A/RES/64/209 GA

United Nations A/RES/64/209 General Assembly Distr.: General 12 March 2010 Sixty-fourth session Agenda item 55 (a) 09-47437 *0947437* Please rec cle ♲ Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 2009 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/64/422/Add.1)] 64/209. Towards a New International Economic Order The General Assembly, Bearing in mind the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations to promote the economic advancement and social progress of all peoples, Recalling the principles of the Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order, as set out in resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI), respectively, adopted by the General Assembly at its sixth special session, on 1 May 1974, Taking into account the fact that the year 2009 marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration and the Programme of Action, Recalling its resolution 63/224 of 19 December 2008, Reaffirming the United Nations Millennium Declaration,0F1 Recalling the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields, including the development goals and objectives contained therein, and recognizing the vital role played by those conferences and summits in shaping a broad development vision and in identifying commonly agreed objectives, Concerned that the current international economic, financial, energy and food crises, as well as the challenges posed by climate change, aggravate the existing international situation and have a negative impact on the development prospects of developing countries, while threatening to further widen the gap between developed and developing countries, including the technological and income gap, 1. Reaffirms the need to continue working towards a new international economic order based on the principles of equity, sovereign equality, interdependence, common interest, cooperation and solidarity among all States; _______________ 1 See resolution 55/2. A/RES/64/209 2 2. Decides to continue considering the international economic situation and its impact on development during the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly, and in that regard requests the Secretary-General to include in his next report, under the item entitled “Globalization and interdependence”, an overview of the major international economic and policy challenges for equitable and inclusive sustained economic growth and sustainable development, and of the role of the United Nations in addressing these issues, in the light of the relevant principles contained in the Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order. 66th plenary meeting 21 December 2009

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