United Nations A/RES/57/246 General Assembly Distr.: General 7 February 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 86 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Second Committee (A/57/531/Add.1)] 57/246. Implementation of the Declaration on International Economic Cooperation, in particular the Revitalization of Economic Growth and Development of the Developing Countries, and implementation of the International Development Strategy for the Fourth United Nations Development Decade The General Assembly, Reaffirming the importance and continuing validity of the Declaration on International Economic Cooperation, in particular the Revitalization of Economic Growth and Development of the Developing Countries, contained in the annex to its resolution S-18/3 of 1 May 1990, and of the International Development Strategy for the Fourth United Nations Development Decade, contained in the annex to its resolution 45/199 of 21 December 1990, Recalling its resolutions 54/206 of 22 December 1999, 55/190 of 20 December 2000 and 56/191 of 21 December 2001, Recalling also the outcomes of all major United Nations conferences and summit meetings held since the beginning of the 1990s, Reaffirming the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 1 in particular the targets and commitments relating to development and poverty eradication, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General, 2 1. Conveys its appreciation to the President of the General Assembly for having undertaken consultations with Member States, as foreseen in its resolution 54/206, on the draft text of an international development strategy for the first decade of the new millennium submitted by the Secretary-General to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session; 2. Decides that a final decision on the need for an international development strategy for the first decade of the new millennium will be taken by the _______________ 1 2 02 55564 See resolution 55/2. A/57/216 and Corr.1.