Zambia Position Paper

REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

SECOND COMMITTEE

THE TRANSITION FROM RELIEF TO DEVELOPMENT

The United Nations passed resolution A/62/426 in December 2007, which the assembly stressed that partnerships should be consistent with national laws and development strategies, and would call upon the international community to continue promoting multi-stakeholder approaches to development challenges in the context of globalization. It also It requested that the Secretary-General, in consultation with Member States, promote mechanisms to assess the impact of partnerships, taking into account the best tools available, so as to enable effective management, ensure accountability and facilitate effective learning from both successes and failures. The UN also passed A/62/424/Add.3 in 2007, which stated that the assembly would stress that South-South cooperation offers viable opportunities for developing countries in their individual and collective pursuit of sustained economic growth and sustainable development. In resolution A/62/424/Add.2, the UN declared that there is no "one-size-fits-all" approach to development, and that United Nations development assistance should respond to problem countries' varying development needs and be in line with national development plans and strategies. The Assembly would also note with concern the overall decline in official development assistance (ODA) in 2006, and would call on developed countries in particular to achieve the target of giving 0.7 per cent of gross domestic product in ODA by 2015.

The Republic of Zambia is a strong supporter of the millennium goals and has put forth every effort to reach them. Zambia feels that the most important of these goals are goal one; to eradicate extreme hunger and poverty; and goal 6; to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases. This is essential because only with this foundation can development really begin. Both of these problems stops development