UN General Assembly
2011

specific measures to realize growth that embraces developing countries as partners. As a member of the G-20, the Republic of Korea will faithfully and actively implement those measures. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), championed by the United Nations, constitute another important agenda that pursues shared growth between developed and developing nations. The Government of the Republic of Korea will be an active participant in international development cooperation as pursued by the MDGs. We will faithfully implement our plan to double our current level of official development assistance by 2015 and, drawing wisdom from our past experience, will assist developing countries in ways to build capacity to achieve genuine growth on their own. 11-50692 34 I hope that the fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness to be held in Busan in November this year will provide a valuable opportunity to set a new global cooperation paradigm and partnership to effectively address new changes and challenges in international development cooperation. The cost of reckless economic growth that ignores environmental warnings will be beyond imagination. The rise in the Earth’s temperature due to