United Nations A/RES/57/300 General Assembly Distr.: General 7 February 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 52 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/57/L.74 )] 57/300. Strengthening of the United Nations: an agenda for further change The General Assembly, Reaffirming its determination to strengthen further the role, capacity, effectiveness and efficiency of the United Nations and thus improve its performance in order to realize the full potential of the Organization, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and to respond more effectively to the needs of Member States and existing and new global challenges facing the United Nations in the twenty-first century, Recalling all the previous reform efforts, including those based on the report of the Secretary-General 1 and its resolutions 52/12 A of 12 November 1997 and 52/12 B of 19 December 1997, entitled “Renewing the United Nations: a programme for reform”, Recalling also Article 97 of the Charter, the rules of procedure of the General Assembly and the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, Recalling further the respective mandates of various treaty bodies, Having in mind the necessity to pursue the process of revitalization of the General Assembly, reform of the Security Council, restructuring of the Economic and Social Council and modernization of the Secretariat, Recalling the determination of Member States to make the United Nations a more effective instrument for pursuing all the priorities set out in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 2 Bearing in mind that notable political, economic and social developments, particularly in Africa, call for continued strong and focused cooperation between the United Nations system and the Member States, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Strengthening of the United Nations: an agenda for further change”, 3 the statement by the _______________ 1 A/51/950 and Add.1–7. See resolution 55/2. 3 A/57/387 and Corr.1 2 02 56130