A/RES/3036(XXVII) GA

52 General Assembly-Twenty-seventh Session ----------------------- 1. Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations to convene as early as possible in I 973, under the auspices of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, a conference of plenipotentiaries to consider and adopt a convention or any other multi- lateral legally binding instrument on a code of con- duct for liner conferences; 2. Decides to establish, also under the auspices of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Develop- ment, a Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on a Code of Conduct for Liner Con- ferences, consisting of forty-eight members to be ap- pointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Developments4 with the same distribution between the diff crent regional areas as was established for the fourth session of the Working Group on International Shipping Legislation, with the addition of two members from each regional area; 3. Also decides that the Preparatory Committee shall prepare the draft of a convention or any other multilateral legally binding instrument on a code of conduct for liner conferences for submission to the conference of plenipotentiaries referred to in paragraph 1 above; 4. Decides further that the fir,t session of the Pre- paratory Committee should be convened as early as possible and that the final session should be held at least two months before the conference of plenipo- tentiaries; 5. Recommends that the Preparatory Committee should take into consideration, as a basis for its work: (a) The draft code of conduct for liner conferences annexed to resolution 66 (IH) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development: (b) The report of the debates on this subject by the Fourth Committee of the United Nations Con- ference on Trade and Development at its third ses- sion, 85 including an informal exchange of views on the draft code of conduct for liner conferences and a sum- ming-up by the Chairman of that Crn1mittee; ( c) The report of the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development en- titled Regulation of Liner Conferences/n (d) The report of the Working Group on Interna- tional Shipping Legislation on its third session.~. 2 I 15th plenary meeting 19 December 1972 84 The Preparatory Committee will be composed of the following States: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bul- garia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, c,_echoslovakia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, German Democratic Re- public, Germ;iny, Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Hun- gary, Indi'.l, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq. Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines. Poland. Romania, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand. Uganda. Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- lics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzar1ia, United Slates of America, Uru- guay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia w1d Zaire. 8~ See Procecdinrts of tlie U11it<'d Nations Conferenc<' 011 Trade and Dcvelopmc11t, Third Session, vol. I, Report and Annexes (United Nations publication, Sales No.: E.73.IT.D.4). annex VI.D. 86 United Nations publication, Sales N,1.: E.72.ILD. l3 and Corr. I. 87 TD/B/C.4/93. 3036 (XXVII). SpPcial measm·«·s in favour of the least developt•d among the developing countries The General Assembly, Having consiciercci the report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on its third session88 and the report of the Trade and Development Uoard for the period from 22 September 1971 to 25 October 1972, ~~ Bearing in mind the joint statement by eight so- cialist countries at the twrnty-fifth sL"ssinn of the General Assembly concerning the Second United Na- tions Development Decade and social progrcss90 and their declaration at the third session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Dcvelopment,01 Conscious that the production capacity and trade flows of the least developed among the developing countries have been and continue to be extremely low, and that it is urgent for the commercial policy measures which arc applied to all developing countries to be supplemented by liberal and considerably larger con- tributions of financial and technical ;1ssistancc for tit, least developed countries, in order lo eliminate the existing bottle-neck in their economy .1t the production level, Recognizing that the relevant provisions of resolu- tion 62 (lll) of 19 May 1972 adopted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and n~·vclopment9~ and of the International Development Strategy for the Sec- ond United Nations Development Decade"': must be applied in practice as soon as possible, 1. Endorses resolution 62 (III) unanimously adopted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at its third session; 2. Requests the specialized agencies concerned and other United Nations bodies, as well as the regional economic commissions and the United Nations Eco- nomic and Social Office at Beirut, to initiate and ac- celerate the implementation of their action programmes in favour of the least developed countries in the areas within their competence and to submit periodic reports on the matter to the General Assemblv throu!!,h the Economic and Social Council; • ~ 3. Also requests aL! States members of the United Nations ConfcrencL· on Trade ;111d lkvelopmcnt, espe- cially developed countries, to implement urgently the special measures in favuur nf the kast developed coun- tries contained in Conference resolution 62 (III) and to continue to review the measures they have taken in favour of these countries, as well a, ivavs and means of carrying out those measures, and !,) 1mwide infor- mation to the Senetar_y-General of the l Jnited Nations Conference, on Trade and Development 011 actions taken in connexion with the considcratinn and imple- mentation ot thL' recommendations nf the Conference, SR See Procccdinis of the United !\'a1io11., C,>11{cu·11ce 011 Trade and Dcv,·lopmen/, Third Session. vol. I, J?cport and Annexes !United Nations publication, Sales No.: E.73.Il.D.4). ,n Official Records of the (;,•neml Assembl\', Twc111r-sevn11/i S1·ssio11, SurplcmPnt No. 15 ( A/8715.IRev.1). - !IO Ibid_, Twent,· filth .'ic.,s1<111, A1111ncs. ;igcnda itc1n 42. docu- 11,ent A/8074. 111 See Proceedings of the United Nutions C,mferen,·c on 'frade and Dei·c/opment, Third Session, vol. I, Rf'['or/ and Annexes (United Nations publication, Saks No.: E.73.11.D.4), annex VIII.G. !12 Jhid. 11~ Resolution 2626 (X)(V). Resolutions adoptNI on the reports o_f__'lie Second Comm_ittee_-____________ _ t<) enable him to submit periodic reports to the Trade and Development Board. 2 I I 5th 11/enary meeting 19 December 1972 :\037 ( X'\. VII). Chari Pr of the t•eonomie rights and 1]utiP~ of ~talP!-1 The General Assembly, Havin~ considered the report of the United Nations Confcre~cc on Trade and Development on its third session,94 Decides to enlarge the composition of the Working Group on the Chartc~ of the Economi~ Rights and Duties of States established under resolutrnn 45 (III) of 18 May 1972 of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 9 " and authori~es t~e Secr~- tary-Gcncral of the Conference to appomt mne addi- tional members, in consultation with Governments of member States. ] 1 I 5 th plenary meeting 19 December 1972 3038 (XXVII). Dissemination of information and mohilization of public opinion regarding prohl1•1ns of trade and development The General Assembly, Bearing in mind paragraph 84 of the International Devclu11mcnt Strnteg:y for the Second United Nations Development Decade/'; relating to the mobilization of public opinion, Recalling its resolution 2800 ( XXVI) of 14 De- cember 1971, regarding the dissemination of informa- tion and the mobilization of public opinion relative to the review and appraisal of progress in the implementa- tion of the International Development Strategy, Noting with satisfaction resolution 43 (III) of 17 May 1972,97 in which the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development proposed a series of spe- cific measures for the dissemination of information and the mobilization of public opinion relative to problems of trade and development, Noting aha agreed conclusion 89 (XII) of 20 Octo- ber 1972, 98 adopted on the subject by the Trade and Development Board at the first part of its twelfth ses- sion, Convinced that improvement in the dissemination of information and the mobilization of public opinion, particularly among young people, would be an im- portant factor for greater awareness of the general problems of development and would thus promote the increased efforts required in the sphere of interna- ~4 See Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on Trade "nd Development, Third Session, vol. I, Report and Annexes (United Nations publication. Sales No.: E.73.II.D.4). !l5 fbid., annex I.A. HG Resolution 2626 (XXV). !J7 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. !i8 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty- seventh St'ssion, Supplement No. 15 (A/8715/Rev.1), part one, annex I. tional co-operation for development and the success of the International Development Strategy, 1. Decides to institute a World Development In- formation Day with the object of drawing the attention of world public opinion each year to development prob- lems and till'. necessity of ~trcngthcning international co-operation to solve them; 2. Further decides that the date for this day shall coincide in principle with United Nations Day, 24 October, which is also the date on which the Interna- tional Development Strategy for the Second Nations Development Decade was adopted in 1970; 3. Invites the Tracie and Development Board to study at its fifth special session, devoted to the review and appraisal of the Second United Nations Develop- ment Decade, the preliminary report of the Secretary- General of the United Nations, 11" as well as the interim report requested of the Secretary-General of the U nit~d Nations Conference on Trade and Development 111 agreed conclusion 89 (XII); 4. Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations to prepare, for the fifth special session of the Trade and Development Board, a detailed report elab- oratin~ the elements outlined in his preliminary report; 5. ~Further invites the Secretary-General o( the United Nations to indicate in the detailed report men- tioned in paragraph 4 above what measures he is c~m- sidering, in accordance with paragraph 5 of resolution 43 (II]) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to strengthen the informatiC?n serv- ices of the Conference and to regroup them, 111 close liaison with the Office of Public Information, in par- ticular the Centre for Economic and Social Informa- tion and other United Nations information sources, in an information unit responsible for giving wider pub- licity to the debates and decisions of the Conference concerning problems of trade and development and to the objectives of the International Development Strategy of concern k• the Conference; 6. Requests the Trade and Development Board at its fifth special session to outline a programme of events for World Development Information Day in 1973 and to make specific proposals to that end; 7. Requests the Economic and Social Council at its fiftv-fifth session, taking into consideration the report of the Trade and Development Board on its fifth spe- cial sc:,sion, to draw up a programme of events for World Development Information Day in 1971. 2 l l 5th plenary meeting 19 nc,emher 1972 :10;19 (XXVII). External debt servtcmg hv the devPloping countriPi;1 The General A ssemf1ly, Mind! ul of the purposes set forth in Article 55 of the Charter of the United Nations, which specifics that the United Nations should promote higher standards of living, full employment. and conditions of economic and social progress and development, Recalfing its resolutions 2170 (XXI) of 6 December 1966, 2415 (XXTJI) of 17 December 1968 and 2807 (XXVI) of 14 December 1971 concerning the need n9 A/8893.

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