At its fifty-second session, in 1997, the General Assembly decided to convene the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries at a high level in 2001 (resolution 52/187).
1997年，大会第五十二届会议决定在2001年召开高级别的第三次联合国最不发达国家问题会议(第52/187号决议)。