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 Fourth United Nations Development Decade : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

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 UN Development Decade

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with all concerned organs and organizations of the UN system, including the Bretton Woods institutions, as well as other relevant international organizations, to submit to the General Assembly, for consideration at its 55th session, an update of the report of the Secretary-General; also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly for consideration at its 55th session, through the Economic and Social Council, a draft text of an international development strategy for the first decade of the new millennium, with the aim of giving further impetus to international cooperation for development and of monitoring long-term trends in the global economy as well as the attainment of internationally agreed targets: (a) building on the outcomes, inter alia, of the major UN conferences and summit meetings held during the 1990s, the Agenda for Development and any other relevant ongoing processes related to international cooperation for development; (b) taking into account the dynamic changes to the world economy resulting from, inter alia, globalization, interdependence and liberalization and the rapid advances in science and technology; requests the President of the General Assembly at its 54th session to initiate consultations with all Member States with a view to establishing the modalities for the consideration and conclusion of the proposal of the Secretary-General called for in paragraph 4 above at the 55th session of the General Assembly.

Adopted without vote, 87th meeting

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Adopted at the 87th plenary meeting, 22 Dec. 1999.