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countries to attain the full realization of the economic, social and cultural rights of their
people,
Stressing the determination expressed in the United Nations Millennium Declaration
to deal comprehensively and effectively with the debt problems of low- and middle-income
developing countries through various national and international measures designed to make
their debt sustainable in the long term,
Mindful of the role, mandate and activities of other United Nations agencies, funds
and programmes in dealing with the issues of foreign debt and international financial
obligations,
Noting the concern expressed in the declaration that heads of State and Government
of the Group of 77 and China issued on the occasion of the summit entitled “For a New
World Order for Living Well”, held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Plurinational State of
Bolivia, on 14 and 15 June 2014,1 that reiterates the importance of not allowing vulture
funds to paralyse the debt restructuring efforts of developing countries, and that these funds
should not supersede the State’s right to protect its people under international law,
Acknowledging that there is greater acceptance that the increasing debt burden faced
by the most indebted developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, is
unsustainable and constitutes one of the principal obstacles to achieving progress in peoplecentred sustainable development and poverty eradication and that, for many developing
countries and countries with economies in transition, excessive debt servicing has severely
constrained their capacity to promote social development and to provide basic services to
create the conditions for the realization of economic, social and cultural rights,
Expressing its concern that, despite repeated rescheduling of debt, developing
countries continue to pay out more each year than the actual amount they receive in official
development assistance,
Recognizing the sovereign right of any State to restructure its sovereign debt, which
should not be frustrated or impeded by any measure emanating from another State,
Expressing its concern about the voluntary nature of international debt relief
schemes, which has created opportunities for vulture funds to acquire defaulted sovereign
debt at vastly reduced prices and then seek repayment of the full value of the debt through
litigation, seizure of assets or political pressure,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 68/304 of 9 September 2014, in which the
Assembly decided to elaborate and adopt a multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt
restructuring processes with a view to, inter alia, increasing the efficiency, stability and
predictability of the international financial system and achieving sustained, inclusive and
equitable economic growth and sustainable development, in accordance with national
circumstances and priorities, and recalling also Assembly resolution 69/247 of 29
December 2014, in which the Assembly decided to establish an ad hoc committee to
elaborate through a process of intergovernmental negotiations such a multilateral legal
framework,
Affirming that debt burden further complicates the numerous problems facing
developing countries, contributes to extreme poverty and is an obstacle to sustainable
human development, and is thus a serious impediment to the realization of all human rights,
in particular the right to development,
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See A/68/948, annex.