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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/53/202
12 February 1999
Fifty-third session
Agenda item 30
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/53/L.73)]
53/202. The Millennium Assembly of the United Nations
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 52/12 B of 19 December 1997 and decision 52/477 D of 6 May 1998,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on renewing the United Nations: a programme
for reform,1 and the note by the Secretary-General on a Millennium Assembly, the United Nations system
(Special Commission) and a Millennium Forum,2
Convinced that the year 2000 constitutes a unique and symbolically compelling moment to articulate
and affirm an animating vision for the United Nations in the new era,
Also convinced that a Millennium Assembly would provide an opportunity to strengthen the role of
the United Nations in meeting the challenges of the twenty-first century,
1. Decides to designate the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly “The Millennium Assembly
of the United Nations”;
1
A/51/950 and Add.1-7.
2
A/52/850.
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