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3.
Stresses the need to put development at the centre of United
Nations activities and that the United Nations has a central role to play in
promoting international economic cooperation for development and in bringing
development issues to the attention of the international community;
4.
Recognizes that the ongoing discussions in the Ad Hoc Open-ended
Working Group of the General Assembly on an Agenda for Development and its
outcome aim at strengthening constructive dialogue with a view to enhancing
and revitalizing international economic cooperation for development through
increased partnership among and between countries;
5.
Agrees to hold a high-level dialogue for a period of two days at
the fifty-first session of the General Assembly - the date, modalities and
focus of the discussion to be decided on in the context of the outcome of the
work of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on an Agenda for Development and
the decision taken on the adoption of the agenda - on the theme of the social
and economic impact of globalization and interdependence and their policy
implications, and requests the Secretary-General, in close cooperation with
Governments, relevant organizations and other development actors, to make
initial preparations for such a dialogue;
6.
Requests the Secretary-General to submit further recommendations
for enhancing the dialogue, taking into consideration agreed conclusions
1995/1 of 28 July 1995 of the Economic and Social Council on coordinated
follow-up by the United Nations system and implementation of the results of
the major international conferences organized by the United Nations in the
economic, social and related fields, 2/ the outcome of the ongoing
discussions in the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on an Agenda for
Development, and on restructuring and revitalization of the United Nations in
the economic, social and related fields;
7.
Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General
Assembly at its fifty-first session for its consideration, recommendations on
possible future themes for dialogue, including the issues of regional
integration and of new information technology and the global economy;
8.
Further requests the Secretary-General to elaborate his proposals
to convene special sessions of the General Assembly, on major issues relevant
to the dialogue on international economic cooperation for development,
including those identified in an agenda for development;
9.
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-first
session, under the item entitled "Agenda for development", a sub-item entitled
"Renewal of the dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation
for development through partnership".
96th plenary meeting
20 December 1995
2/
See A/50/3, chap. III, para. 22.