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92 Gellft'lll Anembly-Twenty-ninth Seaaion 5. Requests that the report of the Group of Ex- 4. Further real]irms the right of every State to carry perts be submitted to the General Assembly at its out social and economic changes for the purpose of thirtieth session and requests the Secretary-General to social progress, including nationalization, as well as submit a proposal as to when such a conference could the right to take ali appropriate mc;asures in connexion be convened, together with an assessment of the costs with the activities of transnational corporations which involved. it considers detrimental to the achievement of econo- 23/ 1th plenary meeting míe and social progress; 10 December 1974 5. Recommends that measures should be taken at 3273 (X."XJX), National experience in achieving far-reacbing social and eeonomic changes for the purpose of social progre88 The General Assembly, Noting Economic and Social Council resolutions 1581 A (L) of 21 May 1971 and 1667 (LII) of l June 1972, in which the Council attached great im- portance to appropriate fundamental structural socio- economic changes in countries for the purpose of achieving social progress and development and, to this end, considered it appropriate to study' the experience of various countries of the world in this field, Bearing in mind Economic and Social Council re- solution 1746 (LIV) of 16 May 1973, in which the Council pointed out that the strengthening of national independence and the achievement of the ultimate goals of social progress depend fundamentally on interna! basic social changes, for purposes of strengthening national índependence, achieving the d~mocratization of society and improving social and economic struc- tures, and on the reaffirmation of the principie of the inadmissibífüy of externa! interference in any form, including interference by transnational corporations, Noting the report of the Secretary-General113 pre- pared on the basis of replies by Governments to bis questionnaire on national experience in achieving far- reaching social and economic changes for the purpose of social progress, Convinced that peaceful cocxistence and friendly co- operation among States should promote conditions for economic and social progress, Taking into consideration the importance of the im- plementation. of the principies, aims and methods of achieving social progress recommended in the Declara- tion on Social Progrcss and Development,114 Recalling that the Declaration on Social Progress and Development recommends that countries should promete democratically based social and structural re- forms and changes, Sharing the concem of many countrks over the in- sufficient rates of their economic and social deveiop- ment, 1. Real]irms that each State has the sovereign right to adopt the economic and social system which it regards appropriate for its own development; 2. Stresses the importance of interna! democratic social and economic changes designed to safeguard national independence and to ensure a speedy improve- ment of the well-being of the population; 3. Reaffirms the importance of the right of every State to exercise its permanent sovereignty over ali its riches, natural resources and economic activities for the purpose of achieving economic and sociai progress; li3 E/CN.5/478 and Add.l and Add.1/Corr.l ar.d 2, Add.2 and Add.2/Corr.l, Add.3 and Add.3/Corr.1, Add.4. 54 Resolution 2542 (XXIV). ali levels to ensure more active participation by the entire population in .the preparation and execution of economic and social development policies and pro- grammes designed to achieve social and economic progress, taking into account the experience of all coun- tries in this field; 6. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations Development Programme to hold, within the programme of advisory services, interregional and re- gionaI seminars to study the national experience of déveloping and developed countries in carrying out far- reaching social and economic changes for the purpose of. social progress without prejudicing the operational programmes prepared for the developing countries; 1. Recommends that the regional commissions should consider this problem at their sessions; 8. Endorses the action taken by the Economic apd Social Council requesting the Commission for Social Development to continue the study of national ex- perience in carrying out far-reaching social and eco- nomic changes for the purpose of social progress;116 9. kequests the Secretary-General to submit a com- prehensive report on national experience in achieving far-reaching saciar and economic changes for the por- pose of social progress to the General Assembly at its thirtieth session and to give appropriate attention to this question in his reports on the world social situation; 1 O. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirtieth session the item entitled "National ex- perience in achieving far-reaching social and economic changes for the purpose of social progress". 2311th plenary meeting JO December 1974 3274 (XXIX). Question of the establishment, in accordanee with the Convention on the Re- duction of Statelessness, of a body to wbich persons clalming the benefit of the Conven- tion may apply The General Assembly, Considering the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness of 28 August 1961 56 and, in particular, its articles 11 and 20 requiring the establishment of a body to which a person claiming the benefit of the Convention may apply for the examination of bis claim and for assistance in presenting it to the appropriate authority, Noting that the Convention will come into force on 13 December 1975, Having considered the note and the explanatory memorandum of the Secretary-General,117 55 Economic and Social Council resolution 1746 (LIV) of 16 May 1973. 5HA/CONF.9/l.5, 1961. 57 O/Jicial Records of the Genua/ Assemhly, Twe11ty-11intl, Session, Annexes, agenda item 99, document A/969 l.

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