A/HRC/45/39 66. Sustainable Development Goal 16 is considered vital and enabling for the entire 2030 Agenda. In their reports, States referred to measures to promote good governance, eradicate violence and respect human rights and underlined the importance of upholding the rule of law, promoting access to justice, peacebuilding efforts and the resolution of conflict. F. Promoting international cooperation, trade and investment as means of implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 67. Extending international cooperation and international exchange promote economic and social development throughout the world. The Sustainable Development Goals set out the rationale for States enhancing development cooperation in order to assist developing countries to implement programmes and policies to end poverty and respond to health risks, as well as in the fields of higher education and training. 68. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean considers a review of the international cooperation for development to be necessary to ensure the provision of some global and regional public goods, to create a stable environment for international trade and finance, to extend the dissemination of technologies, to avoid the polarization of capacities and to promote employment and a fair distribution of income within countries and among them (see E/2019/19). It affirms that the alternative to the form taken by globalization after 1990 is a new multilateralism capable of correcting asymmetries and strengthening democracy. 69. Many States underscored the importance of investments in resilience and infrastructure related to development for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and respecting human rights. They mentioned the need to incentivize the financial sector to make such investments, to broaden the access of developing countries to financing and the need for a system of international cooperation, with emphasis being placed on countries with the biggest challenges and weakest capacities to mobilize their own resources. African States considered curbing illicit financial flows and corruption as a key policy priority. 70. The importance of South-South cooperation was highlighted as a means of overcoming asymmetries and gaps inherited from previous decades and of offering innovative opportunities to increase partnerships and solidarity. States, including Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Morocco, appreciated South-South cooperation as a method of alternative development, sharing good practices, facilitating the sharing of knowledge, resources and technologies and developing joint solutions. IV. Participation and accountability: institutional frameworks 71. In most of the voluntary national reviews, States referred to the participation of stakeholders in the process of the elaboration and adoption of national policies for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular national and local organizations, representatives of women, children, young people, older persons, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, trade unions and professional associations, civil society and the private sector. Some States mentioned partnerships between State bodies, at the central and local levels, and various private actors, both national and international, including international organizations and United Nations agencies and funds. 72. It is difficult to evaluate whether such frameworks included all those concerned and interested and could take into account their interests and opinions and whether the participation is envisaged to take place throughout the process of monitoring the application of the policies adopted. That should therefore remain at the forefront of efforts to promote the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. 73. As institutional frameworks for considering national policies, States referred to national committees, interministerial bodies and other forms of internal consultations, either involving representatives of the civil society or consulting them separately. It was not specified whether such bodies had only a consultative competence or whether they were of a permanent or temporary nature. States did not refer to accountability for implementing the 15