13．我们强调必须按照大会 1996 年 12 月 16 日第 51/183 号决议的要求，进一步提高对最不发达国家的现有准则，使这些准则反映出结构弱点、人的发展障碍、融入世界经济的限制因素、易受环境和生态变化及自然灾害影响的情况。我们认为，任何最不发达国家会员国的分级问题应予推迟审议，直到这些准则得到提高。
13. We emphasize the importance of further improvements in the existing LDC criteria to make them reflective of structural weakness, impediments to human development, constraints on integration into the world economy, and vulnerability to environmental and ecological changes and natural disasters, as called for by the General Assembly resolution 51/183 of 16 December 1996. We are of the view that the question of graduation of any LDC Member States should be deferred until such improvements in the criteria are brought about.