United Nations
A/RES/55/182
General Assembly
Distr.: General
18 January 2001
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 92 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/55/579/Add.1)]
55/182. International trade and development
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolutions 50/95 and 50/98 of 20 December 1995, 51/167 of
16 December 1996, 52/182 of 18 December 1997, 53/170 of 15 December 1998 and
54/198 of 22 December 1999, as well as relevant international agreements
concerning trade, economic growth and development,
Taking note of the outcome of the tenth session of the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development, held at Bangkok from 12 to 19 February
2000, 1 specifically the Bangkok Declaration: global dialogue and dynamic
engagement 2 and the Plan of Action, 3 which provide an important framework for
promoting a partnership for growth and development,
Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration adopted by the heads of
State and Government on 8 September 2000, 4
Taking note of the Declaration and the Programme of Action adopted by the
South Summit of the Group of 77, held at Havana from 10 to 14 April 2000,5
Emphasizing that a favourable and conducive international economic and
financial environment and a positive investment climate are necessary for the
growth of the world economy, including the creation of employment with equal
opportunities for women and men, in particular for the growth and development of
developing countries, and emphasizing also that each country is responsible for its
own economic policies for sustainable development,
Noting the need for multilateral trade liberalization, and noting also that a large
number of developing countries have assumed the rights and obligations of the
World Trade Organization without being able to reap the full benefits of, and
participate fully in, the multilateral trading system, and that there is a need for
1
TD/390.
Ibid., part I.
3
Ibid., part II.
4
See resolution 55/2.
5
A/55/74, annexes I and II.
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