A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/54/199 20 January 2000 Fifty-fourth session Agenda item 97 (c) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Second Committee (A/54/585/Add.3 and Corr.1)] 54/199. Specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of landlocked developing countries The General Assembly, Recalling the provisions of its resolutions 44/214 of 22 December 1989, 46/212 of 20 December 1991, 48/169 of 21 December 1993, 50/97 of 20 December 1995 and 52/183 of 18 December 1997 and the Global Framework for Transit Transport Cooperation between Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and the Donor Community,1 as well as the relevant parts of the Agenda for Development,2 Recognizing that the lack of territorial access to the sea, aggravated by remoteness and isolation from world markets, and prohibitive transit costs and risks impose serious constraints on the overall socio-economic development efforts of the landlocked developing countries, Recognizing also that sixteen of the landlocked developing countries are also classified by the United Nations as least developed countries and that their geographical situation is an added constraint on their overall ability to cope with the challenges of development, 1 TD/B/42(1)/11-TD/B/LDC/AC.1/7, annex I. 2 Resolution 51/240, annex. 00 24584 /...