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<P align=left>2005 WORLD SUMMIT</P></FONT><FONT face=BankGothicBT-Light
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<P align=left><FONT size=2>HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY MEETING </FONT></FONT><FONT
size=2><FONT face=BankGothicBT-Light>| </FONT><FONT face=BankGothicBT-Light
color=#231f20>14–16 SEPTEMBER 2005 </FONT><FONT face=BankGothicBT-Medium
color=#231f20>UNITED NATIONS</P></FONT></FONT><FONT face=BankGothicBT-Medium
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<P align=left>2005 WORLD SUMMIT OUTCOME</P></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
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<P align=left>The world’s leaders, meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New
York from 14 to 16 September, agreed to take action on a range of global
challenges:</P></FONT><FONT face=BankGothicBT-Medium color=#231f20 size=2>
<P align=left>DEVELOPMENT</P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Strong and unambiguous commitment by all governments,
in donor and developing nations alike, to achieve the Millennium Development
Goals by 2015.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Additional $50 billion a year by 2010 for fighting
poverty.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Commitment by all developing countries to adopt
national plans for achieving the Millennium Development</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>Goals by 2006.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT
face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Agreement to provide immediate support for quick
impact initiatives to support anti-malaria efforts, education, </FONT><FONT
size=2>and healthcare.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Commitment to innovative sources of financing for
development, including efforts by groups of countries to </FONT><FONT
size=2>implement an International Finance Facility and other initiatives to
finance development projects, in particular </FONT><FONT size=2>in the health
sector.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Agreement to consider additional measures to ensure
long-term debt sustainability through increased grantbased </FONT><FONT
size=2>financing, cancellation of 100 per cent of the official multilateral and
bilateral debt of heavily indebted poor </FONT><FONT size=2>countries (HIPCs).
Where appropriate, to consider significant debt relief or restructuring for low
and middle </FONT><FONT size=2>income developing countries with unsustainable
debt burdens that are not part of the HIPC initiative.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT
face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Commitment to trade liberalization and expeditious
work towards implementing the development dimensions </FONT><FONT size=2>of the
Doha work programme.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=BankGothicBT-Medium
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<P align=left>TERRORISM</P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Clear and unqualified condemnation—by all
governments, for the first time—of terrorism "in all its forms and </FONT><FONT
size=2>manifestations, committed by whomever, wherever and for whatever
purposes."</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Strong political push for a comprehensive convention
against terrorism within a year. Support for early entry into </FONT><FONT
size=2>force of the Nuclear Terrorism Convention. All states are encouraged to
join and implement it as well as the 12 </FONT><FONT size=2>other antiterrorism
conventions.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Agreement to fashion a strategy to fight terrorism in
a way that makes the international community stronger and </FONT><FONT
size=2>terrorists weaker.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=BankGothicBT-Medium
color=#231f20 size=2>
<P align=left>PEACEBUILDING, PEACEKEEPING, AND PEACEMAKING</P></FONT><FONT
face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Decision to create a Peacebuilding Commission to help
countries transition from war to peace, backed by a </FONT><FONT size=2>support
office and a standing fund.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>New standing police capacity for UN peacekeeping
operations.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Agreement to strengthen the Secretary-General’s
capacity for mediation and good offices.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT
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<P align=left>RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT</P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Clear and unambiguous acceptance by all governments
of the collective international responsibility to protect </FONT><FONT
size=2>populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes
against humanity.Willingness to take timely </FONT><FONT size=2>and decisive
collective action for this purpose, through the Security Council, when peaceful
means prove </FONT><FONT size=2>inadequate and national authorities are
manifestly failing to do it.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=BankGothicBT-Medium
color=#ffffff size=2>
<P align=left></FONT><FONT face=BankGothicBT-Medium color=#231f20 size=2>HUMAN
RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY AND RULE OF LAW</P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Decisive steps to strengthen the UN human rights
machinery, backing the action plan and doubling the budget </FONT><FONT
size=2>of the High Commissioner.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Agreement to establish a UN Human Rights Council
during the coming year.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Reaffirmation of democracy as a universal value, and
welcome for new Democracy Fund which has already </FONT><FONT size=2>received
pledges of $32 million from 13 countries.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT
face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Commitment to eliminate pervasive gender
discrimination, such as inequalities in education and ownership of </FONT><FONT
size=2>property, violence against women and girls and to end impunity for such
violence.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Ratification action taken during the Summit triggered
the entry into force of the Convention Against
Corruption.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=BankGothicBT-Medium color=#231f20
size=2>
<P align=left>MANAGEMENT REFORM</P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Broad strengthening of the UN’s oversight capacity,
including the Office of Internal Oversight Services, </FONT><FONT
size=2>expanding oversight services to additional agencies, calling for
developing an independent oversight advisory </FONT><FONT size=2>committee, and
further developing a new ethics office.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT
face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Update the UN by reviewing all mandates older than
five years, so that obsolete ones can be dropped to make </FONT><FONT
size=2>room for new priorities.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Commitment to overhauling rules and policies on
budget, finance and human resources so the Organization can </FONT><FONT
size=2>better respond to current needs; and a one-time staff buy-out to ensure
that the UN has the appropriate staff for </FONT><FONT size=2>today’s
challenges.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=BankGothicBT-Medium color=#231f20
size=2>
<P align=left>ENVIRONMENT</P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Recognition of the serious challenge posed by climate
change and a commitment to take action through the UN </FONT><FONT
size=2>Framework Convention on Climate Change. Assistance will be provided to
those most vulnerable, like small </FONT><FONT size=2>island developing
states.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Agreement to create a worldwide early warning system
for all natural hazards.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=BankGothicBT-Medium
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<P align=left>INTERNATIONAL HEALTH</P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>A scaling up of responses to HIV/AIDS, TB, and
malaria, through prevention, care, treatment and support, and </FONT><FONT
size=2>the mobilization of additional resources from national, bilateral,
multilateral and private sources.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Commitment to fight infectious diseases, including a
commitment to ensure full implementation of the new </FONT><FONT
size=2>International Health Regulations, and support for the Global Outbreak
Alert and Response Network of the World</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>Health Organization.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT
face=BankGothicBT-Medium color=#231f20 size=2>
<P align=left>HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE</P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Improved Central Emergency Revolving Fund to ensure
that relief arrives reliably and immediately when </FONT><FONT size=2>disasters
happen.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Recognition of the Guiding Principles on Internal
Displacement as an important international framework for the </FONT><FONT
size=2>protection of internally displaced persons.</FONT></P></FONT><FONT
face=BankGothicBT-Medium color=#231f20 size=2>
<P align=left>UPDATING THE UN CHARTER</P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>» </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>A decision to revise and update the Charter
by:</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>• </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Winding up the Trusteeship Council, marking
completion of UN’s historic decolonisation role;</FONT></P></FONT><FONT
face=Synchro-Normal>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>• </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Minion-Regular
color=#231f20><FONT size=2>Deleting anachronistic references to "enemy states"
in the Charter.</FONT></P></FONT><I><FONT face=Minion-Italic color=#231f20>
<P align=left><FONT size=2>The full text of the document is available on the
Summit website: www.un.org/summit2005</FONT></P></I></FONT><FONT
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<P align=left>ISSUED BY THE UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INFORMATION—SEPTEMBER 2005</P></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>