A/RES/55/193 1. Reaffirms the importance of continued constructive dialogue and genuine partnership to promote further international economic cooperation for development in the twenty-first century; 2. Reiterates the overall theme adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 54/213, namely, “Responding to globalization: facilitating the integration of developing countries into the world economy in the twenty-first century”; 3. Endorses the agreement reached at the intergovernmental consultations, as contained in the report of the Secretary-General,2 whereby the two sub-themes of the second high-level dialogue would be (a) “Promoting the integration of developing countries into the world economy and generating new public and private financing resources to complement development efforts” and (b) “Enhancing the integration of developing countries in the emerging global information network, facilitating access to information and communication technology for developing countries”, and decides that the high-level dialogue will be convened for two days immediately prior to the commencement of the general debate at the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly, that the high-level dialogue shall consist of plenary meetings, ministerial round-table meetings and informal panels, with the participation of non-governmental actors, and that the final outcome of the dialogue will be a summary by the President, to be presented at the closure of the event; 4. Requests the President of the General Assembly to continue preparations for the second high-level dialogue, in close collaboration with Member States and taking into account the experience of the first high-level dialogue, as well as recent experience in the preparation and organization of high-level events; 5. Requests the Secretary-General, in close cooperation with Governments, all relevant parts of the United Nations system and other relevant stakeholders, to prepare for the second high-level dialogue, taking into account the results of major United Nations conferences and summits, General Assembly resolution 54/213, the outcome of the consultations held by the Chairman of the Second Committee, any further guidance provided by Member States and the outcome of the consideration of the relevant item by the General Assembly at its current session; 6. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development and international economic cooperation”, the sub-item entitled “High-level dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for development through partnership”, and requests the Secretary-General to submit to it at that session a consolidated report on the implementation of the present resolution. 87th plenary meeting 20 December 2000 2

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