Implementation of the commitments and policies agreed upon in the Declaration on International Economic Cooperation, in particular the Revitalization of Economic Growth and Development of the Developing Countries, and implementation of the International Development Strategy for the 4th United Nations Development Decade : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Recognizes the need to strengthen the implementation of the Declaration and the Strategy in the remaining years of the 1990s so as to ensure that the Decade will indeed be one of accelerated development, in particular in the developing countries, and strengthened international economic cooperation; recognizes the need to provide particular support to those least developed countries suffering from a deteriorating economic situation; requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its 53rd session a progress report on the implementation of the Declaration and the Strategy, with particular emphasis on their relationship with and impact on development trends, and on emerging experiences with and consensus on development strategies; calls for the review and appraisal of the Declaration and the strategy to be coordinated with the follow-up work on major UN conferences and the ongoing discussion on an agenda for development.

Adopted without vote, 86th meeting

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Adopted at the 86th plenary meeting, 16 Dec. 1996.