A/RES/33/150 GA

114 General Assembly-Thirty-third Session financial institutions within the United Nations system, implement the special measures in favour of the least developed among the developing countries, as recom- mended by the General Assembly and other related bodies of the United Nations; 7. Welcomes further the request in paragraph 6 of resolution 4 (II) of 28 July 1978129 adopted by the Intergovernmental Group on the Least Developed Countries of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development that the Secretary-General of the Conference prepare an outline, to be given full con- sideration at the fifth session of the Conference, for launching a substantial new programme of action for the 1980s on behalf of the least developed countries. 90th plenary meeting 20 December 1978 33/150. Specific action related to the particular needs of the land-locked developing countries130 The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 2971 (XXVII) of 14 De- cember 1972, 3169 ( XXVIII) of 1 7 December 1973, 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of 1 May 1974, 3311 (XXIX) of 14 December 1974, 3362 (S-VII) of 16 September 1975, 31/157 of 21 December 1976 and 32/191 of 19 December 1977, Taking into consideration Trade and Development Board resolution 109 (XIV) of 12 September 1974131 and resolutions 63 (III) of 19 May 1972132 and 98 (IV) of 31 May 1976133 of the United Nations Con- ference on Trade and Development, Bearing in mind the other resolutions and decisions adopted by the United Nations and its related agencies envisaging special action in favour of the land-locked developing countries, Taking into consideration also Economic and Social Council resolutions 2127 (LXIII) of 4 August 1977 and 1978/57 of 2 August 1978, Bearing in mind the provisions of its resolutions 31/157 and 32/191 and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations with respect to the exercise of the right of the land-locked developing countries to free access to and from the sea and their right to freedom of transit, 1. Reaffirms the right of land-locked developing countries to free access to and from the sea and their right to freedom of transit; 2. Invites the members of the international com- munity as well as the international organizations and financial institutions of the United Nations system to implement the provisions of the decisions recommended in favour of such countries; 129 TD/B/719, annex I. 130 See also sect. X.B.4, decision 33/438. l3l Se,e Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty- ninth Session, Supplement No. 15 (A/9615/Rev.1), annex I. 182 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.II.D.4), annex I.A. 133 Jbid., Fourth Session, vol. I, Report and Annexes (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.76.II.D.10 and cor- rigendum), part one, sect. A. 3. Urges all members of the world community as well as the international organizations concerned to provide land-locked developing countries with appro- priate financial aid and assistance in the form of grants or concessional loans for the construction, improve- ment and maintenance of their transport and transit infrastructures and facilities; 4. Invites the United Nations Development Pro- gramme and the financial institutions of the United Nations system to take appropriate and effective meas- ures in order to provide additional resources within their competence to meet the particular needs of the land-locked developing countries. 90th plenary meeting 20 December 1978 33/151. Reverse transfer of technology The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 32/192 of 19 December 1977 entitled "Reverse transfer of technology", Noting the agreed conclusions and recommendations adopted by the Group of Governmental Experts on Reverse Transfer of Technology of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, which met at Geneva from 27 February to 7 March 1978,134 Emphasizing that the establishment of a new inter- national economic order should ensure that the migra- tion of skilled manpower from developing countries constitutes an exchange in which the interests of all countries negatively affected by the reverse transfer of technology are adequately protected, Emphasizing further the important contribution that co-operation in the exchange of skilled manpower among the developing countries can make to their collective self-reliance, Noting the need to examine further national and international measures, including the possibility and feasibility of the proposals made by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Hassan bin Talat of Jordan concerning the establishment of an international labour compen- satory facility, 135 l. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-Gen- eral entitled "The 'brain drain' problem: outflow of trained personnel from developing to developed coun- tries" ;136 2. Notes that the above report sought to bring to- gether in a summary form the key elements of a num- ber of studies on the subject of the outflow of trained personnel from developing to developed countries; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to make avail- able to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth ses- sion the in-depth study of the "brain-drain" problem requested in paragraph 5 of Assembly resolution 32/ 192, covering international, regional, interregional and national aspects of the problem; 4. Welcomes the inclusion in the provisional agenda for the fifth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development of an item 134 E/1978/92, paras. 24-27. 135 Jbid., paras. 100-104. 136 E/1978/92.

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