South-South Cooperation

A/RES/76/221View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 25bSouth-South cooperation for development, published in 2021.

What other versions does this mandate have?

18 versions · 2006–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/156

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What subjects does this mandate have?

2 topics

Economic Cooperation Among Developing Countries South-South Relations

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2022.

2022A/77/297State of South-South cooperation report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs

Recalls the convening of the second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation in Buenos Aires from 20 to 22 March 2019 and its outcome document, and calls upon the international community to support the full implementation of the outcome document of the second High-level Conference;

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the state of South-South cooperation;

Reaffirms its support for the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation, takes note of its decisions 20/1 and 20/2 adopted during its twentieth session, held from 1 to 4 June 2021, and calls for the full implementation of the outcome document of the second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation;

Encourages the continuation and advancement of South-South cooperation and triangular cooperation on COVID-19 response and recovery efforts in the pursuit of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals, and calls for continued support from the relevant United Nations development system entities in that regard, particularly in areas such as equitable and non-discriminatory access to safe, quality, effective and affordable health care and services and medical supplies and equipment, including diagnostics, therapeutics, medicine and vaccines, as well as digitalization, the environment, climate change, social protection and the eradication of poverty;

Notes that, within the context of the broader reforms of the United Nations development system, the United Nations system-wide strategy on South-South and triangular cooperation has the potential to enhance the role and impact of South-South and triangular cooperation through galvanizing the expertise of United Nations organizations to support South-South and triangular cooperation, and in this regard calls upon the United Nations development system, including United Nations entities, to continue mainstreaming South-South and triangular cooperation into the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks, at the country level, as appropriate, as a means to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals, commends the efforts of the regional commissions to promote South-South and triangular cooperation, takes note with appreciation of the work done by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation, through inclusive mechanisms, in particular South-South cooperation initiatives established by developing countries, and calls upon it to work with the regional commissions to mainstream South-South and triangular cooperation, including through regional collaborative frameworks for South-South and triangular cooperation;

Reaffirms the commitment at the very heart of the 2030 Agenda to leave no one behind and commit to taking more tangible steps to support people in vulnerable situations and the most vulnerable countries and to reach the furthest behind first;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-seventh session, under the item entitled “Operational activities for development”, the sub-item entitled “South-South cooperation for development”, and requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session a comprehensive report on the state of South-South cooperation, including the implementation of the outcome document of the second High-level Conference.

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