Reaffirming the role that the Charter of the United Nations and the General Assembly have vested in the Economic and Social Council, and recognizing the need for a more effective Council as a principal body for coordination, policy review, policy dialogue and recommendations on issues of economic and social development, as well as for implementation of the international development goals agreed at the major United Nations conferences and summits, including the Millennium Development Goals,
重申《联合国宪章》和大会赋予经济及社会理事会的作用，并认识到需要一个更有效力的理事会作为一个主要机构，就经济和社会发展问题进行协调、政策审查、政策对话并提出建议，落实联合国各次主要会议和首脑会议商定的国际发展目标，包括千年发展目标，