US embassy cable - 02STATE218172

UNCLAS STATE 218172 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID, XA, UNGA, ECON 
SUBJECT: UN PROGRAMS: WHAT WORKS; WHAT DOESN'T? 
 
1.  THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST.  SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 
 
2.  THE UNITED NATIONS (UN), IN ACCORDANCE WITH A RECENTLY 
AGREED RESOLUTION (TEXT IN PARAGRAPH 4), WILL ORIENT ITS 
SUPPORT FOR AFRICA AROUND THE THEMES AND PRIORITIES OF THE 
NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT (NEPAD).  THE 
SECRETARY GENERAL IS UNDERTAKING A REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES IN 
AFRICA AS PART OF AN EFFORT TO DECIDE WHAT STRUCTURE AND 
MECHANISMS SHOULD BE IN PLACE FOR THE UN TO COORDINATE ITS 
ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF NEPAD.  AS THE SYG CONDUCTS HIS 
REVIEW, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE VIEWS AND WOULD 
LIKE INPUT FROM THE FIELD FROM THOSE WHO HAVE DIRECT 
EXPERIENCE WITH UN ACTIVITIES.   A COPY OF THE NEPAD 
FRAMEWORK CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.NEPAD.ORG 
 
3.  ACTION REQUEST:  POSTS AND USAID MISSIONS ARE REQUESTED 
TO PROVIDE VIEWS, BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCES AND 
OBSERVATIONS, OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE UN'S ACTIVITIES IN 
SUPPORT OF DEVELOPMENT (NOT HUMANITARIAN RELIEF) IN THE HOST 
COUNTRY, INCLUDING UNDP, UNICEF, UNEP, UNESCO, UNCTAD, FAO, 
UNECA, WHO. THIS ACTION REQUEST IS VOLUNTARY FOR SEP POSTS 
BUT ANY RESPONSE WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATED.  POST AND USAID 
MISSIONS ARE NOT BEING ASKED TO UNDERTAKE ADDITIONAL RESEARCH 
OR SURVEYS BUT TO CONVEY THEIR IMPRESSIONS OF THE STRENGTHS 
AND WEAKNESSES, AND REASONS FOR THEM, OF PROGRAMS THEY ARE 
FAMILIAR WITH ALREADY. IF POSTS AND USAID MISSIONS HAVE 
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AREAS AND ACTIVITIES ON WHICH THE UN 
SHOULD FOCUS ITS EFFORTS BASED ON COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND 
TRACK RECORD, WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THEM.  PLEASE PROVIDE 
INPUT BY NOVEMBER 15 AND SLUG REPLIES FOR AF/EPS DRIANO AND 
IO/EDA WINNICK. 
 
4. TEXT OF UN RESOLUTION ON SUPPORT FOR NEPAD 
 
RESOLUTION ON THE FINAL REVIEW AND APPRAISAL OF UN-NADAF AND 
SUPPORT FOR THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA,S DEVELOPMENT 
 
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 
 
RECALLING ITS RESOLUTION 46/151 OF 18 DECEMBER 1991, THE 
ANNEX TO WHICH CONTAINS THE UNITED NATIONS NEW AGENDA FOR THE 
DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA IN THE 1990S, 
 
RECALLING ALSO RESOLUTIONS 48/214 OF 23 DECEMBER 1993 AND 
49/142 OF 23 DECEMBER 1994 ON THE NEW AGENDA, RESOLUTIONS 
51/32 OF 6 DECEMBER 1996 ON THE MID-TERM REVIEW OF THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS NEW AGENDA FOR THE 
DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA IN THE 1990S AND RESOLUTION 55/216 OF 
21 DECEMBER 2000, IN WHICH IT REAFFIRMED ITS EARLIER DECISION 
TO CONDUCT IN 2002 THE FINAL REVIEW AND APPRAISAL OF THE NEW 
AGENDA, 
 
FURTHER RECALLING RESOLUTION 56/218 OF 21 DECEMBER 2001 BY 
WHICH IT ESTABLISHED THE AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OF THE 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR FINAL REVIEW AND APPRAISAL OF THE UNITED 
NATIONS NEW AGENDA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA IN THE 1990S 
DURING THE FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO 
CONDUCT THE FINAL REVIEW AND APPRAISAL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION 
OF THE NEW AGENDA AND RELATED INITIATIVES ON THE BASIS OF THE 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE INDEPENDENT HIGH-LEVEL 
QUALITY EVALUATION, AS WELL AS ON PROPOSALS BY THE 
SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE MODALITIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS 
FUTURE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA,S 
DEVELOPMENT, AND RESOLUTION 56/508 OF 27 JUNE 2002 BY WHICH 
IT FURTHER DECIDED THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 
SHOULD RESCHEDULE ITS SUBSTANTIVE SESSION FOR A PERIOD OF 
THREE WORKING DAYS, FROM 24 TO 26 SEPTEMBER 2002, 
 
MINDFUL OF ITS RESOLUTION 56/511 OF 15 AUGUST 2002 BY WHICH 
IT DECIDED TO ORGANIZE THE HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY MEETING OF THE 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO CONSIDER HOW TO SUPPORT THE NEW 
PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA,S DEVELOPMENT, 
 
BEARING IN MIND THE MINISTERIAL DECLARATION OF THE HIGH-LEVEL 
SEGMENT OF THE SUBSTANTIVE SESSION OF JULY 2001 OF THE 
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ON THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS 
IN SUPPORT OF THE EFFORTS OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO ACHIEVE 
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 
 
COGNIZANT OF THE LINK BETWEEN THE PRIORITIES OF THE NEW 
PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA,S DEVELOPMENT AND THE MILLENNIUM 
DECLARATION, IN WHICH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY COMMITTED 
ITSELF TO ADDRESS THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF AFRICA, AND OF THE 
NEED TO ACHIEVE THE INTERNATIONALLY AGREED DEVELOPMENT GOALS, 
INCLUDING THOSE IN THE MILLENNIUM DECLARATION, 
 
MINDFUL OF THE BRUSSELS PLAN OF ACTION FOR THE LEAST 
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, THE DECLARATION OF COMMITMENT ON 
HIV/AIDS, THE DOHA MINISTERIAL DECLARATION, THE MONTERREY 
CONSENSUS ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT AND THE JOHANNESBURG 
PLAN OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE 
DEVELOPMENT, 
 
HAVING CONSIDERED THE REPORT OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE 
WHOLE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR FINAL REVIEW AND APPRAISAL 
OF THE UNITED NATIONS NEW AGENDA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 
AFRICA IN THE 1990S, 
 
NOTING WITH SATISFACTION THE CONTRIBUTION MADE BY INDIVIDUAL 
GOVERNMENTS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL 
ORGANIZATIONS TO THE WORK OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, 
 
FURTHER NOTING WITH SATISFACTION THAT THE G8 SUMMIT HELD IN 
JUNE 2002 AT KANNANASKIS HAS DEVOTED PARTS OF ITS 
DELIBERATIONS TO NEPAD, WHICH RESULTED IN THE ADOPTION OF A 
G8 AFRICA ACTION PLAN, 
 
A.    FINAL REVIEW AND APPRAISAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS NEW 
AGENDA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA IN THE 1990S 
 
1.    WELCOMES THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE 
FINAL REVIEW AND APPRAISAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS NEW AGENDA 
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA IN THE 1990S, IN PARTICULAR THE 
LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT UN-NADAF AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS AND 
THE PROPOSALS ON THE MODALITIES FOR THE FUTURE ENGAGEMENT OF 
THE UNITED NATIONS WITH THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA,S 
DEVELOPMENT; 
 
2.    TAKES NOTE OF THE REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATION 
ON THE UNITED NATIONS NEW AGENDA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 
AFRICA IN THE 1990S; 
 
3.    EXPRESSES ITS DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE LIMITED PROGRESS IN 
REALIZING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE UN-NADAF; 

4.    DECIDES TO BRING THE UNITED NATIONS NEW AGENDA FOR THE 
DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA IN THE 1990S TO A CLOSE, AND ENDORSES 
THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL THAT NEPAD, AS 
DECIDED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF 
THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY, AT ITS 37TH ORDINARY 
SESSION, HELD AT LUSAKA FROM 9 ) 11 JULY 2001, BE THE 
FRAMEWORK, AROUND WHICH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, 
INCLUDING THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM, SHOULD CONCENTRATE ITS 
EFFORTS FOR AFRICA,S DEVELOPMENT; 
 
B.          SUPPORT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW 
PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT 
 
5.    WELCOMES THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA,S DEVELOPMENT, 
AS A PROGRAMME OF THE AFRICAN UNION THAT EMBODIES THE VISION 
AND COMMITMENT OF ALL AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS AND PEOPLES FOR 
PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT; 
 
6.    REAFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO THE UNITED NATIONS 
DECLARATION ON THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA,S DEVELOPMENT 
ADOPTED AT THE HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO 
CONSIDER HOW TO SUPPORT THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA,S 
DEVELOPMENT HELD ON 16 SEPTEMBER, 2002 AND TAKES NOTE OF THE 
DELIBERATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE ON THAT OCCASION; 
 
7.    URGES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND THE UNITED 
NATIONS SYSTEM TO ORGANIZE ITS SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN COUNTRIES 
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES, OBJECTIVES AND PRIORITIES 
OF NEPAD IN THE NEW SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP; 
 
8.    RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF AND STRONGLY ENCOURAGES 
THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN 
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEPAD; 
 
C.          ACTIONS BY AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS 
 
9.    WELCOMES THE COMMITMENT OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO 
INTEGRATE THE PRIORITIES OF NEPAD INTO THEIR NATIONAL 
POLICIES AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING FRAMEWORKS, TO MAINTAIN 
FULL OWNERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP IN DEVELOPING AND UTILIZING 
SUCH POLICIES AND FRAMEWORKS, AND TO MOBILIZE DOMESTIC 
RESOURCES IN SUPPORT OF NEPAD; 
 
10.   WELCOMES THE COMMITMENT OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO PEACE, 
SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, GOOD GOVERNANCE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOUND 
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS THEIR COMMITMENT TO TAKE 
CONCRETE MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN MECHANISMS FOR CONFLICT 
PREVENTION, MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION AS EMBODIED IN NEPAD, 
AS AN ESSENTIAL BASIS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA. 
IN THIS CONTEXT, WELCOMES THE ONGOING EFFORTS OF AFRICAN 
COUNTRIES TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE &AFRICAN PEER REVIEW 
MECHANISM8 WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT AND INNOVATIVE FEATURE OF 
NEPAD; 
 
11.   RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF ESTABLISHING NATIONAL 
FOCAL POINTS FOR NEPAD WITHIN THE GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES OF 
AFRICAN COUNTRIES, WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MONITORING THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF NEPAD AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, SERVING AS A 
REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION, AND FOSTERING A COORDINATED 
RESPONSE TO NEPAD BY THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES; 
 
12.   EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING THE 
HUMAN AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES AT NATIONAL, SUBREGIONAL 
AND REGIONAL LEVELS, TO EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT NEPAD IN ALL 
ITS ASPECTS, AND TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO THIS END; 
 
13.   ENCOURAGES THE FURTHER INTEGRATION OF NEPAD PRIORITIES 
AND OBJECTIVES INTO THE PROGRAMMES OF AFRICA,S REGIONAL 
ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES AND OTHER SUBREGIONAL AND REGIONAL 
STRUCTURES AND ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS PROGRAMMES IN FAVOUR 
OF AFRICA,S LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; 
 
14.   ENCOURAGES ALSO THE EFFORTS TO RAISE THE AWARENESS 
ABOUT NEPAD AS WELL AS TO INVOLVE ALL AFRICAN STAKEHOLDERS, 
NAMELY THE GOVERNMENTS, PRIVATE SECTOR, CIVIL SOCIETY, 
INCLUDING WOMEN,S ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY BASED 
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEPAD; 
 
15.   WELCOMES THE COMMITMENT OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO PROMOTE 
AND ENHANCE THE ROLE OF AFRICAN WOMEN IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE 
NEPAD IMPLEMENTATION AND IN FULFILLING THE NEPAD OBJECTIVES; 
 
D.            ACTIONS BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY 
 
16.   URGES THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NOT YET DONE SO 
TO MAKE CONCRETE EFFORTS TOWARDS THE TARGET OF 0.7 PER CENT 
OF THEIR GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT (GNP) AS ODA TO DEVELOPING 
COUNTRIES AS INTERNATIONALLY AGREED AND EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT 
THEIR COMMITMENT ON ODA TO THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 
(LDCS) AS CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH 83 OF THE PROGRAMME OF 
ACTION FOR THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES FOR THE DECADE OF 
2001 ) 2010 AND COMMIT A SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF SUCH ODA TO 
AFRICAN COUNTRIES.  ALSO ENCOURAGES DEVELOPING  COUNTRIES TO 
BUILD ON PROGRESS ACHIEVED IN ENSURING THAT ODA IS USED 
EFFECTIVELY TO HELP ACHIEVE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND TARGETS, 
AND UNDERLINES THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERTAKING TO EXAMINE THE 
MEANS AND TIMEFRAMES FOR ACHIEVING THE TARGETS AND GOALS; 
 
17.   STRESSES THE NEED TO FIND A DURABLE SOLUTION TO THE 
PROBLEM OF EXTERNAL INDEBTEDNESS OF THE HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR 
COUNTRIES IN AFRICA, INCLUDING THROUGH DEBT CANCELLATION AND 
OTHER ARRANGEMENTS.  IN THIS REGARD, ALSO STRESSES THE NEED 
TO EXPLORE INNOVATIVE MECHANISMS TO COMPREHENSIVELY ADDRESS 
THE DEBT PROBLEM OF LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME AFRICAN COUNTRIES, 
BEARING IN MIND THAT EXTERNAL DEBT RELIEF CAN RELEASE 
RESOURCES THAT COULD BE UTILIZED IN THE SUCCESSFUL 
IMPLEMENTATION OF NEPAD, AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT INITIATIVES 
THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO REDUCE OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS 
AND THE NEED TO PURSUE DEBT RELIEF MEASURES VIGOROUSLY AND 
EXPEDITIOUSLY, INCLUDING, WITHIN THE PARIS AND LONDON CLUBS 
AND OTHER RELEVANT FORUMS; 
 
18.   RECOGNIZES THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF TRADE AS AN ENGINE FOR 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA AND IN THIS REGARDS CALLS FOR 
IMPROVED MARKET ACCESS FOR AFRICAN EXPORTS WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DOHA MINISTERIAL DECLARATION, WITHOUT 
PREJUDGING THE OUTCOME OF THE WTO NEGOTIATIONS, AND ALSO 
WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENTS AND IN THIS 
REGARD, CALLS UPON DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TO ASSIST AFRICAN 
COUNTRIES TO IMPROVE THEIR CAPACITY INCLUDING BY THE REMOVAL 
OF SUPPLY SIDE CONSTRAINTS AND THE PROMOTION OF 
DIVERSIFICATION, WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO ENABLE THEM TO TAKE 
FULL ADVANTAGE OF SUCH OPPORTUNITIES, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE 
NEED TO PROVIDE MARKET ACCESS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; 
 
19.   CALLS UPON DEVELOPED COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NOT ALREADY 
DONE SO TO WORK TOWARDS THE OBJECTIVE OF DUTY-FREE AND 
QUOTA-FREE ACCESS FOR ALL LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, 
EXPORTS, AS ENVISAGED IN THE PROGRAMME OF ACTION FOR THE 
LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES FOR THE DECADE OF 2001 ) 2010, 
WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN BRUSSELS IN 20 MAY 2001; 
 
20.   ALSO CALLS UPON DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TO ENCOURAGE AND 
FACILITATE THEIR PRIVATE SECTORS TO INVEST IN AFRICA, AND TO 
HELP AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO ATTRACT INVESTMENTS AND TO PROMOTE 
THE POLICIES CONDUCIVE TO ATTRACTING INVESTMENTS, AND FOR 
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TO ENCOURAGE THE TRANSFER OF THE NEEDED 
TECHNOLOGY TO AFRICAN COUNTRIES ON FAVOURABLE TERMS, 
INCLUDING ON CONCESSIONAL TERMS AS MUTUALLY AGREED AND 
BENEFICIAL TERMS AND TO ASSIST IN BUILDING THE HUMAN AND 
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEPAD 
CONSISTENT WITH ITS PRIORITIES AND OBJECTIVES; 
 
21.   FURTHER CALLS UPON THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TO CHANNEL 
FINANCIAL, TECHNICAL AND OTHER TYPES OF RESOURCES TOWARDS THE 
PRIORITIES OF NEPAD, IN PARTICULAR, INFRASTRUCTURAL 
DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH SERVICES, EDUCATION, WATER AND 
AGRICULTURE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRIORITIES DETERMINED BY 
EACH AFRICAN COUNTRY, AND EXPLORE WAYS OF GENERATING NEW 
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF FINANCE FOR 
DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES, PROVIDED THAT THOSE SOURCES DO NOT 
UNDULY BURDEN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PARTICULARLY, IN AFRICA 
AND IN THIS REGARD NOTES THE PROPOSAL FOR THE USE OF SPECIAL 
DRAWING RIGHTS ALLOCATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES; 
 
22.   RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION 
AND THE CONTRIBUTION IT CAN MAKE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 
NEPAD AND IN THIS REGARD, ALSO ENCOURAGES OTHER PARTNERS TO 
SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF COOPERATION, INCLUDING AS APPROPRIATE, 
THROUGH TRIANGULAR COOPERATION.  SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION 
SHOULD BE VIEWED NOT AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR, BUT RATHER AS A 
COMPLEMENT TO THE SUPPORT BY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; 
 
23.   CALLS UPON THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND CIVIL SOCIETY OUTSIDE 
OF AFRICA TO PARTICIPATE IN AND CONTRIBUTE TO IMPLEMENTATION 
OF NEPAD IN ALL ITS ASPECTS, INCLUDING THROUGH EFFECTIVE 
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; 
 
24.   CALLS UPON THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM, WITHIN RESPECTIVE 
MANDATES, TO ALIGN ITS ACTIVITIES IN AFRICA WITH THE 
PRIORITIES OF NEPAD, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRIORITIES 
DETERMINED BY EACH AFRICAN COUNTRY, AND URGES THE SCALING UP 
OF RESOURCES FOR THIS PURPOSE; 
 
25.   FURTHER CALLS UPON THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM TO ENHANCE 
ITS ADVOCACY ROLE AND PUBLIC INFORMATION ACTIVITIES IN 
SUPPORT OF AFRICA,S DEVELOPMENT; 
 
26.   URGES THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM, IN COORDINATING THEIR 
ACTIVITIES AT THE NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND GLOBAL LEVELS TO 
FOSTER A COHERENT RESPONSE INCLUDING THROUGH CLOSE 
COLLABORATION WITH BILATERAL DONORS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 
NEPAD IN RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES WITHIN 
THE LARGER FRAMEWORK ON NEPAD; 
 
27.   WELCOMES THE ACTIONS ALREADY UNDERWAY AT THE REGIONAL 
LEVEL TO ORGANIZE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM 
AROUND THEMATIC CLUSTERS COVERING THE PRIORITY AREAS OF NEPAD 
AND IN THIS REGARD URGES THE STRENGTHENING OF THIS PROCESS AS 
A MEANS OF ENHANCING THE COORDINATED RESPONSE OF THE UNITED 
NATIONS SYSTEM IN SUPPORT OF NEPAD; 
 
28. ALSO CALLS ON THE UNITED NATIONS FUNDS, PROGRAMMES AND 
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THEIR EXISTING 
COORDINATION AND PROGRAMMING MECHANISMS, IN PARTICULAR, 
CCA/UNDAF AS A MEANS OF ENHANCING SUPPORT TO AFRICAN 
COUNTRIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEPAD AND IN SUPPORT OF 
NATIONAL POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, IN PARTICULAR, WHERE 
APPROPRIATE THE PRSPS; 
 
29.   ALSO URGES THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM TO WORK CLOSELY 
WITH THE AFRICAN UNION AND OTHER REGIONAL AND SUBREGIONAL 
INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, TO ENSURE THE IMPLEMENTATION 
OF THE PROGRAMMES AND PRIORITIES OF NEPAD; 
 
30.   ENCOURAGES THE ONGOING EFFORTS BY THE UNITED NATIONS 
SYSTEM TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE SIMPLIFICATION AND 
HARMONIZATION OF ITS PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, DISBURSEMENT AND 
REPORTING PROCEDURES AT THE NATIONAL, SUBREGIONAL AND 
REGIONAL LEVELS TO EASE THE BURDEN ON THE LIMITED CAPACITIES 
OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES; 
 
31.   FURTHER REQUESTS THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM TO ASSIST IN 
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEPAD THROUGH CONTINUING SUPPORT OF THE 
EFFORTS OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES IN HUMAN AND INSTITUTIONAL 
CAPACITY-BUILDING AT THE NATIONAL, SUBREGIONAL AND REGIONAL 
LEVELS AND MOBILIZING FINANCIAL RESOURCES; 
 
32.   ALSO REQUESTS THE MULTILATERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
TO ENSURE THAT THEIR SUPPORT FOR AFRICA IS COMPATIBLE WITH 
NEPAD; 
 
33.   CALLS UPON THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM TO STRENGTHEN ITS 
COOPERATION WITH THE AFRICAN UNION, ITS PEACE AND SECURITY 
COUNCIL AND OTHER AFRICAN MECHANISMS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO 
RESOLVE AND PREVENT CONFLICTS AT THE SUBREGIONAL AND 
CONTINENTAL LEVELS TO ENSURE A SOLID BASIS FOR THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF NEPAD AND, IN THIS REGARD, WELCOMES THE 
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL AD HOC WORKING GROUP ON 
CONFLICT PREVENTION AND RESOLUTION IN AFRICA, AS WELL AS THE 
ECOSOC AD HOC ADVISORY GROUP ON AFRICAN COUNTRIES EMERGING 
FROM CONFLICT; 
 
34.   NOTES THE DECISION BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO GIVE TO 
HIS ADVISOR FOR SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS IN AFRICA THE 
RESPONSIBILITY TO COORDINATE AND GUIDE THE PREPARATIONS OF 
AFRICA RELATED REPORTS OF THE SECRETARIAT AND NOTES THE 
DECISION TO TRANSFER THE RESOURCES OF OSCAL TO THE ADVISOR; 
 
35.   UNDERSCORES THE NEED FOR A STRUCTURE IN THE SECRETARIAT 
IN NEW YORK AT AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL, WHICH WILL REVIEW AND 
REPORT ON UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT AS WELL AS THE 
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY,S SUPPORT FOR NEPAD AND ON THE 
COORDINATED IMPLEMENTATION OF SUMMIT AND CONFERENCE OUTCOMES 
AS THEY RELATE TO AFRICA AS WELL AS COORDINATE GLOBAL 
ADVOCACY IN SUPPORT OF NEPAD.  IN THIS CONTEXT, REQUESTS THE 
SECRETARY GENERAL TO MAKE PROPOSALS ON THE ORGANIZATION OF 
SUCH A STRUCTURE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF HIS PROPOSALS FOR 
THE 2004/2005 BIENNIAL PROGRAMME AND BUDGET; 
 
36.   INVITES THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, PURSUANT TO 
ITS SYSTEMWIDE COORDINATION ROLE, TO CONSIDER HOW TO SUPPORT 
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS RESOLUTION; 
 
37.   DECIDES TO INCLUDE A SINGLE, COMPREHENSIVE AGENDA ITEM 
ENTITLED &NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA,S DEVELOPMENT: 
PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTATION AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT8 ON THE 
ANNUAL AGENDA OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BEGINNING AT THE 
FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION AND ENCOURAGES THE CURRENT EFFORTS 
TOWARDS CLUSTERING THE ITEMS RELATED TO AFRICA,S DEVELOPMENT; 
 
38.   REQUESTS THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO SUBMIT THE FIRST 
CONSOLIDATED REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS RESOLUTION 
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT ITS FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION ON THE 
BASIS OF INPUTS FROM GOVERNMENTS, ORGANIZATIONS OF THE UNITED 
NATIONS SYSTEM AND INPUTS FROM THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN 
NEPAD, SUCH AS THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND CIVIL SOCIETY. 
 
END TEXT OF UN RESOLUTION 
 
POWELL