Invites all the relevant members of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific to become parties to the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network in order to ensure the speedy entry into force of the Agreement; requests the Executive Secretary: (a) to assist member countries in becoming parties to the Agreement; (b) to accord priority to development of the Asian Highway network; (c) to collaborate effectively with international and regional financing institutions, multilateral and bilateral donors and subregional organizations for the development of the Asian Highway network; (d) to discharge effectively the functions of the secretariat of the Agreement; (e) to report to the Commission at its 61st session on implementation of the present resolution.

Adopted without vote, 42nd plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 2004, New York, 21 Jan., 4-6, 13 and 27 Feb. and 3 May 2004; resumed organizational session for 2004, New York, 4 May and 3 and 15 June 2004; substantive session of 2004, New York, 28 June-23 July 2004; resumed substantive session of 2004, New York, 16 Sept. and 5 and 11 Nov. 2004 - E/2004/99 - p. 26-27 - (ESCOR, 2004, Suppl. no. 1).