Calls upon the international community to accord particular attention to the deteriorating economic and social situation in the developing countries, particularly in the least developed countries, and to ensure that emerging tendencies in global international relations do not impact negatively on the plight of those countries; calls upon all Member States to promote economic development and social progress by pursuing an interrelated set of policy measures to achieve the goals and objectives established within the framework of national plans and priorities for employment, education, health, nutrition, housing facilities, crime prevention, the well-being of children, equal opportunities for the disabled and the ageing, full participation of youth in the development process and full integration and participation of women in development; reaffirms the commitments and policies for international development cooperation as set out in the Declaration on International Economic Cooperation, in particular, the Revitalization of Economic Growth and Development of the Developing Countries; reaffirms the validity of the principles and objectives of the Declaration on Social Progress and Development; endorses the request of the Economic and Social Council that the Secretary-General should reorient the draft framework for the 1993 report on the world social situation so that it should be in consonance with the requests set forth in paragraph 4 of Council resolution 1989/72.

Adopted 157-1-5, 74th meeting

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Adopted at the 74th plenary meeting, 16 Dec. 1991.