18. Notes that credit rating agencies play an important role in determining countries' access to international capital markets and the cost of such borrowing, and, in this regard, calls upon the international financial and banking institutions to consider enhancing the transparency of risk rating mechanisms, and notes that sovereign risk assessments made by the private sector should maximize the use of strict, objective and transparent parameters, which can be facilitated by high-quality data and analysis;
18. 注意到评级机构在决定各国进入国际资本市场的资格和借款成本方面具有重要作用，呼吁国际金融和银行机构考虑加强风险评级机制的透明度，并指出私营部门的主权风险评估应当尽量使用严格、客观和透明的参数，这些参数可由高质量的数据和分析提供；