A/RES/54/213 Page 2 Recognizing also the role of regional cooperation in promoting complementarity and in creating synergies and partnerships at the subregional, regional, interregional and global levels in the process of globalization and thereby furthering multilateral economic cooperation, Emphasizing the importance of recognizing and addressing the specific concerns of countries with economies in transition so as to help them to benefit from globalization, with a view to their full integration into the world economy, Noting the need to ensure the integrated and coordinated follow-up and implementation by the United Nations system of major United Nations conferences and summits, Noting also the past experience of the high-level dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for development through partnership, 1. Reaffirms the importance of continued constructive dialogue and genuine partnership to promote further international economic cooperation for development in the twenty-first century; 2. Decides that the theme of the second high-level dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for development through partnership will be “Responding to globalization: facilitating the integration of developing countries into the world economy in the twenty-first century”; 3. Also decides, without changing the biennial nature of the high-level dialogue, to defer the holding of the second two-day high-level dialogue to the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly; 4. Requests the President of the General Assembly to begin consultations with Member States so as to arrive at an early decision on the date, modalities, nature of the outcome and focus of the discussions of the second high-level dialogue, taking into account past experience and the contributions to be provided by Member States as well as regional institutions and the United Nations system, and commends the continuing use of interactive panel discussions, including with the participation of non-governmental actors, to facilitate the dialogue in accordance with relevant regulations and rules; 5. Requests the Secretary-General, in close cooperation with Governments, all relevant parts of the United Nations system, relevant organizations and other development agencies, to make initial preparations for the dialogue, while also taking into account the results of major United Nations conferences and summits; 6. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development and international economic cooperation”, the sub-item entitled “High-level dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for development through partnership”, and requests the Secretary-General to submit to it at that session a consolidated report on the implementation of the present resolution. 87th plenary meeting 22 December 1999