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114 General Assembly-Thirty-third Session financia! 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. W ele o mes further the request in paragraph 6 of resolution 4 (II) of 28 July 1978129 adopted by the Intergovemmental 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 l 980s 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 financia! institutions of the United Nations system to implement the provisions of the decisions recommended in favour of such countrics; 129 TD/B/719, annex I. 130 See also sect. X.B.4, decision 33/438. l3l Se,e Official Records of the General Assemb/y, Twenty- ninth Session, Supplement No. 15 (A/9615/Rev.1), annex l. 182 See Proceedings of the United Nations Conference 011 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 concemed 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 financia! 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 arder should ensure that the migra- tion of skilled manpower from developing countries constitutes an exchange in which thc 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 Talal 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. W elcomes the inclusion in the provisional agenda for the fifth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development of an itero 134 E/1978/92, paras. 24-27. 135 Jbid., paras. 100-104. 136 E/1978/92. V. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Second Committee entitled "Development aspects of the reverse transfer of technology";137 5. Urges all Member States to give at the fifth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development urgent consideration to the elabora- tion of measures on the development aspects of the reverse transfer of technology; 6. Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session on the results achieved by the Conference at its fifth session on the item entitled "Development aspects of the reverse transfer of tec~nology" and in particular on the work referred to m paragraph 5 above. 33/152. 90th plenary meeting 20 December 1978 Assistance to Antigua, St. Kitts-Nevis• Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 32/186 of 19 December 1977, in which it, inter alia, stressed the urgency of rendering all necessary assistance to t~e peoples ?f Antigua, Dominica, St. Kitts-Nevis-Angmlla, St. Luc~a and St. Vincent in their efforts to strengthen the1r national economies, Emphasizing the special problems faced by Antigua, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent with regard to territorial size, geographical loca!ion and limited economic resources, as well as the senous adverse effects of recent world-wide economic and financia! problems, Mindful that these Territories require the continued attention and assistance of the United Nations in the achievement by their peoples of their development ob- jectives, Aware of the fact that a conference of several Gov- ernments and agencies interested in economic develop- ment in the Caribbean was held at Washington, D.C., on 14 and 15 December 1977, with the purpose of reviewing the economic development needs of the Caribbean region, and that, as a consequence, a Carib- bean Group for Co-operation in Economic Develop- ment was established, Recalling also its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 De- cember 1960 entitled "Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples", and all other resolutions and decisions of the United Nations relating to these Territories and peoples, Noting with appreciation the recent attainment of independence by Dominica, Recalling that the question of the Territories of An- tigua, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Yin- cent is currently under consideration in the relevant and competent organs of the United Nations, 1. Emphasizes the urgency of rendering all neces- sary assistance to the peoples of Antigua, St. Kitts- Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia and St. Vincent in their ef- forts to strengthen their national economies and calls 137 Offecial Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 15 (A/33/15), vol. JI, annex 11. upon the Government of the Unite~ Kingdom . of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 111 consultation with the freelv elected representatives of the peoples of Antigua, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lu~ia and St. Vincent, to take adequate steps to estabhsh and finance an appropriate programme of development of those Territories; 2. Requests the specialized agencies and other or- ganizations within the United Nations system, includ- ing in particular the United Nations Development Programme, international financia! institutions and aid donors, to intensify their assistance within their respec- tive spheres of competence to the peoples of those Territories; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session on the implementation of the present resolution. 33/153. 90th plenary meeting 20 December 1978 United Nations Conference on Restric- tive Business Practices The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2626 (XXV) of 24 October 1970 containing the International Development Strat- egy for the Second United Nations Development Dec- ade, particularly paragraph 37, in which 31 December 1972 was the date set for attaining concrete and sig- nificant results in the control of restrictive business practices, Recalling further section I, paragraph 1 O, of its resolution 3362 (S-VII) of 16 September 1975 on development and international economic co-operation, Taking into account the significant progress made in the United Nations Conference on Trade and De- velopment in the formulation of a set of principies and rules pursuant to section 111 of Conference reso- lution 96 (IV) of 31 May 1976,138 I. Takes note of Trade and Development Board resolution 178 (XVIII) of 17 September 1978,130 in which it was decided to convene a further session of the Third Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Restrictive Business Practices, in order to enable the Group to complete its work on the set of principies and rules and to make further progress on a model law, or laws, on restrictive business practices; 2. Decides to convene, in the period between Sep- tember 1979 and April 1980, under the auspices of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Develop- ment, a United Nations Conference on Restrictive Business Practices to negotiate, on the basis of the work of the Third Ad Hoc Group of Experts, and to takc all decisions necessary for the adoption of, a set of multilaterally agreed equitable principies and rules for the control of restrictive business practices having adverse effects on international trade, particularly that of developing countries, and on the economic develop- ment of those countries, including a decision on the legal character of thc principies and rules; 188 See Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Fourth Session, vol. I, Report and Annexes (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.76.Il.D.10 and corrigendum), part one, sect. A. . 139 See Offecial Records of the General Assembly, Th1rty- third Session, Supplement No. 15 (A/33/15), vol. 11, annex I.

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