A/RES/55/212 United Nations Distr.: General 22 February 2001 General Assembly Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 100 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Second Committee (A/55/587)] 55/212. 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 and 54/231 of 22 December 1999, Recalling also the United Nations Millennium Declaration adopted on 8 September 2000, 1 Taking note of the Plan of Action adopted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at its tenth session, held at Bangkok from 12 to 19 February 2000, 2 Taking note also of the Declaration and the Programme of Action adopted at the South Summit of the Group of 77, held at Havana from 10 to 14 April 2000, 3 Taking note further of the Ministerial Declaration of the high-level segment of the substantive session of 2000 of the Economic and Social Council, held in New York from 5 to 7 July 2000, 4 Taking note of Economic and Social Council resolution 2000/29 of 28 July 2000, in which the Council called for the establishment of a United Nations information and communication technologies task force, Taking note also of the report of the Secretary-General, 5 Recognizing interdependence, the challenges and opportunities of globalization and Expressing concern about the marginalization of a large number of developing countries from the benefits of globalization, the additional vulnerability of those developing countries that are integrating into the world economy and the general 1 See resolution 55/2. TD/390, part II. 3 A/55/74, annexes I and II. 4 A/55/3, chap. III, para. 17. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 3. 5 A/55/381. 2 00 57187