A/RES/32/158 GA

V. Re90lutions adopted on the reports of the Second Committee 95 32/158. United Nations Water Conference The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 3513 (XXX) of 15 Dc- cember 1975 and Economic and Social Council reso- lution 1979 (LIX) of 31 July 1975, Recalling further its resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of 1 May 1974 containing the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the E~tablishment of a New International Economic Order, 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 197 4 containing the Charter of Eco- nomic Rights and Duties of Statcs and 3362 (S-VII) of 16 September 197 5 on dcvelopment and interna- tional economic co-operation, Noting that the United Nations Water Conference, held at Mar del Plata, Argentina, from 14 to 25 March 1977, took far-reaching decisions on the entire spectrum of the management and developmcnt of water resources, Considering that the agrecments reached at the Conference call for urgent action, l. Adopts the report of the United Nations Water Conference and approves the Mar del Plata Action Planº~ and the other agreemc'nts rcached at the Con- ference; 2. Expresses its gratitude to the Government and the people of Argentina for their generous hospitality during the holding of the Conference; 3. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-Gen- eral of the Conference for the effective preparation and organization of the Conference; 4. Urges Member States and all organizations of the United Nations system to takc intensified and sustained action for the implementation of the agree- ments reached at the Confcrence; 5. Endorses Economic and Social Council resolu- tions 2115 (LXIII) and 2121 (LXIII) of 4 Au- gust 1977; 6. Reafjirms that due priority should be given to the measures needed to implement the Mar del Plata Action Plan as well as other agreements rcached at the Conference; 7. Recommends that Governments should consider, where necessary, the desirability of designating national ~ater resources committees or other suitablc organiza- tlons to co-ordinate and monitor the implementation of the Conference's recommendations at thc national leve! on the basis of detailed national action pro- grammes, cncompassing areas specificd in thc note by the Sccretary-General on recommendations of the Confercnce and follow-up action. 70 and recommends more p~~ular inv_olvement in the proccss of planning and dec1S1on makmg towards the forrnulation of a na- tional policy; 8. Requests thc regional commissions to strengthen and intensify their responsibilities in the water sector ~nd, to thü¡ end, assign specific responsibilitics to an mtergovernmental committee within the regional com- missions, in accordance with thc recommcnc!ations of the Conference and with resolution 1 (V) of 16 May 6~ Report (!f tfie U~1ited Natio11s W,;/cr Confcrencc (United Nations pubhcat1on, Sales No. F.77.II.A. l 2). cha p. l. 70 E/6015. 1977 of the Committec on Natural Resources, 71 with the allocation, if necessary, of additional resources; 9. Requests the Committee on Natura! Resources, at its spccial session, to review plans and programmes prepared at the national and regional levels and to for- mulatc immediate and concrete steps to promote and sccure thcir early implementation; 1 O. C alis u pon the Secretary-Gencral to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-third session, through the Economic and Social Council, a report on the rcsults of the special session of the Committee on Natural Resourccs and on the measures adopted by the whole United Nations system for the implementa- tion of thc Mar del Plata Action Plan and the agree- ments rcached at the Conference. 107th plenary meeting 19 December 1977 32/159. Implementation of the medium-term ami long• term recoverv and rehabilita• tion programme in the· Sudano-Sahelian region anti urgent measures to he taken on hchalf of the region The General Assembly. Recalling its rcsolutions 2816 (XXVI) of 14 De- cemher 1971. 2959 (XXVII) of 12 December 1972 and 3054 (XXVIII) of 17 October 1973, Recalling further its resolutions 3253 (XXIX) of 4 December 1974. 3512 (XXX) of 15 December 1975 and 31 / 180 of 21 December 197 6 and Economic and Social Council resolutions l 918 (LVIII) of 5 May 1975 and 2103 (LXIII) of 3 August 1977, Taking note of the decision of 27 June 1977 of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme 7~ concerning the implementation of the mcdium-term and long-term rccovery and rchabilitation programme in the Sudano-Sahelian region, DeerJ/y concerned at the magnitude of the effects of thc ncw drought prevailing in the Sudano-Sahelian rcgion and, in particular, at the serious shortage of food ami the livcstock losses, Taking note of the dcclaration adopted by the Coun- cil of Ministers of the Permanent Inter-State Commit- tce on Drought Control in the Sahel at its special scssion hcld at Niamey on 26 and 27 October 1977, . Mindful of thc fact that the transport problem, par- t1cularly the state of the infrastructure and the in- adequacy of the present capacities, constitutes a majar obstacle for the countries of the region, Noting the measures taken by thc Food and Agricul- turc Organization of thc United Nations and the World ~oml Programmc to establish large stockpiles of food 111 thc ports of thc Sudano-Sahelian region, Noting the individual and collcctive efforts made by Statcs members of the Permanent Inter-State Com- mittcc on Drought Control in the Sahel, N oti~1g with '.~atisfaction the decisive role played by thc Umtt.:d Nat1011s Sahelian Office, on the one hand, 71 O/ficia! RccorJs of tire Economic and Social Council Sixt_,·-tlr ·,-d Scssion, Suprlcment No. 2A ( E/6004), cha p. 1: sect. B. and E/ 6004/ Ad<l. 1. ,-~ /bid., Supp/emcnt No. 3 A ( E/6013 /Rev. l ), para. 165.

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