A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/52/179 14 January 1998 Fifty-second session Agenda item 95 (a) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Second Committee (A/52/626/Add.1)] 52/179. G l o b a l partnership for development: high-level international intergovernmental consideration of financing for development The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 46/205 of 20 December 1991, 48/187 of 21 December 1993 and 50/93 of 20 December 1995, and relevant resolutions, in which it decided, inter alia, to consider at its fifty-second session the convening of an international conference on the financing of development, Recalling also the Agenda for Development,1 in which it is stated, inter alia, that due consideration should be given to modalities for conducting an intergovernmental dialogue on the financing of development, Reaffirming that development is a complex multidimensional process and is one of the main priorities of the international community, for which Governments have individual and shared responsibilities, Noting with concern the continuous decline of the official development assistance flows to developing countries, and that official development assistance remains a main source of external funding for developing countries, particularly those in Africa and the least developed countries, Recognizing the need to further explore ways of generating new public and private financial resources to complement development efforts, Reaffirming its resolutions 50/91 of 20 December 1995, 50/227 of 24 May 1996 and 51/166 of 16 December 1996, as well as Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/43 of 26 July 1996 on strengthening collaboration between the United Nations development system and the Bretton Woods institutions, 1 Resolution 51/240, annex. 98-76129 /...