A/RES/54/96E-K Page 4 peace and democratic governance, strengthening of the rule of law, economic and social development and sustainable development, which was established in 1996; 6. Recognizes the importance for the subregion of the studies being undertaken by the United Nations Development Programme, in collaboration with its national and regional partners and with donors, in particular in the preparation of the forthcoming meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank Consultative Group on the regional aspects of the reconstruction and transformation of Central America, to be hosted by the Government of Spain in Madrid in 2000, which will seek to establish new relations of cooperation in pursuit of the objectives of the Alliance for the Sustainable Development of Central America; 7. Notes with satisfaction the initiative to introduce the new and innovative approach of a MesoAmerican Biological Corridor, which is being developed with assistance from the United Nations Development Programme’s own funds, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the German Agency for Technical Cooperation and the United States Agency for International Development, as an initiative with an innovative approach that seeks to conserve biodiversity, mitigate the effects of climate change and promote the sustainable development of rural communities, which will facilitate the establishment of a network of protected areas throughout Central America that will help to reduce vulnerability to natural disasters; 8. Supports the decision of the Central American Governments to concentrate their efforts on the implementation of updated programmes with strategies to achieve sustainable human development in previously determined priority areas, which help to consolidate peace and resolve social inequalities, extreme poverty and social explosion; 9. Requests the Secretary-General, the organs, organizations and programmes of the United Nations system and all States, international financial institutions and regional and subregional organizations to continue providing the support needed to attain the objectives of the programme for the sustainable development of Central America, in particular those which are being pursued within the framework of the Quinquennium for the Reduction of Vulnerability to and the Impact of Natural Disasters in Central America; 10. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution; 11. Decides to consider at its fifty-sixth session the question of international assistance to and cooperation with the Alliance for the Sustainable Development of Central America. 80th plenary meeting 15 December 1999 00 26240 /...