21. 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;
21. 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、公司和小企业积极参与，而且所有相关行动者结成的伙伴关系正日益成为国内和国际合作促进发展的一部分；又重申在各国内部，政府、民间社会和私营部门之间的伙伴关系能够切实协助实现社会发展目标；并着重指出，在国际一级，最近为建立自愿的伙伴关系以促进社会发展而采取的举措应予以鼓励和进一步讨论，包括在政府间进一步讨论；