United Nations A/RES/57/297 General Assembly Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 41 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/57/L.68 and Add.1)] 57/297. Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 44/237 of 22 December 1989, in which it proclaimed the period 1991–2000 the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa, as adjusted subsequently by the General Assembly in its resolution 47/177 of 22 December 1992 to cover the period 1993–2002, Recalling also its resolutions 54/203 of 22 December 1999 and 56/187 of 21 December 2001 on the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa, Recalling further the United Nations Declaration on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development of 16 September 2002 1 and resolution 57/7 of 4 November 2002 on the final review and appraisal of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s 2 and support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 3 Recognizing that industrial growth is essential for sustained economic development in that it generates income and employment, thus improving standards of living and eradicating poverty, a key goal contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 4 Bearing in mind that Africa faces serious obstacles in the diversification of its economy, in particular, in industrialization, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the programme for the Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa;5 2. Recognizes the importance of industrialization to the sustained growth and accelerated development of Africa; 3. Expresses disappointment that, despite the first Industrial Development Decade for Africa in the 1980s and the Second Industrial Development Decade for _______________ 1 See resolution 57/2. Resolution 46/151, annex. 3 A/57/304, annex. 4 See resolution 55/2. 5 A/57/175. 2 02 56111 Distr.: General 5 March 2003