United Nations General Assembly A/RES/58/220 Distr.: General 19 February 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 97 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2003 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/58/487)] 58/220. Economic and technical cooperation among developing countries The General Assembly, Stressing that South-South cooperation, as an important element of international cooperation for development, offers viable opportunities for developing countries and countries with economies in transition in their individual and collective pursuit of sustained economic growth and sustainable development, Recognizing that developing countries have the primary responsibility for promoting and implementing South-South cooperation, not as a substitute for but rather as a complement to North-South cooperation, and in this context reiterating the need for the international community to support the efforts of the developing countries to expand South-South cooperation, Taking note of the Ministerial Declaration adopted by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the States members of the Group of 77 at their twenty-seventh annual meeting, held in New York on 25 September 2003, 1 in which the increased importance and relevance of South-South cooperation were re-emphasized, 1. Takes note of the report of the High-level Committee on the Review of Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries on its thirteenth session, 2 endorses the decisions adopted by the High-level Committee at that session, 3 and decides to change the name of the Committee to High-level Committee on SouthSouth Cooperation, with no change in its mandate or in the scope of its activities; Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the state of South2. South cooperation 4 and on raising public awareness of and support for South-South cooperation; 5 _______________ 1 A/58/413, annex. Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 39 (A/58/39). 3 Ibid., annex I. 4 A/58/319. 5 A/58/345. 2 03 50772