A/RES/53/220
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A.
Promotion of electronic commerce (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development);
B.
Capacity-building in economic and social policy analysis in Africa through the networking of expertise
(Economic Commission for Africa);
D.
Computer and telecommunication system for international and national drug control (United Nations
International Drug Control Programme);
E.
Capacity-building and networking for the implementation of the Habitat Agenda in least developed
countries (United Nations Centre for Human Settlements),
on an ad hoc and one-time basis only, without setting a precedent and without prejudicing the outcome of its
consideration of the sustainability and establishment of the mechanism and modalities of the Development
Account;
2. Emphasizes that, in the implementation of those proposals, emphasis should be placed on the
promotion of development activities, and that the implementation should demonstrate the benefits accruing in
building national capacities, particularly in developing countries and also in countries with economies in
transition;
3. Stresses that, in the implementation of the proposals, particular attention should be given to the
utilization of technical, human and other resources available in the developing countries;
4. Decides that the proposals should be reformulated and implemented in accordance with the relevant
Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and the Regulations and Rules Governing Programme
Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of
Evaluation, as revised by the General Assembly in its resolution 53/207 of 18 December 1998;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to reformulate the other proposals contained in his report following
criteria according to which projects should:
(a) Have multiplier effects and promote capacity-building primarily in developing countries;
(b) Promote regional and interregional economic and technical cooperation among the developing
countries;
(c) Use available human and technical resources from the developing regions;
and to submit those reformulated proposals to the General Assembly at the second part of its resumed fifty-third
session;
6. Decides to keep the implementation of the proposals under review, and requests the Secretary-General
to submit a report to the General Assembly on the utilization of the development dividend, in accordance with
relevant regulations and rules;
7. Also decides to continue consideration of the sustainability and establishment of the mechanism and
modalities of the Development Account during the resumed fifty-third session.
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