The following are excerpts from the Seoul Declaration adopted at the second Korea-Africa Forum held in Seoul, Tuesday.

We commit to developing a partnership based on the following principles:
Respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter, and other universally recognized principles governing relations among states including:
Respect for the independence, sovereign equality, territorial integrity of states;
Adherence to the principles of peaceful settlement of international disputes and resolution of conflicts between states through negotiation, consultation or other peaceful means rather than the use of force or the threat of use of force;
Solidarity and mutual respect and understanding between our peoples for the mutual benefit of both sides;
Respect of international law and democracy, and the promotion and protection of human rights.

We recognize that reducing tension and building trust on the African continent as well as the Korean Peninsula through enhanced dialogue and cooperation is essential for the peace, security and stability of the respective regions.

We reaffirm our support for an expanded and stronger role of the United Nations in a world with globalized, complex and interlinked challenges, and share the view that the United Nations should continue its reforms to increase its transparency, efficiency and accountability.

We also support the international efforts to counter terrorism, piracy, organized crime, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, trafficking and illicit trade in small arms and light weapons and infringement on human rights, and express concern over the spread of violent extremism taking root in volatile regions. We commit to contribute to the efforts of the international community to tackle these problems.

We call for the G20 to strengthen its role as an important forum for international economic cooperation to effectively tackle the current global economic crisis. We welcome Korea's assumption of the Chair of the G20 Summit in 2010 and expect the G20 meetings to contribute to poverty reduction and development cooperation.

We reaffirm our common determination to address global challenges such as climate change, environmental degradation and energy security. We note the importance of preserving the ecological system and biodiversity and we stress the need to transform the challenges of climate change into new economic growth opportunities and achieve sustainable prosperity based on the low carbon, green growth paradigm.

We commit to cooperate with a view to addressing such global challenges to ensure that developed countries reduce Green House Gas emissions in compliance with their obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol.

We also commit to ensure that our concerns are taken into account at the forthcoming Copenhagen Summit in December. We commit to the realization of the commitments under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

We support international and domestic efforts to the fight against poverty and epidemic diseases. We call for the continued development cooperation of the international community, especially for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, amid concerns about the impact of the global financial and economic crisis.

We commit to strengthening inter-governmental cooperation to enhance the mutually beneficial partnership. To this end, we agree to encourage more active exchanges of high-level visits, make full use of existing dialogue channels, as well as further explore new areas of cooperation. In this regard, we note the usefulness of the Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation Conference (KOAFEC) held in 2006 and 2008 and the Korea-Africa Industry Cooperation Forum in 2008 and 2009 as complementary frameworks that can strengthen trade and economic cooperation between the two sides.

We welcome Korea's commitment to double its official development assistance flow to Africa by 2012 compared to 2008. We agree that along with the current focus of social and economic support, the two sides will identify areas of global challenges and focus on issues such as food crisis and climate change that are contributing to depletion of water resources, reduction of arable land, and desertification. Africa supports Korea's plans to seek a green ODA policy as part of its development assistance in that regard.

We underline the importance of capacity building and promoting governance. Accordingly, Korea and Africa will place particular focus on sharing development experiences and knowledge in order to develop human resources that are tailored to the particularities of specific situations. In this regard, we plan to increase the exchange of volunteers, trainees and experts.

We express our deep concern about the slow and uneven progress in the realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in some regions, which makes achieving the MDGs by the year 2015 very challenging. We welcome Korea's decision to increase its assistance in the areas vital to achieving the MDGs, such as education, public health, medical services and agriculture.

We acknowledge the vast potential of increased trade and investment for economic development. We agree to work together to promote trade and investment between Korea and Africa and we commit to creating a more favorable business environment and to encouraging the exchange of trade missions, holding of business forums, sharing of commercial information, and the cooperation between relevant institutions.

We recognize the complementary structures of both economies. We commit to working towards fostering enlarged cooperation in such fields as railways, ports, roads, electricity, communication systems and natural resources.

We note the Korean initiative on ``low-carbon, green growth'' for sustainable development. We agree to promote close cooperation by introducing environment-friendly technology and undertaking cooperative projects and studies. We also commit to enlarging our cooperation in the field of new and renewable energy sources including solar, wind and nuclear.

We recognize the importance of water as a natural resource that is an essential element for life with socio-economic and environmental functions. We will promote the right of our citizens to have access to clean and safe water and sanitation. We realize the need to promote sustainable use of water for agricultural and industrial purposes. In this regard, we will promote the exchange of information and experience between us with a view to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

We call for sustainable and greater allocation of investment in agricultural development so that food production can be secured in the long term. We commit to take advantage of such opportunities in strengthening our partnership and to identify projects and programs in the sector of agricultural development.

We agree on the promotion of tourism, exchanges of arts and music, holding of cultural festivals, cooperation in media, education and training.