United Nations General Assembly A/RES/59/225 Distr.: General 14 February 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 84 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2004 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/59/482)] 59/225. Follow-up to and implementation of the outcome of the International Conference on Financing for Development The General Assembly, Recalling the International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Monterrey, Mexico, from 18 to 22 March 2002, and its resolutions 56/210 B of 9 July 2002, 57/250 of 20 December 2002, 57/270 B of 23 June 2003, 57/272 and 57/273 of 20 December 2002 and 58/230 of 23 December 2003, as well as Economic and Social Council resolutions 2002/34 of 26 July 2002, 2003/47 of 24 July 2003 and 2004/64 of 16 September 2004, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to and implementation of the outcome of the International Conference on Financing for Development, prepared in collaboration with the major institutional stakeholders, 1 and the note by the Secretary-General on innovative sources of financing for development, 2 Having considered the summary by the President of the Economic and Social Council of the special high-level meeting of the Council with the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organization, held in New York on 26 April 2004, 3 Recognizing the progress made in the implementation of the commitments made and agreements reached at the International Conference on Financing for Development and that more remains to be done, Determined to continue to implement and build further on these commitments and agreements and to strengthen the coordinated and coherent engagement of all relevant stakeholders in the financing for development process, Recalling the invitation to the World Trade Organization to strengthen its institutional relationship with the United Nations, in the context of the follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development, _______________ 1 A/59/270. A/59/272. 3 A/59/92-E/2004/73. 2 04-48976