through inclusive,evidence-based and transparent scientific assessments, as well asaccess to reliable, relevant and timely data in areas related to thethree dimensions of sustainable development, building on existingmechanisms, as appropriate; in this regard, strengthen participationof all countries in international sustainable development processesand capacity building especially for developing countries, includingin conducting their own monitoring and assessments;(h)enhance the participation and effective engagement of civil societyand other relevant stakeholders in the relevant international foraand in this regard promote transparency and broad publicparticipation and partnerships to implement sustainable development;(i)promote the review and stocktaking of progress in the implementationof all sustainable development commitments, including commitmentsrelated to means of implementation.B.Strengthening intergovernmental arrangements for sustainabledevelopment77.We acknowledge the vital importance of an inclusive, transparent,reformed and strengthened, and effective multilateral system in orderto better address the urgent global challenges of sustainabledevelopment today, recognizing the universality and central role ofthe United Nations, and reaffirming our commitment to promote andstrengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of the United Nationssystem.78.We underscore the need to strengthen UN system-wide coherence andcoordination, while ensuring appropriate accountability to MemberStates, by, interalia,enhancing coherence in reporting and reinforcing cooperative effortsunder existing inter-agency mechanisms and strategies to advance theintegration of the three dimensions of sustainable development withinthe United Nations system, including through exchange of informationamong its agencies, funds and programmes, and also with theinternational financial institutions and other relevant organizationssuch as the World Trade Organization (WTO), within their respectivemandates.79.We emphasize the need for an improved and more effectiveinstitutional framework for sustainable development that should: beguided by the specific functions required and mandates involved;address the shortcomings of the current system; take into account allrelevant implications; promote synergies and coherence; seek to avoidduplication and eliminate unnecessary overlaps within the UN system;and, reduce administrative burdens, and build on existingarrangements.GeneralAssembly80.We reaffirm the role and authority of the General Assembly on globalmatters of concern to the international community, as set out in theCharter.81.We further reaffirm the central position of the General Assembly asthe chief deliberative, policy-making and representative organ of theUnited Nations. In this regard, we call for the General Assembly tofurther integrate sustainable development as a key element of theoverarching framework for United Nations activities and adequatelyaddress sustainable development in its agenda setting, includingthrough periodic high-level dialogues.Economicand Social Council82.We reaffirm that the Economic and Social Council is a principal bodyfor policy review, policy dialogue and recommendations on issues ofeconomic and social development and for the follow-up to theMillennium Development Goals and a central mechanism for thecoordination of the United Nations system and supervision of theCouncils subsidiary bodies, in particular its functionalcommissions, and for promoting the implementation of Agenda 21 bystrengthening system-wide coherence and coordination. We alsoreaffirm the major role the Council plays in the overall coordinationof funds, programmes and specialized agencies, ensuring coherenceamong them and avoiding duplication of mandates and activities.83.We commit to strengthen ECOSOC within its Charter mandate, as aprincipal organ in the integrated and coordinated follow-up of theoutcomes of all major UN Conferences and summits in the economic,social, environmental and related fields, and recognize its key rolein achieving a balanced integration of the three dimensions ofsustainable development. We look forward to the Review of theImplementation