A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/53/170 15 January 1999 Fifty-third session Agenda item 91 (a) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Second Committee (A/53/606/Add.1)] 53/170. International trade and development The General Assembly, Reaffirming its resolutions 50/95 and 50/98 of 20 December 1995, 51/167 of 16 December 1996 and 52/182 of 18 December 1997, as well as relevant international agreements concerning trade, economic growth, development and interrelated issues, Welcoming the ministerial communiqué on the theme “Market access: developments since the Uruguay Round, implications, opportunities and challenges, in particular for the developing countries and the least developed among them, in the context of globalization and liberalization”, adopted by the Economic and Social Council on 8 July 1998,1 Reaffirming the outcome of the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, held at Midrand, South Africa,2 which provides an important framework for promoting a partnership for growth and development, 1 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/53/3), chap. IV, para. 5. 2 Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Ninth Session, Midrand, Republic of South Africa, 27 April–11 May 1996, Report and Annexes (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.97.II.D.4), part one, sect. A. 99-76177 /...