A/RES/51/173 Page 2 Developing Countries and the International Development Strategy for the Fourth United Nations Development Decade;1 2. Recognizes the need to strengthen the implementation of the Declaration and the Strategy in the remaining years of the 1990s so as to ensure that the Decade will indeed be one of accelerated development, in particular in the developing countries, and strengthened international economic cooperation; 3. Calls upon Member States to identify and take follow-up actions on those commitments and agreements that are not fully implemented and on the constraints to implementation; 4. Recognizes the need to provide particular support to those least developed countries suffering from a deteriorating economic situation; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session a progress report on the implementation of the Declaration and the Strategy, with particular emphasis on their relationship with and impact on development trends, and on emerging experiences with and consensus on development strategies; 6. Encourages Member States to provide, as and when available, reports and papers relevant to the implementation of the commitments and policies agreed upon in the Declaration and the Strategy in order to assist the Secretary-General in preparing the report called for above; 7. Calls for the review and appraisal of the Declaration and the Strategy to be coordinated with the follow-up work on major United Nations conferences and the ongoing discussion on an agenda for development. 86th plenary meeting 16 December 1996 1 A/51/270.

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