A/RES/62/199
United Nations
Distr.: General
29 February 2008
General Assembly
Sixty-second session
Agenda item 56 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2007
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/62/421/Add.1)]
62/199. Role of the United Nations in promoting development in
the context of globalization and interdependence
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 53/169 of 15 December 1998, 54/231 of 22 December
1999, 55/212 of 20 December 2000, 56/209 of 21 December 2001, 57/274 of
20 December 2002, 58/225 of 23 December 2003, 59/240 of 22 December 2004,
60/204 of 22 December 2005 and 61/207 of 20 December 2006 on the role of the
United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and
interdependence,
Recalling also its resolution 57/270 B of 23 June 2003 on the integrated and
coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United
Nations conferences and summits in the economic and social fields,
Recalling further the 2005 World Summit Outcome 1 and all relevant General
Assembly resolutions, in particular those that have built upon the 2005 World
Summit Outcome, in the economic, social and related fields, including General
Assembly resolution 60/265 of 30 June 2006 on follow-up to the development
outcome of the 2005 World Summit, including the Millennium Development Goals
and the other internationally agreed development goals,
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Emphasizing the need to fully implement the global partnership for
development and enhance the momentum generated by the 2005 World Summit in
order to operationalize and implement the commitments made in the outcomes of
the major United Nations conferences and summits, including the 2005 World
Summit, in the economic, social and related fields,
Reaffirming that development is a central goal by itself and that sustainable
development in its economic, social and environmental aspects constitutes a key
element of the overarching framework of United Nations activities,
Recognizing that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent
and interrelated,
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See resolution 60/1.