A/RES/55/173 6. Calls upon relevant organizations and agencies of the United Nations system to intensify their assistance in response to the urgent needs of the Palestinian people in accordance with Palestinian priorities set forth by the Palestinian Authority, with emphasis on national execution and capacity-building; 7. Urges Member States to open their markets to exports of Palestinian products on the most favourable terms, consistent with appropriate trading rules, and to implement fully existing trade and cooperation agreements; 8. Calls upon the international donor community to expedite the delivery of pledged assistance to the Palestinian people to meet their urgent needs; 9. Stresses in this context the importance of ensuring the free passage of aid to the Palestinian people and the free movement of persons and goods; 10. Urges the international donor community, United Nations agencies and organizations and non-governmental organizations to extend as rapidly as possible emergency economic and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people to counter the impact of the current crisis; 11. Stresses the need to implement the Paris Protocol on Economic Relations of 29 April 1994, fifth annex to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, 5 in particular with regard to the full and prompt clearance of Palestinian indirect tax revenues; 12. Suggests the convening in 2001 of a United Nations-sponsored seminar on assistance to the Palestinian people; 13. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session, through the Economic and Social Council, on the implementation of the present resolution, containing: (a) people; An assessment of the assistance actually received by the Palestinian (b) An assessment of the needs still unmet and specific proposals for responding effectively to them; 14. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session, under the item entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance”, the sub-item entitled “Assistance to the Palestinian people”. 85th plenary meeting 14 December 2000 5 See A/51/889-S/1997/357, annex. 3

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