A/RES/50/98 Page 2 interdependent world economy in the 1990s and beyond: (i) Assessment of the development problématique in the current context; (ii) Policies and strategies for the future; (b) Promoting international trade as an instrument for development in the post-Uruguay-Round world; Promoting enterprise development and competitiveness in developing (c) countries and countries in transition; (d) Future work of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in accordance with its mandate: institutional implications, Considering that the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development is a major intergovernmental economic and development event of 1996 within the United Nations, Taking note of the recommendation of the Trade and Development Board that the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development should be held at Midrand, Gauteng Province, South Africa, from 27 April to 11 May 1996, preceded by a one-day meeting of senior officials on 26 April 1996, 1. Welcomes with appreciation the generous offer made by the Government of South Africa to host the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; 2. Decides to convene the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at Midrand, Gauteng Province, South Africa, from 27 April to 11 May 1996, to be preceded by a one-day meeting of senior officials at the same place on 26 April 1996; 3. Stresses the crucial importance of the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in considering the topics of its provisional agenda, 3/ and affirms the need to achieve through the session a constructive and action-oriented outcome; 4. Calls upon all Governments to ensure their full participation, at the highest possible political level, in the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; 5. Invites the Secretary-General to establish a fund to which voluntary contributions can be made with a view to contributing to the participation of representatives of the least developed countries in the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; 6. Urges all Governments to take appropriate steps to ensure adequate preparations at the national, regional and interregional levels and within the framework of the permanent machinery of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development for the purpose of facilitating a positive and action-oriented outcome. 96th plenary meeting 20 December 1995