Resolution adopted by the General Assembly  on 3 September 2020          [without reference to a Main Committee (A/74/L.68/Rev.1 and  A/74/L.68/Rev.1/Add.1)]       74/301. New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in  implementation and international support        The General Assembly,    Recalling its resolution 57/2 of 16 September 2002 on the United Nations  Declaration on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development,    Recalling also its resolution 57/7 of 4 November 2002 on the final review and  appraisal of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the  1990s and support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and all its  subsequent resolutions, including resolution 73/335 of 10 September 2019, entitled  “New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and  international support”,    Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming  our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, in which it adopted a  comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative  Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to working tirelessly for  the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recognition that eradicating poverty  in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global  challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its  commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic,  social and environmental – in a balanced and integrated manner, and to building upon  the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and seeking to address their  unfinished business,   A/RES/74/301  New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress  in implementation and international support   20-11526 2/11      Reaffirming also its resolution 69/313 of 27 July 2015, entitled “Addis Ababa  Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development  (Addis Ababa Action Agenda)”, which is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for  Sustainable Development, supports and complements it, helps to contextualize its  means of implementation targets with concrete policies and actions, and reaffirms the  strong political commitment to address the challenge of financing and creating an  enabling environment at all levels for sustainable development in the spirit of global  partnership and solidarity,    Welcoming the adoption by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of  the African Union of the declaration proclaiming “Silencing the guns: creating  conducive conditions for Africa’s development” as the theme for 2020,    Recalling that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development underscores the  special challenges facing the most vulnerable countries, including African countries,  and recalling also that significant challenges remain in achieving sustainable  development in Africa and the importance of fulfilling all commitments to advance  action in areas critical to Africa’s sustainable development,    Recognizing the adoption of Agenda 2063 by the Assembly of Heads of State and  Government of the African Union at its twenty-fourth ordinary session, held in Addis  Ababa on 30 and 31 January 2015, as the African Union long-term strategy  emphasizing industrialization, youth employment, improved natural resource  governance and the reduction of inequalities, and recognizing also the adoption by the  Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union of the first 10-year  implementation plan (2014–2023) of Agenda 2063, which outlines key African  flagship projects, fast-track programmes, priority areas, specific targets and African  strategies and policy measures at all levels to support its implementation,    Noting with appreciation the signing by the Secretary-General and the  Chairperson of the African Union Commission on 27 January 2018 of the African  Union-United Nations Framework for the Implementation of Agenda 2063 and the  2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to promote the integrated and coordinated  implementation, monitoring and reporting of both Agendas through joint activities  and programmes,    Recalling the adoption of its resolution 74/206 of 19 December 2019 on the  promotion of international cooperation to combat illicit financial flows and strengthen  good practices on assets return to foster sustainable development,    Reaffirming the Paris Agreement 1  and encouraging all its parties to fully  implement the Agreement, and parties to the United Nations Framework Convention  on Climate Change 2  that have not yet done so to deposit their instruments of  ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where appropriate, as soon as  possible,    Highlighting the synergies between the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for  Sustainable Development, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the Paris Agreement and  other relevant major intergovernmental outcomes of United Nations conferences and  summits in economic, social and environmental fields,    Underlining the need to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for achieving  sustainable development and to build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions  at all levels, and reaffirming that good governance, the rule of law, human rights,  fundamental freedoms, equal access to fair justice systems and measures to combat  corruption and curb illicit financial flows will be integral to our efforts,  __________________    1 See FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21, annex.    2 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822.   New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress   in implementation and international support  A/RES/74/301   3/11 20-11526      Recalling the adoption of its resolution 71/254 of 23 December 2016 on the  Framework for a Renewed United Nations-African Union Partnership on Africa’s  Integration and Development Agenda 2017–2027,    Recalling also the adoption by the Economic and Social Council of resolution  2020/6 of 18 June 2020 on the social dimensions of the New Partnership for Africa’s  Development,    Recalling further its resolution 70/259 of 1 April 2016, by which it  proclaimed 2016–2025 the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition, and  recalling also its resolution 72/306 of 24 July 2018, entitled “Implementation of the  United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016–2025)”,    Recalling its resolution 66/293 of 17 September 2012, by which it established a  United Nations monitoring mechanism to review commitments made towards Africa’s  development, and looking forward to the fourth biennial report of the Secretary- General on the review of the implementation of the commitments made towards  Africa’s development, to be submitted to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth  session,    Welcoming the ongoing support of the United Nations Industrial Development  Organization for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 3  the African  (Accelerated) Agribusiness and Agro-industries Development Initiative, the  Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan for Africa and other programmes of the African  Union aimed at further strengthening the industrialization process in Africa,    Welcoming also the high-level events organized by the Office of the Special  Adviser on Africa during the 2020 Africa Dialogue Series, on the theme “COVID-19  and silencing the guns in Africa: challenges and opportunities”,    Bearing in mind that African countries have primary responsibility for their own  economic and social development and that the role of national policies and  development strategies cannot be overemphasized, bearing in mind also the need for  their development efforts to be supported by the international community and an  enabling international economic environment, reiterating the need for the  international community to implement all commitments regarding the economic and  social development of Africa, and in this regard recalling the support given by the  International Conference on Financing for Development to the New Partnership,4    Reaffirming the convening of the intergovernmental conference held on 10 and  11 December 2018 in Marrakech, Morocco, and recalling that it adopted the Global  Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, also known as the Marrakech  Compact on Migration,5    Reaffirming also the outcome of the second High-level United Nations  Conference on South-South Cooperation, held in Buenos Aires from 20 to 22 March  2019,6    Noting the various international events that have been held and are planned to  be held between African countries and their partners, including the seventh Tokyo  International Conference on African Development, held in Yokohama, Japan, from 28  to 30 August 2019, the first ever Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum, held  in Sochi, Russian Federation, on 23 and 24 October 2019, the United Kingdom-Africa  Investment Summit, held in London on 20 January 2020, and the Extraordinary China- __________________    3 A/57/304, annex.    4 See Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico,  18–22 March 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolution 1,  annex.    5 Resolution 73/195, annex.    6 Resolution 73/291, annex.   A/RES/74/301  New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress  in implementation and international support   20-11526 4/11    Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19, held on 17 June 2020, and looking  forward to the convening of the sixth European Union-African Union Summit, to be  held in October 2020,    Taking note with appreciation of decision Ext/Assembly/AU/Dec.1(XI) of the  Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union adopted at its  eleventh extraordinary session, held in Addis Ababa on 17 and 18 November 2018,  on the evolutionary trajectory of the New Partnership and the rationale behind the  establishment of the African Union Development Agency as a vehicle for the better  execution of the African Union Agenda 2063 and the decision that the New  Partnership Planning and Coordinating Agency shall henceforth be renamed the  African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development,    1.  Takes note of the seventeenth consolidated progress report of the  Secretary-General on implementation and international support for the New  Partnership for Africa’s Development;7    2.  Recognizes the efforts of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 3  and welcomes in this regard the efforts by development partners to strengthen  cooperation with the New Partnership and recognizes the progress made, while  acknowledging that much needs to be done in its implementation;    3.  Also recognizes the importance of supporting Agenda 2063 and its first  10-year implementation plan (2014–2023) and acknowledges the programme of the  New Partnership for Africa’s Development, both of which are integral to the 2030  Agenda for Sustainable Development,8 and underscores in this regard the importance  of a coherent and coordinated implementation of Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda;    4.  Emphasizes that economic development, including inclusive industrial  development, and policies which seek to enhance productive capacities in Africa can  generate employment and income for the poor and, therefore, be an engine for poverty  eradication and for achieving internationally agreed development goals, including the  Sustainable Development Goals and recognizes in this regard the adoption by the  General Assembly of resolution 70/293 of 25 July 2016 on the Third Industrial  Development Decade for Africa (2016–2025);    5.  Recognizes its commitment to the full implementation of the political  declaration on Africa’s development needs, adopted at the high-level meeting on  Africa’s development needs on 22 September 2008;9    6.  Welcomes the progress made by African countries in fulfilling their  commitments in the implementation of the New Partnership to deepen democracy,  human rights, good governance and sound economic management, and encourages  African countries, with the participation of stakeholders, including civil society and  the private sector, to continue their efforts towards achieving the Sustainable  Development Goals, developing and strengthening institutions for governance,  creating an environment conducive to involving the private sector, including small  and medium-sized enterprises, in the New Partnership implementation process,  developing innovative public-private partnerships for financing infrastructure  projects and attracting foreign direct investment for development;    7.  Encourages African countries to strengthen and expand local and regional  infrastructure and to continue to share best practices with a view to strengthening  regional and continental integration, and in this regard notes with appreciation the  __________________    7 A/74/193.    8 Resolution 70/1.    9 Resolution 63/1.   New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress   in implementation and international support  A/RES/74/301   5/11 20-11526    work of the high-level subcommittee of the African Union on the Presidential  Infrastructure Champion Initiative;    8.  Also encourages African countries to maintain the trend of increasing both  foreign and domestic investment in infrastructure development, including through  strengthened domestic resource mobilization from the public and private sectors, and  improving the efficiency of existing infrastructure investment;    9.  Recalls the third Global Infrastructure Forum, held in Bali, Indonesia, on  13 October 2018, and in this regard recalls, as outlined in the Addis Ababa Action  Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, 10 that  a greater range of voices should be heard, particularly from developing countries, to  identify and address infrastructure and capacity gaps, in particular in African  countries, and that it highlights opportunities for investment and cooperation and  works to ensure that investments are environmentally, socially and economically  sustainable;    10. Recognizes the need for Africa’s development partners to align their efforts  in infrastructure investment towards supporting the Programme for Infrastructure  Development in Africa, recalls the Dakar Agenda for Action to mobilize investment  towards infrastructure development projects, and calls upon development partners to  support the implementation of the Dakar Agenda;    11.  Encourages African countries to accelerate the achievement of the  objective of food security and nutrition in Africa, welcomes the commitment made  by African leaders to allocate at least 10 per cent of public expenditure to agriculture  and to ensure its efficiency and effectiveness, in this regard recognizes its support for  the commitments contained in the Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural  Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods and for  the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme, and in this regard  notes the important progress made by the 44 African countries and the 4 regional  economic communities that have signed compacts under the Programme;    12. Urges continued support of measures to address the challenges of poverty  eradication, hunger and malnutrition, job creation and sustainable development in  Africa, including, as appropriate, debt relief, improved market access, support for the  private sector and entrepreneurship, fulfilment of commitments on official  development assistance and increased flows of foreign direct investment, and transfer  of technology on mutually agreed terms;    13. Recognizes the need for Africa’s development partners to align their efforts  to implement the commitments contained in the Declaration on Nutrition Security for  Inclusive Economic Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa, towards  supporting the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme and the  implementation of the national and regional investment plans of the Programme for  alignment of external funding, and recalls the Declaration of the World Summit on  Food Security;11    14. Calls for effective measures and targeted investments to strengthen  national health systems and to ensure access to safe drinking water and sanitation to  prevent, protect against and combat outbreaks of diseases, including the Ebola virus  disease and coronavirus disease (COVID-19); invites development partners to  continue to assist African countries in their efforts to strengthen national health  systems, to expand surveillance systems in the health sector, in compliance with the  __________________    10 Resolution 69/313, annex.    11 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, document WSFS 2009/2.   A/RES/74/301  New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress  in implementation and international support   20-11526 6/11    International Health Regulations (2005), 12  and to eliminate diseases, and in this  context calls upon development partners to support the implementation of the African  Health Strategy 2016–2030 and the transition towards universal health coverage in  Africa;    15. Notes the unprecedented threat that COVID-19 presents to the continent’s  hard-won development and economic gains; welcomes efforts of African leaders in  mitigating the impact of the pandemic on their countries and citizens; expresses its  highest appreciation to all partners and international organizations, including the  United Nations, the World Health Organization, the international financial  institutions, the Paris Club and the Group of 20, that have supported the continent in  mitigating the effects of COVID-19; notes that there is a need for additional support  to reduce the effects of the pandemic on the continent’s achievement of the 2030  Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063; and in this regard calls upon  the United Nations development system, under the leadership of the Secretary- General, and relevant international organizations and development partners to  mobilize a coordinated global response to the pandemic and its adverse social,  economic and financial impact on all African societies;    16. Recalls the adoption of the political declaration of the high-level meeting  of the General Assembly on the fight against tuberculosis, as reflected in its resolution  73/3 of 10 October 2018, and the political declaration of the third high-level meeting  of the Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, as  reflected in its resolution 73/2 of 10 October 2018, and calls upon developed countries  and other development partners to continue their support, including financial and  technical support, to African countries to scale up their national efforts to fully  implement, as appropriate, the actions committed to by the Heads of State and  Government and their representatives;    17. Encourages African countries to continue their efforts in investing in  education, including mathematics, vocational training, including engineering,  science, technology and innovation to enhance value addition and sustainable  industrial development;    18. Recognizes the important role that African regional economic communities  can play in the implementation of the mandate of the New Partnership and of Agenda  2063 and its first 10-year implementation plan in close cooperation with the African  Union, and in this regard encourages African countries and the international  community to give regional economic communities the support necessary to  strengthen their capacity;    19. Reiterates the need to support developing countries in strengthening the  capacity of national statistical offices and data systems to ensure access to high- quality, timely, reliable and disaggregated data;    20. Requests the United Nations system to continue to provide assistance to  the New Partnership and to African countries in developing projects and programmes  within the scope of the priorities of the New Partnership, reaffirms the essential role  played by the New Partnership Heads of State and Government Orientation  Committee, and further requests that emphasis be placed on monitoring and  evaluation in support of the New Partnership;    21. Expresses concern about the increasing challenges posed by the adverse  impacts of climate change, drought, land degradation, desertification, the loss of  biodiversity and floods, and their negative consequences for the fight against poverty,  famine and hunger, which could pose serious additional challenges to the achievement  __________________    12 World Health Organization, document WHA58/2005/REC/1, resolution 58.3, annex.   New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress   in implementation and international support  A/RES/74/301   7/11 20-11526    of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Sustainable  Development Goals, particularly in Africa;    22. Expresses deep concern about the continuing negative effects of  desertification, land degradation and drought on the African continent and underlines  the need for short-, medium- and long-term measures, and in this regard calls for the  continued effective implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat  Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or  Desertification, Particularly in Africa, 13  including its 2018–2030 Strategic  Framework;14    23. Recognizes that Africa is one of the regions that contribute the least to  climate change, yet is extremely vulnerable and exposed to the adverse impacts of  climate change, and in this regard calls upon the international community, including  developed countries, to continue to support Africa to address its adaptation needs  through, inter alia, the development, transfer and deployment of technology on  mutually agreed terms, capacity-building and the provision of adequate and  predictable resources, in line with existing commitments, and highlights the need for  full implementation of the agreed outcomes of the United Nations Framework  Convention on Climate Change,2 including the Paris Agreement;1    24. Urges Member States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or  acceding to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime  and the Protocols thereto, 15  the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as  amended by the 1972 Protocol, 16  the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of  1971,17 the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and  Psychotropic Substances of 1988, 18  the United Nations Convention against  Corruption19 and the international conventions and protocols related to terrorism, and  urges States parties to those conventions and protocols to make efforts towards their  effective implementation;    25. Underscores the importance of support by Africa’s partners, in particular  developed countries, of efforts by African countries to strengthen domestic resource  mobilization, including through capacity-building and strengthening of international  cooperation to combat illicit financial flows and enhance asset recovery and return;    26. Reiterates the commitment to redouble efforts to substantially reduce  illicit financial flows by 2030, with a view to eventually eliminating them, including  by combating tax evasion and corruption through strengthened national regulation  and increased international cooperation, in line with the Addis Ababa Action Agenda,  and the strengthening of international cooperation to combat illicit financial flows;    27. Recalls the second International Expert Meeting on the Return of Stolen  Assets, held in Addis Ababa from 7 to 9 May 2019, and encourages the continuation  of its work in advancing efforts to strengthen the recovery and return of stolen assets  and the identification of good practices for the return of stolen assets in support of  sustainable development;    28. Reaffirms that achieving gender equality, empowering all women and girls,  and the full realization of their human rights are essential to achieving sustained,  inclusive and equitable economic growth and sustainable development, reiterates the  __________________    13 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1954, No. 33480.    14 ICCD/COP(13)/21/Add.1, decision 7/COP.13, annex.    15 United Nations, Treaty Series, vols. 2225, 2237, 2241 and 2326, No. 39574.    16 Ibid., vol. 976, No. 14152.    17 Ibid., vol. 1019, No. 14956.    18 Ibid., vol. 1582, No. 27627.    19 Ibid., vol. 2349, No. 42146.   A/RES/74/301  New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress  in implementation and international support   20-11526 8/11    need for gender mainstreaming, including targeted actions and investments in the  formulation and implementation of all financial, economic, environmental and social  policies, and recommits to adopting and strengthening sound policies and enforceable  legislation and transformative actions for the promotion of gender equality and women’s  and girls’ empowerment at all levels, to ensure women’s equal rights, access and  opportunities for participation and leadership in the economy and to eliminate gender- based violence, sexual exploitation and abuse and discrimination in all its forms;    29. Welcomes the noteworthy progress that has been achieved in implementing  the African Peer Review Mechanism, in particular the voluntary adherence of  40 African countries to the Mechanism and the completion of the peer review process  in 21 countries, welcomes the progress in implementing the national programmes of  action resulting from those reviews, in this regard urges African States that have not  yet done so to consider joining the Mechanism process by 2023, as envisaged in the  first 10-year implementation plan of Agenda 2063, encourages further strengthening  of the Mechanism process for its efficient performance, and takes note of the  decisions taken by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African  Union at its eleventh extraordinary session, held in Addis Ababa on 17 and  18 November 2018, on the institutional reform of the African Peer Review  Mechanism;    30. Emphasizes African ownership of the African Peer Review Mechanism  process, and invites the international community to support the efforts of African  countries, at their request, in implementing their respective national programmes of  action arising from the process;    31. Notes with concern that the preliminary data indicate that the net bilateral  aid flows to Africa decreased by 4 per cent in 2018 compared with 2017 figures, 20  and notes that there are no updated comparable data on bilateral aid flows to Africa  in 2019;    32. Reiterates that the fulfilment of all official development assistance  commitments remains crucial, including the commitment by many developed  countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of gross national income for official  development assistance and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of gross national income for official  development assistance to least developed countries, is encouraged by those few  countries that have met or surpassed their commitment to 0.7 per cent of gross  national income for official development assistance and the target of 0.15 to 0.20 per  cent of gross national income for official development assistance to least developed  countries, and urges all others to step up efforts to increase their official development  assistance and to make additional concrete efforts towards official development  assistance targets;    33. Notes with appreciation the aspirations embedded in Agenda 2063 of the  African Union to lift huge sections of the population out of poverty, improve incomes  and catalyse economic and social transformation, and recognizes the importance of  the international community helping African countries to achieve such goals,  especially in the rural areas of the African continent;    34. Considers that innovative mechanisms of financing can make a positive  contribution towards assisting developing countries in mobilizing additional  resources for financing for development on a voluntary basis and that such financing  should supplement and not be a substitute for traditional sources of financing, and,  while highlighting the considerable progress on innovative sources of financing for  __________________    20 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development press release, “Development aid drops  in 2018, especially to neediest countries”, 10 April 2019.   New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress   in implementation and international support  A/RES/74/301   9/11 20-11526    development achieved to date, stresses the importance of scaling up present initiatives  and developing new mechanisms, as appropriate;    35. Notes with concern Africa’s disproportionately low share of the volume of  international trade, which stood at approximately 2.45 per cent and 2.96 per cent of  world merchandise exports and imports, respectively, in 2019;    36. Expresses concern at the increased debt burden of some African countries,  underlines the importance of debt crisis prevention and prudent debt management,  calls for a comprehensive and sustainable solution to the external debt problems of  African countries, including the challenge of undeclared or hidden debt, and  recognizes the important role, on a case-by-case basis, of debt relief, including debt  cancellation, as appropriate, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, debt  restructuring and any other mechanism;    37. Welcomes the collaboration between the African Private Sector Forum and  the United Nations Global Compact, and encourages the further enhancement of this  partnership in conjunction with the African Union Commission in support of the  development of the African private sector and the achievement of the Sustainable  Development Goals, in line with the relevant executive decisions of the African Union;    38. Calls upon developing countries and countries with economies in transition  to continue their efforts to create a domestic environment conducive to encouraging  entrepreneurship, promoting the formalization of informal sector activities in Africa  and attracting investments by, inter alia, achieving a transparent, stable and predictable  investment climate with proper contract enforcement and respect for property rights,  embedded in sound macroeconomic policies and institutions;    39. Notes that foreign direct investment is a major source of financing for  development, that it has a critical role in achieving inclusive economic growth and  sustainable development, including through the promotion of job creation and the  eradication of poverty and hunger, and that it contributes to the active participation of  the African economies in the global economy and facilitates regional economic  cooperation and integration, and in this regard calls upon, as appropriate, developed  countries to continue to devise source-country measures to encourage and facilitate  the flow of foreign direct investment through, inter alia, the provision of export credits  and other lending instruments, risk guarantees and business development services;    40. Invites all of Africa’s development partners, in particular developed  countries, to support the efforts of African countries to promote and maintain  macroeconomic stability, to help African countries to attract investments and promote  policies conducive to attracting domestic and foreign investment, for example by  encouraging private financial flows and supporting small and medium-sized  enterprises, especially those owned by women, to promote investment by their private  sectors in Africa, to encourage and facilitate the development and transfer of  technology to African countries, on mutually agreed terms, and to assist in  strengthening human and institutional capacities for the implementation of the New  Partnership, consistent with its priorities and objectives and with a view to furthering  Africa’s development at all levels;    41. Acknowledges the progress made towards ensuring free movement of  persons as well as goods and services in Africa, and in this regard recalls with  appreciation the entry into force on 30 May 2019 of the agreement on the African  Continental Free Trade Area, which aims at doubling intra-African trade by, inter alia,  removing non-tariff and tariff barriers on goods and services, and the launch of its  operational phase on 7 July 2019;    42. Reiterates the need for all countries and relevant multilateral institutions  to continue efforts to enhance coherence in their trade policies towards African   A/RES/74/301  New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress  in implementation and international support   20-11526 10/11    countries, and acknowledges the importance of efforts to fully integrate African  countries into the multilateral trading system and to build their capacity to compete  through such initiatives as Aid for Trade and, given the world economic and financial  crisis, the provision of assistance to address the adjustment challenges of trade  liberalization;    43. Also reiterates that we are setting out together on the path towards  sustainable development, devoting ourselves collectively to the pursuit of global  development and of “win-win” cooperation which can bring huge gains to all  countries and all parts of the world;    44. Emphasizes the importance of facilitating the accession of developing  countries to the World Trade Organization, recognizing the contribution that their  accession would make to the rapid and full integration of those countries into the  multilateral trading system, urges in this regard the acceleration of the accession  process on a technical and legal basis and in an expeditious and transparent manner  for developing countries that have applied for membership in the World Trade  Organization, and reaffirms the importance of that organization’s decision  WT/L/508/Add.1 of 25 July 2012 on accession by the least developed countries;    45. Welcomes the various important initiatives established between African  countries and their development partners, as well as other initiatives, emphasizes the  importance of coordination in such initiatives on Africa and the need for their  effective implementation, and in this regard recognizes the important role that North- South, South-South and triangular cooperation can play in supporting Africa’s  development efforts, particularly the implementation of the New Partnership, while  bearing in mind that South-South cooperation is not a substitute for but rather a  complement to North-South cooperation;    46. Also welcomes the efforts of the United Nations and the African Union to  align the clusters of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa with the  strategic frameworks of the African Union and the New Partnership for 2014–2017  and Agenda 2063, and invites development partners, including the United Nations  system, to continue to support the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa in  achieving its objectives, including through the allocation of necessary funds to  support the implementation of its activities;    47. Requests the Secretary-General to promote greater coherence in the work  of the United Nations system in support of the New Partnership towards accelerated  realization of Agenda 2063, on the basis of the agreed clusters of the Regional  Coordination Mechanism for Africa, and in this regard calls upon the United Nations  system to continue to mainstream the special needs of Africa in all its normative and  operational activities;    48. Recalls the establishment of the United Nations monitoring mechanism to  review commitments made relating to Africa’s development, and invites Member States  and all relevant entities of the United Nations system, including funds, programmes,  specialized agencies and regional commissions, in particular the Economic  Commission for Africa, and all relevant international and regional organizations, to  continue to contribute to the effectiveness and reliability of the review process by  cooperating in the collection of data and the evaluation of performance;    49. Stresses the crucial importance of partnership for the implementation of  the Sustainable Development Goals, calls for coordination and sharing of experience  that can boost the capacity of countries to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable  Development, and in this regard notes with appreciation the sixth session of the Africa  Regional Forum on Sustainable Development held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, from  25 to 27 February 2020, and convened by the Economic Commission for Africa in   New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress   in implementation and international support  A/RES/74/301   11/11 20-11526    collaboration with regional organizations and the United Nations system on the theme  “2020–2030: a decade to deliver a transformed and prosperous Africa through the  2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063”;    50. Reiterates its commitment to further strengthen public policies and the  mobilization and effective use of domestic resources, recognizing that domestic  resources are first and foremost generated by economic growth, supported by an  enabling environment at all levels;    51. Urges the international community to continue to give due attention to  Africa’s priorities, in line with Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable  Development;    52. Welcomes the transformation of the New Partnership Agency into the  African Union Development Agency, with the specific mandate to provide technical  support to the implementation of Agenda 2063 in synergy with the 2030 Agenda for  Sustainable Development;    53. Also welcomes the increasing efforts to improve the quality of official  development assistance and increase its development impact, recognizes the  Development Cooperation Forum of the Economic and Social Council, notes other  initiatives, such as the high-level forums on aid effectiveness, which produced, inter  alia, the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, the Accra Agenda for Action 21 and  the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, which make important  contributions to the efforts of the countries that have made commitments to them,  including through the adoption of the fundamental principles of national ownership,  alignment, harmonization, transparency, accountability and managing for results, and  bears in mind that there is no one-size-fits-all formula that will guarantee effective  assistance and that the specific situation of each country needs to be fully considered;    54. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, on an  annual basis, a comprehensive and action-oriented report on the implementation of  the present resolution, based on the provision of inputs from Governments,  organizations of the United Nations system and other stakeholders in the New  Partnership, and to submit to the Assembly in 2021 an addendum on the  comprehensive review of international support to the New Partnership, including the  impact of such support, lessons learned as well as recommendations on the modalities  for future engagement.     62nd plenary meeting  3 September 2020    __________________    21 A/63/539, annex.