A/RES/54/11 Page 2 2. Notes with appreciation the positive contributions the Fund and its dedicated staff have made during its thirty years in promoting better understanding and awareness of population and development issues, in improving the quality of human life and in extending systematic and sustained assistance to developing countries and countries with economies in transition, at their request, in undertaking appropriate national programmes to address their population and development needs. 40th plenary meeting 27 October 1999 /...