United Nations
A/RES/56/189
General Assembly
Distr.: General
5 February 2002
Fifty-sixth session
Agenda item 97 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/56/560/Add.2)]
56/189. Human resources development
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolutions 45/191 of 21 December 1990, 46/143 of
17 December 1991, 48/205 of 21 December 1993, 50/105 of 20 December 1995,
52/196 of 18 December 1997 and 54/211 of 22 December 1999, as well as the
relevant sections of the Agenda for Development, 1
Reaffirming also the United Nations Millennium Declaration adopted by heads
of State and Government on 8 September 2000, 2
Recalling Economic and Social Council decision 2001/299 of 19 July 2001, by
which the Council adopted “The contribution of human resources development,
including in the areas of health and education, to the process of development” as the
theme for the high-level segment of its substantive session of 2002,
Recognizing that human beings are at the centre of concern in sustainable
development,
Stressing that Governments have the primary responsibility for defining and
implementing appropriate policies for human resources development and that there
is a need for continuing support from the international community to complement
the efforts of developing countries,
Stressing also that there is a need for an enabling national and international
environment that will enhance human resources development in developing
countries and promote sustained economic growth and sustainable development,
Stressing further that health and education are at the core of human resources
development, and the need to ensure that by 2015 children everywhere, boys and
girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling and that girls
and boys will have equal access to all levels of education, as expressed at the World
Education Forum, held at Dakar from 26 to 28 April 2000, and in the United Nations
Millennium Declaration,
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Resolution 51/240, annex.
See resolution 55/2.