A/RES/54/226 Page 2 conference on South-South cooperation, as well as other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council on economic and technical cooperation among developing countries, Welcoming the San José Declaration and Plan of Action2 adopted by the Group of 77 at the South-South Conference on Trade, Investment and Finance, held at San José from 13 to 15 January 1997, which outlined concrete modalities on sectoral issues relating to trade, finance and investment and enterprise cooperation, Taking note of the Ministerial Declaration on the South Summit3 adopted by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 at their twenty-third annual meeting, held in New York on 24 September 1999, in which the increased importance and relevance of South-South cooperation was emphasized, Recognizing the important contribution that the forthcoming South Summit, to be held at Havana in April 2000, could provide for the strengthening of South-South cooperation, 1. Endorses the report of the High-level Committee on the Review of Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries on its eleventh session4 and the decisions adopted by the High-level Committee at that session;5 2. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the state of South-South cooperation;6 3. Reiterates that South-South cooperation should be viewed not as a substitute for but rather as a complement to North-South cooperation, and in that connection emphasizes the need to promote effectively, inter alia, triangular approaches to facilitate South-South programmes and projects; 4. Recognizes the significant role of economic and technical cooperation between developing countries and countries with economies in transition in promoting implementation of South-South programmes and projects; 5. Welcomes the significant increase in South-South cooperation among developing countries, both in number and in sectoral coverage, reported by developing countries and the United Nations system; 6. Notes with appreciation the recent expansion in the scope of economic cooperation among developing countries, with increasing cooperation among business sectors and enterprises in different countries, including through the Trade Point Programme of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the buyers and sellers meetings of the International Trade Centre and the business forums and Enterprise Forums of the International Labour Organization, and encourages those United Nations organizations to document and to disseminate their experiences, lessons and operational methodologies for future application; 2 A/C.2/52/8, annex. 3 A/54/432, annex I. 4 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 39 (A/54/39). Ibid., annex I. 5 6 A/54/425. /...