United Nations General Assembly A/RES/55/162 Distr.: General 18 December 2000 Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 182 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.56/Rev.1)] 55/162 Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 55/2 of 8 September 2000, Having considered the United Nations Millennium Declaration, Expressing satisfaction that, for the first time in history, so many heads of State and Government gathered at a summit in New York, which reached a successful conclusion with the adoption of the Millennium Declaration, Stressing the need for maintaining the political will and momentum of the Millennium Summit at the national, regional and international levels in order to translate commitments into concrete action, Recognizing the necessity for creating a framework for the implementation of the Millennium Declaration, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Stressing the importance of a comprehensive and balanced approach in implementation and follow-up, 1. Calls for an integrated, coordinated, comprehensive and balanced approach in the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration at the national, regional and international levels; 2. Recognizes that Governments bear the main responsibility, individually and collectively, for action and implementation of the Millennium Declaration; 3. Calls upon the entire United Nations system to assist Member States in every way possible in the implementation of the Millennium Declaration; 4. Decides to use existing structures and mechanisms and upcoming events and special sessions of the General Assembly, as well as related conferences and events, to the maximum extent possible in the implementation of the Millennium Declaration, and requests the President of the General Assembly to follow up these processes; 5. Requests the Main Committees of the General Assembly to ensure that the outcome of the Millennium Summit is taken into account in their work; 00 56911