A/RES/55/162 18. Requests the Secretary-General urgently to prepare a long-term “road map” towards the implementation of the Millennium Declaration within the United Nations system and to submit it to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session; 19. Also requests the Secretary-General to prepare a comprehensive report every five years, supplemented by an annual report on progress achieved towards implementing the Millennium Declaration, taking into account the following: (a) The annual reports should reflect the broad array of specific goals and commitments enunciated in the Millennium Declaration, though each could explore in greater depth one or two areas covered in the Declaration; (b) All reports should focus, in this respect, on the results and benchmarks achieved, identify gaps in implementation and strategies for reducing them, and highlight in particular cross-sectoral issues and cross-cutting themes on development and peace and security; (c) Reports should draw on the work of the entire United Nations system, including the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organization; (d) The reporting system should be appraised with a view to strengthening its coherence and integration; 20. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session the item entitled “Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit”. 85th plenary meeting 14 December 2000 3

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