South-South Cooperation

A/RES/77/185View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 23bSouth-South cooperation for development, published in 2022.

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18 versions · 2006–2025

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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, 2023.

2023A/78/290State of South-South cooperation report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

16 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, recalls 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 efforts for COVID-19 response and recovery from the socioeconomic effects of the pandemic and other multiple crises 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;

Takes note of the various experiences and locally driven development approaches to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and reiterates the importance of learning and sharing good practices, including through South-South, North-South and triangular cooperation through platforms such as South-South Galaxy, the Global South-South Development Expo, regional sustainable development forums and other knowledge-sharing platforms supported by the different entities of the United Nations system;

Welcomes the organization of the eleventh Global South-South Development Expo in Bangkok from 12 to 14 September 2022, under the theme “Advancing South-South and triangular cooperation for sustainable COVID-19 recovery: towards a smart and resilient future”;

Looks forward to the Third South Summit, to be held in Kampala from 10 to 12 December 2023;

Also looks forward to the ministerial meeting on South-South cooperation, to be held in Doha in March 2023, on the margins of the second part of the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries;

Takes note of the recommendations of the Secretary-General, including scaling up contributions to the United Nations trust fund for South-South cooperation and other relevant financing mechanisms to enable the United Nations development system to advance South-South and triangular cooperation initiatives championed by developing countries, with sufficient resources;

Encourages United Nations entities to support developing countries in integrating development cooperation perspectives, including, in particular, South-South and triangular cooperation perspectives, into the preparation and presentation of the voluntary national review reports on sustainable development;

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 different entities of the United Nations system and 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 in collaboration with the United Nations system organizations and the regional commissions to mainstream South-South and triangular cooperation, including through regional collaborative frameworks for South-South and triangular cooperation;

Welcomes the development of an initial conceptual framework for the measurement of South-South cooperation, which marks a breakthrough in its measurement, as well as the role of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development co-custodianship in undertaking the work on this framework, including on capacity-building, led by countries of the global South and building on country-led mechanisms, and acknowledges the importance of exploring possible options for the measurement of triangular cooperation;

Recognizes the need to scale up and strengthen South-South and triangular cooperation, including for the use, capacity-building and transfer of digital technologies, on mutually agreed terms, to close the digital divides;

Also recognizes the contribution of South-South and triangular cooperation in promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in sustainable development, as well as in achieving the overarching goal of the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions;

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-eighth 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-eighth 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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