FAO Conference resolutions

RESOLUTION

13/2005

Implementation of

United Nations General Assembly

Resolution 59/250 on the

Triennial Comprehensive Policy Review of Operational Activities for Development of the United Nations System

THE CONFERENCE

Welcoming

the 2005 World Summit Outcome and mindful of the call by Heads of State and Government for improved system-wide coherence made in the outcome document;

Mindful of

the crucial importance of the

United Nations

reform process related, inter alia, to operational activities for development launched by the

United Nations Secretary-General

and aimed at both ensuring a better coordination of field-level activities and delivering services in a coherent and effective way;

Further

recognising

the need for better coherence and coordination of the operational activities of the

UN System

, and in this respect recognising the importance of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework in supporting national development efforts;

Recalling

the adoption of

United Nations General Assembly

Resolution 59/250 on the Triennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations System;

Reaffirming

its commitment to the Millennium Declaration, the

Monterrey

Consensus and the

Johannesburg

Plan of Implementation;

Reaffirming

that each country has primary responsibility for its own development and that the role of national policies and development strategies cannot be overemphasized in the achievement of sustainable development, and recognizing that national efforts should be complemented by supportive global programmes, measures and policies aimed at expanding the development opportunities of developing countries, while taking into account national conditions and ensuring respect for national ownership, strategies and sovereignty.

Welcoming

recent efforts and initiatives to enhance the quality of aid and to increase its impact, including the

Paris

Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, and reaffirms its resolve to take concrete, effective and timely action in implementing all agreed commitments on aid effectiveness, with clear monitoring and deadlines, including through further aligning assistance with countries’ strategies, building institutional capacities, reducing transaction costs and eliminating bureaucratic procedures, making progress on untying aid, enhancing the absorptive capacity and financial management of recipient countries and strengthening the focus on development results;

Reaffirming

the commitment of FAO Members to support system-wide coherence by implementing current reforms aimed at more effective, efficient, coherent, coordinated and better-performing UN country presence with a strengthened role for the senior resident official, whether special representative, resident coordinator or humanitarian coordinator, including appropriate authority, resources and accountability, and a common management, programming and monitoring framework.

Welcoming

FAO ’s contribution to the achievement of the MDGs, as presented in paper “ FAO and the Challenge of the MDGs: The Road Ahead”;

Recognizing

the vital contribution of FAO to the operational activities of the UN System at country level, and acknowledging FAO ’s active participation in the work of the

United Nations

Development Group;

Recognizing

the importance of the operational and normative work of FAO and of strengthening the linkages between them (M+5 169):

Reaffirms

the commitment of FAO Members to the work of the Organisation, in accordance with and in full compliance with its mandate, as expressed in the Preamble and Article I of the FAO Constitution;

Requests

the

Director General of FAO

to take appropriate actions for the full implementation of

General Assembly

Resolution 59/250 (59/250 is annexed to this Resolution). In particular its chapter II on funding for operational activities for development of the UN System; III on capacity building; IV on transaction costs and efficiency; chapter V on coherence, effectiveness and relevance of operational activities for development; VI on country level capacity of the United Nations System ; VII on evaluation of operational activities for development; VIII on regional dimensions; IX on South-South Cooperation and development of national capacities; X on gender; XI on transition from relief to development and XII on follow-up;

Requests

FAO Secretariat to submit to the Thirty-fourth Session of the

Conference

an interim report on the implementation of the present Resolution.

(Adopted on

25 November 2005

)

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