16. Reaffirms that social development requires the active involvement of all actors in the development process, including civil society organizations, corporations and small businesses, and that partnerships among all relevant actors are increasingly becoming part of national and international cooperation for social development, reaffirms also that, within countries, partnerships among the Government, civil society and the private sector can contribute effectively to the achievement of social development goals, and underlines the fact that, at the international level, the recent initiatives towards building voluntary partnerships for social development should be encouraged and discussed further at, inter alia, the intergovernmental level;
16. 重申社会发展需要发展进程中的所有行动者，包括民间社会组织、大公司和小企业积极参与，所有相关行动者结成伙伴关系正日益成为国家和国际合作促进发展的一部分，还重申在各国内部，政府、民间社会和私营部门结成伙伴关系可以有效促使实现各项社会发展目标，并强调在国际一级，最近为建设促进社会发展的自愿伙伴关系而提出的倡议应该得到鼓励，并除其它外，在政府间一级进一步加以讨论；