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118 General Assembly-Thirty-third Session Having considered the statement of the Secretary- General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on the results of the above Con- ference, 148 Being conscious of the great importance of con- cluding an international arrangement to replace the International Wheat Agreement of 1971, as extended, 1. Expresses its deep regret and great concern at the suspension of the negotiations to replace the Inter- national Wheat Agreement of 1971, as extended; 2. Calls upon the Chairman of the United Nations Conference to Negotiate an International Arrange- ment to Replace the International Wheat Agreement of 1971, as Extended, to carry out as early as feasible the consultations envisaged in the resolution of 24 No- vember 1978 of the Conference; 3. Urges all countries to participate constructively in the consultations referred to above; 4. Calls upon the Interim Committee of the United Nations Conference to Negotiate an International Ar- rangement to Replace the International Wheat Agree- ment of 1971, as Extended, to consider, as a matter of urgency, addressing a recommendation to the Secre- tary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development with a view to the resumption of the Conference; 5. Urges all Governments to intensify their efforts towards an early and successful conclusion of an inter- national arrangement to replace the International Wheat Agreement of 1971, as extended. 90th plenary meeting 20 December 1978 33/157. United Nations Conference on an Inter- national Code of Conduct on the Trans- fer of Technology The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 32/188 of 19 December 1977, Taking note of the resolution of the United Nations Conference on an International Code of Conduct on the Transfer of Technology adopted on 11 November 1978149 and of the progress achieved at the Conference towards the negotiation and adoption of an interna- tional code of conduct on the transfer of technology, 1. Strongly urges intensified efforts towards a successful conclusion of the United Nations Con- ference on an International Code of Conduct on the Transfer of Technology; 2. Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to take the necessary measures for convening a resumed session of the above-mentioned Conference in the first quarter of 1979, as well as a subsequent session if requested. 90th plenary meeting 20 December 1978 148 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Second Committee, 54th meeting, para. 3; and ibid., Second Committee, Sessional Fascicle, corrigendum. 149 See TD/CODE TOT /10. 33/158. United Nations Negotiating Conference on a Common Fund under the Inte• grated Programme for Commodities The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of 1 May 1974, containing the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order, and 3362 (S-VII) of 16 September 1975 on development and international economic co-operation, Recalling resolution 93 (IV) of 30 May 1976 of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Devel- opment on the Integrated Programme for Commodi- ties, 150 Having considered the statement of the Secretary- General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on the progress achieved at the resumed second session of the United Nations Nego- tiating Conference on a Common Fund under the Integrated Programme for Commodities,151 1. Takes note of the decision adopted on 30 No- vember 1978,152 at its resumed second session, by the United Nations Negotiating Conference on a Com- mon Fund under the Integrated Programme for Com- modities, for the convening of its third session before the fifth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; 2. Endorses the decision referred to in paragraph 1 above; 3. Requests all participating countries at the third session of the Conference to exert all the necessary efforts so as to reach agreement at that session on the basic aspects of the Common Fund so as to provide the necessary basis for work on the articles of agreement on the Common Fund; 4. Stresses the need for reaching such agreement before the fifth session of the United Nations Con- ference on Trade and Development. 90th plenary meeting 20 December 1978 33/159. Debt problems of developing countries The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of 1 May 1974 containing the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order, 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974 containing the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States and 3362 (S-VII) of 16 September 1975 on development and international economic co-operation, Recalling its resolution 32/187 of 19 December 1977 on the debt problems of developing countries, 150 See Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Fourth Session, vol. I, Report and Annexes (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.76.11.D.10 and cor,rigendum), part one, sect. A. 151 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Second Committee, 54th meeting, paras. 4-9. 1s2 TD/IPC/CF/CONF/14 (Part II), annex I. V. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Second Committee 119 Recalling also resolution 94 (IV) of 31 May 1976 of the United Nations Conference on Trade and De- velopment, 153 Recalling further Trade and Development Board resolutions 132 (XV) of 15 August 1975154 on the increasing burden of debt servicing in developing countries, adopted by the Board at the first part of its fifteenth session, and 165 (S-IX) of 11 March 1978155 on debt and development problems of de- veloping countries, adopted at the third part of its ninth special session, at the ministerial level, Taking note of the report of the Trade and Devel- opment Board on its eighteenth session156 and of the provisional agenda for the fifth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,157 Having considered the statement of the Secretary- General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development with regard to work on the elabora- tion of detailed features for future operations con- cerning debt problems undertaken within the Con- ference, Concerned that many developing countries are ex- periencing great difficulties in servicing their external debt and are unable to pursue or initiate important development projects, Noting with concern that official development as- sistance flows are stagnating and that balance-of-pay- ments support facilities to developing countries have been inadequate, Convinced that net capital inflows, especially those relating to development assistance to developing coun- tries and in particular to the most seriously affected, least developed, land-locked and island developing countries, must be increased substantially and rapidly, Aware that the majority of developing countries do not enjoy proper access to international capital markets and that, in any event, loans in such markets are available at high interest rates and on short ma- turities, l. Welcomes the decision of some developed coun- tries which have adopted measures for the adjustment of past bilateral official development assistance in respect of the least developed countries; 2. Notes, however, that such measures have not been made applicable to many of the developing countries specified in paragraph 2 of Trade and De- velopment Board resolution 165 ( S-IX), which are facing serious problems; 3. Calls upon all developed countries to implement in full the agreement on debt problems contained in Trade and Development Board resolution 165 (S-IX) in respect of the most seriously affected, least de- veloped, land-locked and island developing countries, particularly the least developed among them; 153 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.II.D.10 and corrigendum), part one, sect. A. 154 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirtieth Session, Supplement No. 15 (Al 10015/Rev.1), part three, annex I. 155 Ibid., Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 15 (A/33/15), vol. I, part two, annex I. 156 Ibid., vol. II. 157 Ibid., annex II. 4. Further calls upon all developed countries and competent international institutions to implement the provisions of Trade and Development Board resolu- tion 132 (XV) on the increasing burden of debt servicing in developing countries; 5. Welcomes the inclusion in the provisional agenda for the fifth session of the United Nations Con- ference on Trade and Development of the following items: (a) Review of implementation and further action that may be required pursuant to Trade and Develop- ment Board resolution 165 (S-IX); ( b) Detailed features for future operations relat- ing to the debt problems of interested developing coun- tries; 6. Recommends that additional financial resources should be committed by multilateral development fi- nance institutions to the developing countries ex- periencing debt servicing difficulties; 7. Urges all developed countries to work towards the adoption at the fifth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development of action- orientated decisions on the debt problems faced by the developing countries. 90th plenary meeting 20 December 1978 33/160. United Nations Conference on a Con- vention on International Multimodal Transport The General Assembly, Recalling that the Trade and Development Board at its eighteenth session authorized the Intergovern- mental Preparatory Group on Multimodal Transport, should it complete its work at its fifth session, to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-third session, through the Economic and Social Council, its recommendations concerning the convening of a conference of plenipotentiaries on a convention on international multi modal transport, 158 Noting that the Intergovernmental Preparatory Group did not complete its work and consequently has not submitted any recommendations concerning a conference, Noting further that the Intergovernmental Prepara- tory Group will now hold a sixth session from 26 Feb- ruary to 9 March 1979 at Geneva, l. Decides that a conference of plenipotentiaries on a convention on international multimodal transport be convened; 2. Requests the Intergovernmental Preparatory Group at its sixth session to make recommendations concerning the appropriate dates, either in 1979 or 1980, for the convening of the United Nations Con- ference on a Convention on International Multimodal Transport; 3. Requests further the Trade and Development Board at its tenth special session, in March 1979, to consider this question on the basis of the recommenda- tion of the Intergovernmental Preparatory Group. 158 Ibid., annex I, decision (h). 90th plenary meeting 20 December 1978

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