A/RES/52/182 Page 6 system, and stresses that ways and means should be found to ensure more effective utilization of those schemes, particularly by the least developed countries; 32. Notes the concern among the beneficiaries that the enlargement of the scope of the Generalized System of Preferences, by linking eligibility to non-trade considerations, may detract value from its original principles, namely, non-discrimination, universality, burden sharing and non-reciprocity; 33. Stresses the need for increased and more effective participation by developing countries in rulemaking and standard-setting activities in the context of the international trading system; 34. Welcomes the successful outcome of the South-South Conference on Trade, Investment and Finance, held at San José, Costa Rica, from 13 to 15 January 1997, and stresses the need by all concerned to ensure, with the support of the international community, effective follow-up to its Declaration and Plan of Action10 which recognized, inter alia, the importance of international trade as an unprecedented engine of growth for developing countries, the opportunities and challenges of globalization and liberalization, the need for the complete integration of the developing countries into the world economy and the international trading system, and the need to address the continued marginalization of the least developed countries in the world economy; 35. Requests the Secretary-General, in collaboration with the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session on recommendations for effective follow-up to the relevant sections of agreed conclusions 1997/1 of the Economic and Social Council;1 36. Also requests the Secretary-General, in collaboration with the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to report orally to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution, including developments in the multilateral trading system. 77th plenary meeting 18 December 1997 10 A/C.2/52/8, annex.