United Nations A/RES/55/185 General Assembly Distr.: General 22 January 2001 Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 92 (d) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Second Committee (A/55/579/Add.4)] 55/185. Strengthening the coordination of the mechanisms on the Commission for Science and Technology for Development: promoting complementarity of activities in the area of new and innovative technologies within the United Nations system The General Assembly, Reaffirming its resolution 54/201 of 22 December 1999, Taking note of the Ministerial Declaration entitled “Development and international cooperation in the twenty-first century: the role of information technology in the context of a knowledge-based global economy”, adopted by the Economic and Social Council during the high-level segment of its substantive session of 2000, 1 Taking note also of Economic and Social Council resolution 2000/29 of 28 July 2000 on the information and communication technologies task force, Recognizing the role of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development in coordinating the activities of the United Nations system in the area of science and technology for development, noting the work being undertaken by the Commission in its work programme for Member States, especially the developing countries, and its work with some countries with economies in transition, emphasizing the importance of the activities that are to be pursued within the framework of the Commission, including a broad spectrum of new global challenges in science and technology, and encouraging support for those undertakings, Cognizant of the role of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development as the secretariat responsible for the substantive servicing of the Commission, Taking note of the Plan of Action adopted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at its tenth session, held at Bangkok from 12 to 1 A/55/3, chap. III, para. 17. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 3. 00 57043