United Nations A/RES/60/184 General Assembly Distr.: General 31 January 2006 Sixtieth session Agenda item 50 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2005 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/60/486/Add.1)] 60/184. International trade and development The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 56/178 of 21 December 2001, 57/235 of 20 December 2002, 58/197 of 23 December 2003 and 59/221 of 22 December 2004 on international trade and development, Recalling also the provisions of the United Nations Millennium Declaration 1 pertaining to trade and related development issues, as well as the outcomes of the International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Monterrey, Mexico, from 18 to 22 March 2002, 2 and the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August to 4 September 2002, 3 Recalling further the Ministerial Declaration and decisions adopted at the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, held in Doha from 9 to 14 November 2001, 4 the decision of 1 August 2004 of the General Council of the World Trade Organization 5 and the full commitment of all members of the World Trade Organization to give effect to them, and the importance of the successful conclusion of the Doha work programme,4 Recalling that trade is in many cases the single most important external source of development financing, and in this context reiterating the important role that enhanced market access, balanced rules, appropriate adjustment facility and welltargeted, sustainably financed technical assistance and capacity-building programmes can play in the economic development of developing countries, especially the least developed countries, _______________ 1 See resolution 55/2. Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico, 18– 22 March 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolution 1, annex. 3 Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August– 4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 1, annex, and resolution 2, annex. 4 A/C.2/56/7, annex. 5 World Trade Organization, document WT/L/579. Available from http://docsonline.wto.org. 2 05-49864