ABSTRACT
The decision to hold some type of commemoration in the year 2000, announcing not only a new century but a new millennium, was taken on 17 December 1998, when the General Assembly adopted resolution 53/202, whereby member states decided to designate the 55th session of the General Assembly "The Millennium Assembly of the United Nations". Consistent with the historical importance of the event, the Millennium Declaration had far-reaching consequences. Three months after the Summit took place, the General Assembly adopted resolution 55/162 dealing with the follow-up of the Declaration. As a first step, the co-facilitators invited a limited number of key delegates to informal consultations in the format of what was called a "coordination committee". During the first half of 2000, the organizational aspects were discussed simultaneously with the substantive matters, and each set of discussions impacted on the other.
