A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/53/201 22 February 1999 Fifty-third session Agenda item 12 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Second Committee (A/53/605)] 53/201. Public administration and development The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 50/225 of 19 April 1996 on public administration and development, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 50/225;1 2. Endorses Economic and Social Council decision 1998/220 of 23 July 1998, in which the Council requested the Secretary-General to conduct a five-year assessment of the progress made in the implementation of resolution 50/225, and to report his findings to the Assembly through the Council in 2001. 91st plenary meeting 15 December 1998 1 A/53/173–E/1998/87. 99-76951