A/RES/3172(XXVIII) GA

Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Second Committee 53 4. Deplores acts of States which use force, armed aggression, economic coercion or any other illegal or improper means in resolving disputes concerning the exercise of the sovereign rights mentioned in paragraphs 1 to 3 above; 5. Re-emphasizes that actions, measures or legis- lative regulations by States aimed at coercing, d~rectly or indirectly, other States or peoples engaged m the reorganization of their internal structure or in the ex- ercise of their sovereign rights over their natural re- sources, both on land and in their coastal waters, are in violation of the Charter of the United Nations and of the Declaration contained in General Assembly res- olution 2625 (XXV) and contradict the targets, ob- jectives and policy measures of the International De- velopment Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade, 64 and that to persist therein could constitute a threat to international peace and security; 6. Emphasizes the duty of all States to refrain in their international relations from military, political, economic or any other form of coercion aimed against the territorial integrity of any State and the exercise of its national jurisdiction; 7. Recognizes that, as stressed in Economic and Social Council resolution 1737 (LIV) of 4 May 1973, one of the most effective ways in which the developing countries can protect their natural resources is to es- tablish, promote or strengthen machinery for co-opera- tion among them which has as its main purpose to concert pricing policies, to improve conditions of access to markets, to co-ordinate production policies and, thus, to guarantee the full exercise of sovereignty by developing countries over their natural resources; 8. Requests the Economic and Social Council, at its fifty-sixth session, to consider the report of the Secretary-General mentioned in the last preambular paragraph above and requests the Secretary-General to prepare a supplement to that report, in the light of the discussions that are to take place at the fifty-sixth session of the Council and of any other relevant devel- opments, and to submit that supplementary report to the General Assembly at its twenty-ninth session. 2203rd plenary meeting 17 December 1973 3172 (XXVIII). Holding of a special session of the General Assembly devoted to develop- ment and international economic co-opera- tion The General Assembly, Recognizing the need fully to study and review the general status of international development co-opera- tion, Aware of the growth of interdependence in the world economy and of the urgent need for international co- operation to be adapted to the requirements of economic and social development throughout the world, particu- larly in the developing countries, Recalling resolution 2626 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, by which it adopted the International Develop- ment Strategy for the Second United Nations Develop- ment Decade, and other relevant decisions of the General Assembly, M Resolution 2626 (XXV). Disturbed by the growing gap between the developed and developing countries and by the slow rate of prog- ress in the implementation of the goals and objectives of the International Development Strategy, Noting that the Fourth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held at Algiers from 5 to 9 September 1973, called for the convening of a special session of the General Assembly devoted exclusively to development problems,65 1. Decides to hold a special session of the General Assembly at a high political level on an appropriate date just before the thirtieth regular session for the purpose of examining the political and other implica- tions of the state of world development and interna- tional economic co-operation, expanding the dimensions and concepts of world economic and developmen- tal co-operation and giving the goal of development its rightful place in the United Nations system and on the international stage, and also decides that at the special session the Assembly will, in the light of the implementation of the International Development Strategy for the Second United Nations Development Decade: (a) Consider new concepts and options with a view to promoting effectively the solution of world eco- nomic problems, in particular those of developing countries, and assist in the evolution of a system of world economic relations based on the equality and common interests of all countries; ( b) Initiate the necessary and appropriate struc- tural changes to make the United Nations system a more effective instrument of world economic co- operation and for the implementation of the Interna- tional Development Strategy; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare, in consultation with the various specialized organs of the United Nations, a preliminary report based on the points included in paragraph I above, and to submit it to the Economic and Social Council at its fifty- seventh session; 3. Calls upon the Economic and Social Council at its fifty-seventh session: (a) To consider that preliminary report; (b) To prepare a draft agenda for the special ses- sion; (c) To appoint, if necessary, a preparatory com- mittee and to transmit that committee's report on these issues to the General Assembly at its twenty-ninth session; 4. Further calls upon the Economic and Social Council to propose to the General Assembly a date for the special session and to take all necessary meas- ures concerning the organization of that session, in- cluding the final preparation of the documentation. 2203rd plenary meeting 17 December 1973 3173 (XXVIII). Assistance to Zambia The General Assembly, Recalling all previous resolutions adopted by the Security Council concerning the question of assistance to Zambia, in particular resolution 329 (1973) of 10 March 1973, 65 See A/9330 and Corr.I, p. 99.

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