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The Agenda for Development, adopted by the General Assembly after intense and extended consultations, represents one of the most far-reaching agreements on the central issue of development ever attained by the international community. This comprehensive document not only addresses the familiar components of development, such as economic growth, trade, finance, science and technology, poverty eradication, employment and human resources development, but also places new emphasis on the role of democracy, human rights, popular participation, good governance and the empowerment of women. As such, it provides an all-encompassing framework for international cooperation on development - a central and evolving concern of the United Nations since its inception.
