Expressing deep concern about the negative effects of unfavourable weather conditions on the supply side of most commodity-dependent countries and any continuing effects of the 1997-1998 financial crisis on the demand for commodities, as well as the continuing depressed levels of most commodity prices, which adversely affect the economic growth of commodity-dependent countries, especially in Africa and the least developed countries, as well as commodity-dependent small island developing States,
深切关注不利的天气状况对大多数依靠商品的国家在供应方面产生负面影响和1997-1998年金融危机对商品需求的任何持续影响，以及大多数商品价格的持续低下对依靠商品的国家、特别是非洲国家和最不发达国家以及依靠商品的小岛屿发展中国家的经济增长产生不利影响，