures: Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Estonia, Egypt, France, Ghana, India, Italy, Japan, Malta, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Rwanda

Reaffirming Chapter 1, Article 1 in Charter of the United Nations, to promote and encourage respect for human 1 rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion, 2 3 Guided by the United Nations Millennium Declaration (A/RES/55/2) which sets the basic principles and ideals for 4 the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 5 6 Acknowledging the efforts of United Nations agencies inter alia the United Nations Development Programme 7 (UNDP), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the United 8 Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 9 10 Reaffirming its coordinate assistances and staunch supports on the implementation for relative regional and sub-11 regional partnership inter alia the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), New 12 Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the Group of 8 (G8), 13 14 Recalling previous resolution A/RES/65/1 which highlighted the significant role of South-South cooperation in 15 accelerating the progress in the implementation of MDGs 16 17 Recalling key reports from the ECOSOC Commission for Africa including E/ECA/COE/27/10, E/ECA/COE/28/8, 18 E/ECA/COE/29/15 and E/ECA/COE/30/9 which pointed out that despite the progress in combating HIV/AIDS and 19 tuberculosis, women empowerment and universal education, progress in the key areas of poverty reduction, 20 employment and most health-related goals remain disappointing, 21 22 Showing concern with African states, in particular the states in the Sub-Saharan African region, together with small 23 islands developing states, landlocked developing countries and least developed countries, still lag behind the process 24 towards fully implementing the MDGs, 25 26 Recognizing the additional efforts states in Africa need as well as assistance from the international community to 27 facilitate those states fulfilling their commitments to the MDGs, 28 29 Recognizing also the urgent need to involve global partnership on the implementation inter alia non-governmental 30 organizations, civil society organizations and the private sector, 31 32 Recognizing also the private sector as an effective source for accelerating the implementation of the MDGs, 33 34 2

Keeping in mind that all states in need of financial assistance should be evaluated by humanitarian and political 35 factors to receive such assistance, particularly assistance that addresses the eradication of poverty and the 36 advancement of the MDGs 37 38 Recalling Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and Accra Agenda for Action, which highlighted the importance of 39 monitoring the use of aid, 40 41 Recalling also previous outcomes of G8 summits which mainly focus on elevating its aid to Africa and debt 42 cancelling, 43 44 Recognizing the critical influence the MDG Acceleration Framework may impose on pressing Member States to 45 fulfill their commitments and enhancing partnership between developing countries and developed countries in the 46 implementation of the MDGs, 47 48 Recognizing also the economic and social imbalance that still exists between rural and urban areas, which is 49 extremely significant in developing countries in Africa and South Asia, 50 51 Taking note of the Millennium Development Goals Report 2011 by Secretariat-General (A/64/665), 52 53 The Economic and Social Council, 54 55 1. Recommends developed countries to fulfill their monetary commitments, which is of crucial importance on 56

achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),including: 57 a) Recommending fulfillment of commitments by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per 58 cent of gross national product (GNP) for official development assistance (ODA) to developing countries by 59 2015, 60 b) Realizing the target of 0.15 to 0.20 percent of GNP for ODA to least developed countries, Which is 61 sufficient for these countries most likely to lag behind to achieve the goals, 62 c) Suggesting member states comply with the Doha Development Agenda, in reviewing barriers set on 63 agricultural export or any other method with the same effect, 64 d) Providing, according to the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration, all least developed countries with duty-free 65 and quota-free market access to facilitate their economic development; 66 e) Recommending OECD members to fulfill some of their ODA commitments in an alternative form of 67 fostering private investment, technology transfer; 68 69 2. Welcomes broader partnerships with the private sector to better achieve the Millennium Development Goals 70 through aspects including: 71 a) Encouraging policies that encourage public-private corporation to provide more job opportunities to 72 alleviate the unemployment situation, particular under the recovery from the financial crisis, 73 b) Creating an enabling investment climate for private sectors to effectively promote development in 74 developing countries through creating jobs and providing taxes, 75 c) Providing a platform under the framework of New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) to give 76 impetus for private sectors to effectively join the implementation of MDGs and offer targeted help for least 77 developed countries, 78 d) Provide assistance for job-intensive industries in developing countries to promote productive employment, 79 e) Recommending member states to launch an initiative to provide some baselines on salaries, social welfare 80 to guarantee employment opportunities, 81 f) Welcoming the involvement from the private-sector in the field of infrastructure building; 82 83 3. Endorses the use of an internationally coordinated initiative that seeks connection between those states that 84 provide ODA and financial capabilities and those that need financial developmental assistance the greatest in an 85 equal and non-discriminatory fashion; 86 87 4. Notes that the Development Cooperation Forum will produce the international cooperative partnership schematic 88 of Member states, with the intention that every recipient-state(s) that needs financial assistance is matched with a 89 donor-state, as based on the following criteria: 90