A/RES/55/182 countries and countries with economies in transition; emphasizes in this regard the need for analysis of the fiscal, legal and regulatory aspects of electronic commerce, as well as its implications for the trade and development prospects of developing countries; and, in this connection, welcomes the Ministerial Declaration entitled “Development and international cooperation in the twenty-first century: the role of information technology in the context of a knowledge-based global economy” adopted by the Economic and Social Council during the high-level segment of the substantive session of 2000; 18 31. Stresses the importance of assisting developing countries and interested countries with economies in transition in improving the efficiency of tradesupporting services, inter alia, through the elimination of procedural barriers and by greater use of trade facilitating mechanisms, in particular in the areas of transport, customs, banking and insurance, and business information, especially in the case of small and medium-sized enterprises, and, in this respect, invites the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, in accordance with its mandate and in collaboration with other relevant bodies of the United Nations, including the regional commissions, to continue to assist developing countries in those areas; 32. Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in collaboration with the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution and developments in the multilateral trading system. 87th plenary meeting 20 December 2000 18 A/55/3, chap. III, para. 17. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 3. 8