Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s

Recalls that the 3rd UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries will convene in 2001, welcomes the offer of the European Union to host the Conference in Brussels, and decides to accept the offer; decides that the meeting of the intergovernmental preparatory committee envisaged in paragraph 4 of its resolution 53/182 will be held in New York in 2 parts, in the 3rd quarter of 2000 and the 1st quarter of 2001, each for 5 working days; also decides that the Secretary-General of the Conference will organize the 3 expert-level preparatory meetings provided for in paragraph 4 of its resolution 53/182 at the venues and for the durations deemed most appropriate in consultation with Member States; requests the Secretary-General of the Conference to organize regional-level preparatory events in collaboration with the regional commissions and other relevant regional and subregional organizations, as appropriate; decides to defray the cost of the participation of 2 government representatives from each least developed country in the meetings of the preparatory committee and the Conference itself through the use of extrabudgetary resources, and, in the event that those resources prove to be insufficient, requests the Secretary-General to consider all other options, including the use of unspent balances from the regular budget for the biennium 1996-1997 as a exceptional measure; decides that the programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s will continue to provide the framework for national and international action for the least developed countries until the adoption of the next programme of action at the 3rd UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries

Adopted without vote, 88th meeting

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Adopted at the 88th plenary meeting, 23 Dec. 1999.