A/RES/52/205 Page 2 Taking note of the decisions and recommendations contained in the Final Document of the Eleventh Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Countries,2 held at Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from 18 to 20 October 1995, and in this context welcoming the operationalization of the Non-Aligned Movement Centre for South-South Technical Cooperation, in Jakarta in 1998, and inviting all development partners to make use of and give support, as appropriate, to the Centre, Taking note also of the Declaration adopted by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 at their twenty-first annual meeting,3 held in New York on 26 September 1997, in which the Ministers emphasized the increasing importance and complementarity of economic and technical cooperation among developing countries as a means of supporting and broadening the global partnership in international development cooperation, Welcoming the San José Declaration and Plan of Action4 adopted by the Group of 77 at the South-South Conference on Trade, Investment and Finance, held at San José, Costa Rica, from 13 to 15 January 1997, which outlined concrete modalities on sectoral issues relating to trade, finance, investment and enterprise cooperation, Also welcoming the outcome of the Second Asia-Africa Forum,5 held at Bangkok from 11 to 13 June 1997, as a mechanism to strengthen South-South cooperation, as well as the convening of the Second Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Japan in October 1998,6 and calling upon the international community to reaffirm its commitment in supporting Africa’s development efforts, 1. Endorses the report of the High-level Committee on the Review of Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries on its tenth session7 and the decisions adopted by the High-level Committee at that session;8 2. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the state of South-South cooperation,9 which provides a comprehensive and systematic overview and analysis of economic cooperation among developing countries in the context of South-South cooperation worldwide and of United Nations system support for such cooperation; 3. Also takes note of the draft revised Guidelines for the Review of Policies and Procedures concerning Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries,10 submitted by the Administrative Committee on Coordination, and recommends that the draft revised Guidelines be submitted through the Economic and 2 A/50/752-S/1995/1035, annex III; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fiftieth Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1995, document S/1995/1035. 3 A/52/460, annex. 4 A/C.2/52/8, annex. 5 See A/52/572. 6 See A/C.2/52/9. 7 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 39 (A/52/39). 8 Ibid., annex I. 9 A/52/402. 10 E/1997/110, annex. /...