Welcomes agreed conclusions 1999/2 adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 1999,1 on coordination of the policies and activities of the specialized agencies and other bodies of the United Nations system related to the theme “Development of Africa: implementation and coordinated follow-up by the United Nations system of initiatives on African development”, and Council decision 1999/270;
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Requestsall Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations in their respective areas and sectors to work towards the implementation of agreed conclusions 1999/2;
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Welcomes the decision of the Economic and Social Council to hold a high-level segment on Africa in 2001;
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Stresses the paramount importance for the final review and appraisal of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s, to be held in 2002, of an independent evaluation of the New Agenda that should include a thorough review of existing initiatives on Africa;
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Decides to consider at its fifty-sixth session the modalities for undertaking the final review and appraisal of the New Agenda, taking into account the mid-term review of the New Agenda, agreed conclusions 1999/2 and decision 1999/270;
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Requeststhe President of the General Assembly to establish the open-ended ad hoc working group to monitor the implementation of the recommendations made by the Secretary-General in his report to the General Assembly and the Security Council on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, to prepare for discussions at the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly;
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Requeststhat, in addition to monitoring the recommendations referred to in paragraph 6 above, the ad hoc working group monitor the implementation of agreed conclusions 1999/2 and of decision 1999/270, as well as poverty eradication, debt relief, the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) and support to countries in post-conflict situations;
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Requeststhe President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session to establish the ad hoc working group, to serve as its ex officio chairman, to designate, in close consultation with Member States, two vice-chairpersons and to convene an organizational meeting of the ad hoc working group not later than March 2000 to decide on modalities and develop arrangements for the effective functioning of the ad hoc working group;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General to provide the ad hoc working group with all necessary assistance to ensure the accomplishment of its mandate;
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Also requeststhe Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution.
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