United Nations General Assembly A/RES/56/227 Distr.: General 28 February 2002 Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 106 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Second Committee (A/56/569)] 56/227. Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 55/279 of 12 July 2001, in which it endorsed the Brussels Declaration 1 and the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010, 2 Emphasizing the importance of a highly visible, efficient and effective followup and monitoring arrangement for the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010, as well as of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, 3 the Global Framework for Transit Transport Cooperation between Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and the Donor Community, 4 and relevant paragraphs of the United Nations Millennium Declaration 5 for those countries, Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up mechanism for coordinating, monitoring and reviewing the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010, 6 1. Decides to establish the Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, having the functions recommended by the Secretary-General in his report; 7 _______________ 1 A/CONF.191/12. A/CONF.191/11. 3 Report of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Bridgetown, Barbados, 25 April-6 May 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.94.I.18 and corrigenda), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II. 4 TD/B/42(1)/11-TD/B/LDC/AC.1/7, annex I. 5 See resolution 55/2. 6 A/56/645 and Add.1 and Add.1/Corr.1 and 2. 7 A/56/645, para. 17. 2 01 49454