Adopted at the 79th plenary meeting, on 1 December 2000, without a vote, on the basis of draft resolution A/55/L.52 and Add.1, sponsored by: Angola, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Finland, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
2000年12月1日第79次全体会议根据决议草案A/55/L.52和Add.1未经表决而通过，提案国为:安哥拉、澳大利亚、奥地利、比利时、博茨瓦纳、布基纳法索、加拿大、哥伦比亚、哥斯达黎加、克罗地亚、塞浦路斯、刚果民主共和国、丹麦、芬兰、加蓬、冈比亚、德国、希腊、冰岛、印度、爱尔兰、以色列、意大利、莱索托、卢森堡、马拉维、毛里求斯、莫桑比克、纳米比亚、荷兰、尼日利亚、挪威、巴布亚新几内亚、葡萄牙、摩尔多瓦共和国、罗马尼亚、俄罗斯联邦、塞拉利昂、斯洛文尼亚、南非、西班牙、斯威士兰、瑞典、前南斯拉夫的马其顿共和国、大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国、美利坚合众国、坦桑尼亚联合共和国、赞比亚、津巴布韦