Clause 1.3 refers the fact that the UN feels that it is addressing "pressing problems" and they feel they are preparing the world for the "challenges" of the next century and that it "Reflects a global consensus and political commitment". The problem with this is that we are talking about an organization that is hard pressed to point to any significant accomplishments and the overplay of the consensus, probably 98 percent of the world's population has no a clue about what the UN is up to and is much more concerned with it's daily problems not what the UN thinks will happen in the furture.
Clause 1.4 sets out the the First World is going to pay for the emerging nations problems and also that they are also going to be funding the organisations that are going to assist in carrying this out. have you ever wondered why NGOs emerged and how they function without having to raise their own funds, they are going to be sponsored by taxpayers through their respective governments contributions