Noting that there have been a number of important developments at the subregional and regional levels, including the signing at Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 9 May 1998, of a transit transport framework agreement among States members of the Economic Cooperation Organization, the signing on 26 March 1998 by the heads of State of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, the Economic Commission for Europe and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific of the Tashkent Declaration on the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia,A/53/96, annex II. the implementation of the expanded Transport Corridor-Europe-Caucasus-Asia programme and the signing on 8 September 1998 of the Baku Declaration,A/C.2/53/4, annex.
注意到在分区域和区域两级出现了一些重大的发展，其中包括1998年5月9日经济合作组织成员国在哈萨克斯坦阿拉木图签署了过境运输框架协定，1998年3月26日哈萨克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、塔吉克斯坦和乌兹别克斯坦国家元首同欧洲经济委员会和亚洲及太平洋经济社会委员会签署了关于联合国中亚经济体特别方案的《塔什干宣言》，A/53/96，附件二。 执行了欧洲-高加索-亚洲运输走廊扩大方案，以及1998年9月8日签署了《巴库宣言》，A/C.2/53/4，附件。