United Nations General Assembly A/RES/58/225 Distr.: General 25 February 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 100 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2003 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/58/490)] 58/225. 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, 54/231 of 22 December 1999, 55/212 of 20 December 2000, 56/209 of 21 December 2001 and 57/274 of 20 December 2002 on the role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence, Reaffirming the resolve expressed in the United Nations Millennium Declaration 1 to ensure that globalization becomes a positive force for the people of the entire world, Recognizing that globalization and interdependence are opening new opportunities and posing new challenges through trade, investment and capital flows and advances in technology, including information technology, for the growth of the world economy, development and the improvement of living standards around the world, within which some countries have made progress in successfully benefiting from the opportunities of globalization, while others have faced difficulties in coping with its challenges, Noting with concern that, notwithstanding the current improvement, global economic growth has slipped since the adoption of the Millennium Declaration, with a negative impact on development prospects for developing countries, Recognizing the importance of appropriate policy responses at the national level by all countries to the challenges of globalization, in particular by pursuing sound policies, stressing that such national policies can yield better results with international support and with an enabling international economic environment, noting the need for support from the international community for the efforts of the least developed countries, in particular in improving their institutional and management capacities, and recognizing that all countries should pursue policies conducive to economic growth and to promoting a favourable global economic environment, _______________ 1 03 50802 See resolution 55/2.