A/RES/3019(XXVII) GA

Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Second Committ.-e SI including the structural reforms that may be neces- sary; 3. Invites developed countries to consider ways of enlarging the volume of their concessionary assistance and thus enhance the capacity of developing countries to eradicate mass poverty and unemployment among the poorest sections of their communities; 4. Urges organizations within the United Nations system, in co-operation with the Secretary-General, to give due consideration to the development and im- plementation of measures to assist the developing coun- tries in raising the level of living of their low-income groups; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth session, through the Economic and Social Council, on the progress of the implementation of the present resolution. 2113th plenary meeting 18 December 1972 3019 (XXVII). United Nations Fund for Population Activities The General Assembly, Recalling its invitation and the requests set forth in its resolution 2815 (XXVI) of 14 December 1971, W elcomin.g the Secretary-General's note82 with in- terim recommendations requiring urgent action to achieve improvements in the administrative machinery of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities aimed at the efficient and expeditious delivery of pop- ulation programmes, Expressing its appreciation to the fifty-two Member States which, to date, have responded to that invitation and have pledged financial support to the United Na- tions Fund for Population Activities, Noting from the information given by the Secretary- General that the administration of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities has been reorganized over the past year in order to make even more effective use of its staff and resources, Noting further that the resources of the United Na- tions Fund for Population Activities and its scope of operations have now grown to a size which makes its supervision by an intergovernmental body desir- able, Expressing further its appreciation to the Adminis- trator of the United Nations Development Programme and to the Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities for their efforts, which have achieved the significant results of the past year, Noting also the recommendation of the Secretary- General to change the character of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities from a trust fund of the Secretary-General into a fund established under the authority of the General Assembly, 1. Decides to place the United Nations Fund for Population Activities under the authority of the Gen- eral Assembly; 2. Decides further, without prejudice to the over- all responsibilities and policy functions of the Economic and Social Council, that the Governing Council of s2 A/8899. the United Nations Development Programme, subject to conditions to be established by the Economic and Social Council, shall be the governing body of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities and invites the Governing Council to concern itself with the financial and administrative policies relating to the work programme, the fund-raising methods and the annual budget of the Fund; 3. Invites the Governing Council to organize itself in such a way that it can exercise effectively these func- tions, taking into account the separate identity of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities and its need to operate under the guidance of the Economic and Social Council, in close relationship with inter- ested Governments and with appropriate international and national bodies, governmental and non-govern- mental, interested in population activities; 4. Authorizes the Governing Council, at its fifteenth session, to apply to the United Nations Fund for Pop- ulation Activities funding principles similar to those of the United Nations Development Programme and to establish the necessary financial rules and regula- tions, subject to consideration by the Governing Coun- cil of a report, prepared by the Executive Director of the Fund in consultation with the Administrator of the Programme, and of the full implications thereof; 5. Requests the Governing Council to consider further steps necessary to achieve improvements in the administrative and operational machinery of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, to inform the Economic and Social Council in its annual report of those further steps taken to implement General As- sembly resolution 2815 (XXVI) and the present resolution and to submit annually a report on the activi- ties of the Fund to the Economic and Social Council; 6. Renews its invitation to interested Governments to make voluntary contributions to the United Nations Fund for Population Activities without prejudice to the agreed level of growth of contributions to the United Nations Development Programme and devel- opment assistance in general. 2113th plenary meeting 18 December 1972 3035 (XXVII). Code of conduct for linn conferences The General Assembly, Welcoming the unanimous agreement reached by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at its third session, held at Santiago, Chile, from 13 April to 21 May 1972, that there was an urgent need for adopting and implementing a universally acceptable code of conduct to regulate the activities of liner con- ferences, which fully takes into account the special needs and problems of the developing countries, Recalling resolution 66 (III) of 19 May 1972 en- titled "Draft code of conduct for liner conferences" adopted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development/3 83 See Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Third Session, vol. I, Report and Annexes (United Nations publication, Sales No.: E.73.11.D.4), annex I.A.

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