Examples of using Development benchmarks in English and their translations into Russian
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VI. Development benchmarks.
UNCTAD should continue its pioneering work on Mode 4 and"development benchmarks.
Development benchmarks and assessments.
Trade and development benchmarks.
Agreed commitments include 103 governance, security and development benchmarks.
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The proposal for development benchmarks may serve that purpose.
One basic principle was to ensure an appropriate assessment of United Nations assistance based on development benchmarks agreed with the recipient country.
Elaborate development benchmarks to assess how effectively developing countries are integrating into and deriving gains from the international trading system;
Continue its work in devising trade and development benchmarks for professional services.
Some critical development benchmarks can be highlighted against which an assessment of progress in mainstreaming development into WTO can be undertaken.
Finally, research andanalysis by UNCTAD on trade-related development benchmarks in the area of services was stressed.
The secretariat provided a technical note(TD/B/50/8), reporting on the outcome of the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference and the development dimension,including suggestions on development benchmarks.
She now stresses that,while the Goals provide concrete development benchmarks, a human rights perspective highlights legally binding obligations and envisions universal, equitable and affordable access.
Recently, particular attention was given to promoting greater participation by developing countries in dynamic and new sectors of world trade, andto developing a set of trade-related development benchmarks.
It was suggested that,at its next session, the Board, under this item, could consider the development benchmarks while assessing progress towards the realization of the development agenda in the DWP.
It was stated that the development benchmarks are a useful way to systematically assess progress in assuring development gains from the international trading system in general and from trade negotiations in particular.
Some developing countries proposed a"monitoring mechanism" to assess the utilization and development impact of these provisions,but no specific development benchmarks have been discussed to date.
In particular, UNCTAD should further elaborate development benchmarks to assess how effectively developing countries are integrating into, and deriving an equitable share of benefits from, the international trading system.
It will provide a forum for policy discussion and consensus building on core andemerging issues of international trade, development benchmarks, commodities and new and dynamic sectors of international trade, such as trade in services.
Mr. Osuntokun(Nigeria) said that development benchmarks included the ability to provide the general population with basic necessities such as education, food, shelter, good health services and gainful employment.
The UNCTAD secretariat presented broad areas for research and analysis on trade-related development benchmarks at the Trade and Development Board's fiftieth regular session in October 2003.
Taking Note of the Arusha Development Benchmarks for the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference adopted by the African Union Trade Ministers at the 2nd Extra-Ordinary Session of their Conference held in Arusha, Tanzania on 22-24 November 2005; and.
With respect to the July Package of the WTO, this was only the beginning of a new phase, andit was important to ensure that the development promises of Doha were effectively reflected in both market access and rules; the development benchmarks to be developed by UNCTAD would be useful in that connection.
The primary objective of the programme is to develop human development benchmarks, indicators and analytical tools for monitoring human development and poverty in each participating country of the region.
During the recently concluded thematic debate on climate change, several delegations, including that of Jamaica, pointed to the causal link between climate change and the efforts of developing countries in their pursuit of sustainable development andthe achievement of global development benchmarks, such as the MDGs.
Particular attention was paid to the usefulness of development benchmarks and the need for a consistent review and assessment of the implications and the impact of the EPAs as well as the need to have measures in place to confront any possible developmental shortfalls.
Special emphasis will be placed on the interface between the multilateral trading system and regional trade agreements, coherence between global/regional processes and national policies and strategies,the elaboration of development benchmarks, the provision of support to South-South cooperation and trade preferences and WTO accession.
The United Nations Millennium Declaration provided a powerful framework of development benchmarks, while the Monterrey Consensus provided a comprehensive set of commitments and agreements for financing development. .
The mandates and specific areas of work of UNCTAD have been broadened to include sectoral reviews of new and dynamic sectors in international trade to foster increased participation by developing countries in these sectors, and focusing on the positive links among supply capacities, export competitiveness and market access;and elaborating development benchmarks to assess how effectively developing countries are integrating into and deriving gains from the international trading system.
UNCTAD has elaborated development benchmarks on assessment of the impact of trade on development and vice versa, producing the Trade and Development Index(TDI), contained in a new report on Developing Countries in International Trade 2005 SPC paragraph 95.