وهذا مهم بصفة خاصة في وقت يؤدي فيه الركود الاقتصادي العالمي إلى زيادة إ ضعاف البلدان النامية، وإعاقة قدراتها في تحقيق أهداف التنمية المستدامة.
The Conference's global deal, in which sustained political and economic reform by developing countries would be matched by direct support from the developed world in the form of aid, trade, debt relief and investment, was the first step towards ensuring that the twenty-first century is the century of “development for all”.