A/RES/74/201
International trade and development
Recognizing the need to ensure that the benefits of trade are more widely shared,
Reaffirming World Trade Organization decision WT/MIN(15)/48-WT/L/982 of
19 December 2015 on the implementation of preferential treatment in favour of
services and service suppliers of least developed countries and increasing their
participation in services trade and decision WT/L/508/Add.1 of 25 July 2012 on
accession by the least developed countries, encouraging progress on the
implementation of the World Trade Organization work programme on small
economies, which supports their efforts towards sustainable development, as also
reflected in the outcome document of the third International Conference on Small
Island Developing States, the SIDS Accelerated Mod alities of Action (SAMOA)
Pathway, 1 and stressing that Aid for Trade and targeted trade-related capacitybuilding are essential to integrating developing countries, in particular the least
developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small isla nd developing
States, into the international trading system,
Recognizing the critical role of women as producers and traders and the need to
address their specific challenges in order to facilitate their equal and active
participation in domestic, regional and international trade,
Recognizing also that multilateral rules and disciplines are the best guarantee
against protectionism and are fundamental to the transparency, predictability and
stability of international trade,
Noting the commitments to working to ensure that bilateral, regional and
plurilateral trade agreements complement the multilateral trading system, recognizing
that they can play an important role in complementing global liberalization initiatives,
and in this regard welcoming the entry into force of the Agreement Establishing the
African Continental Free Trade Area, on 30 May 2019,
Reiterating the pledge that no one will be left behind, reaffirming the
recognition that the dignity of the human person is fundamen tal, and the wish to see
the Goals and targets met for all nations and peoples and for all segments of society,
and recommitting to endeavour to reach the furthest behind first,
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Takes note of the report of the Trade and Development Board of the United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development 2 and the report of the SecretaryGeneral; 3
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Reaffirms that international trade is an engine for inclusive growth and
poverty eradication and that it contributes to the promotion of sustainable development,
structural transformation and industrialization, particularly in developing countries;
3.
Reiterates that States will not be able to achieve the ambitious Goals and
targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 4 without a revitalized and
enhanced global partnership and comparably ambitious means of implementation, and
that a revitalized global partnership will facilitate an intensive global engagement in
support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, bringing together Governments,
civil society, the private sector, the United Nations system and other actors and
mobilizing all available resources;
4.
Reaffirms the commitments made through the adoption of the Addis Ababa
Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Developmen t 5
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Resolution 69/15, annex.
A/74/15 (Part I) and A/74/15 (Part II).
A/74/221.
Resolution 70/1.
Resolution 69/313, annex.
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