United Nations General Assembly A/RES/55/48 Distr.: General 23 January 2001 Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 174 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.15/Rev.2 and Add.1)] 55/48. The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order The General Assembly, Reaffirming the purposes and principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations and the role of the United Nations in promoting international economic and social cooperation, Recognizing that the well-being of people and the full development of their potential is the overall goal of sustainable development, Deeply concerned about the growing disparities between rich and poor, both within and among countries, and about the adverse implications thereof for the promotion of human development throughout the world, Determined to promote the economic and social advancement of all peoples, and convinced of the urgency of revitalizing international cooperation towards that end, Emphasizing that countries are responsible for their development processes, and in this context stressing the responsibility of the international community, in partnership, to assist developing countries in their development efforts, Reaffirming the United Nations Millennium Declaration of 8 September 2000 1 adopted by the heads of State and Government at the conclusion of the Millennium Summit of the United Nations, in particular the goals and targets agreed therein for promoting development and poverty eradication, Taking note of the Declaration of the South Summit, 2 adopted in Havana on 14 April 2000, on, inter alia, the need for a new global human order aimed at reversing the growing disparities between rich and poor both among and within countries through the promotion of growth with equity, the eradication of poverty, the expansion of productive employment and the promotion of gender equality and social integration, 1 2 00 56227 See resolution 55/2. A/55/74, annex I.