A/RES/2321(XXII) GA

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Outflow of trained personnel from developing countries The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 1824 (XVII) of 18 De- cember 1962, 2090 (XX) of 20 December 1%5 and 2259 (XXII) of 3 November 1967 on the role of the United Nations in training national technical personnel for the accelerated industrialization of the developing countries, Recalling also Economic and Social Council reso- lution 1274 (XLIII) of 4 August 1967 on the develop- ment and utilization of human resources, Noting with satisfaction that the Secretary-General intends to report on the studies undertaken within the United Nations system on the various aspects of the problem of the outflow of highly trained personnel from developing countries, 1. / nvites the appropriate organs and bodies of the United Nations system to assist the developing countries, at their request, in adopting the necessary measures to identify and assess the obstacles in the way of the optimum employment and utilization of their technical and professional personnel ; 2. Recommends that the United Nations, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency intensify their support for the efforts of the Governments of the developing countries, at their request, to create national or regional institu- tions or to expand existing ones, including those where research would be carried out or professional personnel trained, in order that the acquired skills and experience may be placed at the service of their respective countries and regions ; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to assemble and analyse the comments and information that have been received from Governments, specialized agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Tech- nology to Development and organs in the United Nations system pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolutions 1029 (XXXVII) of 13 August 1964 and 1274 (XLIII) of 4 August 1967 and General Assembly resolution 2090 (XX) and, when submitting the report, to highlight the advantages and disadvan- tages accruing to both the developed a·nd the developing countries as a result of the tendency of trained per- sonnel from the latter to remain in the industrialized countries or to leave their country after they have received their training ; 4. Decidrs to keep the subject under constant review and to include in the provisional agenda of its twenty-third session a separate item on the outflow of trained professional and technical personnel at all levels from the developing to the developed countries, its causes, its consequences and practical remedies for the problems resulting from it. 1633rd plenary meeting, 15 December 1967. 2321 (XXII). United Nations Capital Development Fund The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2186 (XXI) of 13 Decem- ber 1966 on the United Nations Capital Development Fund, Considering that owing to the initial lack of financial resources it will not be possible in the first year to give full effect to that resolution, Noting with interest the Secretary-General's sugges- tion that serious consideration should be given to the possibility of using, for the management of the new Fund, under some suitable arrangement, the experience and knowledge gained by the United Nations Develc:.p- ment Programme,87 1. Decides to adopt on a provisional basis the fol- lowing measures in implementation of its resolution 2186 (XXI): (a) The Secretary-General is invited to ask the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme to administer the United Nations Capital Development Fund by performin~ the functions of the Managing Director, as set forth 111 article IX of reso- lution 2186 (XXI); ( b) The Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme shall perform, as appropriate, the functions of the Executive Board of the United ~ations Capital Development Fund, as set forth in article VIII of resolution 2186 (XXI); (c) The United Nations Pledging Conference on the United N;1tio11s Capital Development Fund will be convened simultaneously with the annual Pledging Conference on the United Nations Development Pro- gramme; 2. Decides to review at its twenty-third session the institutional arrangements for the United Nations Capi- tal Development Fund in the light of the experience gained during the first year of its operations. 1633rd plenary meeting, 15 December 1967. 37 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty- second Session, Supplement No. IA (A/6701/Add.l), para. 64. Other decisions United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Item 39) At its 1592nd plenary meeting, on 25 October 1967, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Second Committee,88 took note of chapter VI of 88 Jbid., Twe11ty-seco11d Session, Annexes, agenda item 39, document A/6874, para, 14.

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