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. 2 00 57031

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