Adopted at the 85th plenary meeting, on 14 December 2000, without a vote, on the basis of draft resolution A/55/L.53 and Add.1, sponsored by: Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Seychelles, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Zambia, Zimbabwe
2000年12月14日第85次全体会议根据决议草案A/55/L.53和Add.1未经表决而通过，提案国为: 奥地利、比利时、博茨瓦纳、巴西、加拿大、智利、古巴、丹麦、芬兰、法国、德国、印度、爱尔兰、意大利、日本、阿拉伯利比亚民众国、马达加斯加、毛里塔尼亚、莫桑比克、荷兰、新西兰、挪威、葡萄牙、罗马尼亚、塞舌尔、南非、西班牙、瑞典、前南斯拉夫的马其顿共和国、多哥、大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国、坦桑尼亚联合共和国、美利坚合众国、赞比亚、津巴布韦