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88 General Assembly-Thirty-third Seseion plementation of General Assembly resolution 3129 (XXVIII); 2. Takes note of the report of the Group of Ex- perts, its approval, as adopted, by the Governing Coun- cil of the United Nations Environment Programme and its transmission to the General Assembly with an invitation to adopt the draft principles; 3. Invites the Secretary-General to transmit the report to Governments for their study and comments regarding the principles and to report thereon, taking into account also other significant information, with a view to enabling the General Assembly to take a de- cision at its thirty-fourth session. 85 th plenary meeting 15 December 1978 33/88. Measures to be taken for the benefit of the Sudano-Sahelian region The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 32/170 of 19 December 1977, Aware of the seriousness of desertification in the Sudano-Sahelian region and of the urgency of imple- menting in that region the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification,36 adopted by the United Nations Con- ference on Desertification, held at Nairobi from 29 August to 9 September 1977, Having considered the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Pro- gramme on the work of its sixth session,37 particularly the parts of that report on measures to be taken for the benefit of the Sudano-Sahelian region, Bearing in mind section II of Economic and Social Council resolution 1978/37 of 21 July 1978, Stressing the need for bodies of the United Nations system, other international agencies and intergovern- mental and non-governmental organizations to support the efforts of the countries of the Sudano-Sahelian region to combat desertification, particularly by plan- ning and implementing projects and strengthening sub- regional and regional structures, Recalling its resolution 3054 (XXVIII) of 17 Oc- tober 1973, in which it defined the functions of the United Nations Sahelian Office, Recalling further that it is of vital importance that the United Nations Sahelian Office should continue to maintain close co-operation with the Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel with a view to the full implementation of the pro- grammes drawn up by the Committee and its member States, 1. Endorses decision 6/11 B of 24 May 1978 of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environ- ment Programme38 and decision 25/10 of 27 June 1978 of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme;39 36 A/CONF.74/36, chap. I. 37 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/33/25). 38 Ibid., annex I. 89 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Coun- cil, 1978, Supplement No. 13 (E/1978/53/Rev.l), chap. XX. 2. Decides to designate the United Nations Sahe- lian Office, in addition to its current functions, as the arm of the United Nations to be responsible for assist- ing, on behalf of the United Nations Environment Programme, the efforts of the fifteen countries of the Sudano-Sahelian region situated south of the Sahara and north of the equator4° to implement the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification; 3. Authorizes, to that end, the organizational en- largement of the United Nations Sahelian Office and its regional office at Ouagadougou, without prejudice to the work undertaken in implementation of the recovery and rehabilitation programme in the Sudano- Sahelian region in conformity with the functions of the United Nations Sahelian Office as defined in paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 3054 (XXVIII), this process, in accordance with paragraph 1 above, to be the joint responsibility of the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme; 4. Invites the specialized agencies and other or- ganizations and programmes of the United Nations system concerned to co-operate fully with the United Nations Sahelian Office in its efforts to ensure the complete effectiveness of assistance provided to the fifteen countries of the Sudano-Sahelian region for the implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution; 6. Requests the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme to submit to the General Assembly an annual report on the imple- mentation in the Sudano-Sahelian region of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification. 85 th plenary meeting 15 December 1978 33/89. Plan of Action to Combat Desertification The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 32/169 and 32/172 of 19 December 1977 containing its decisions on the report of the United Nations Conference on Desertification, held at Nairobi from 29 August to 9 September 1977,41 Having considered: (a) The report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on the work of its sixth session,42 containing, inter alia, a chapter and decisions on matters arising out of the United Nations Conference on Desertification, ( b) The report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the resolutions adopted by the United Nations Conference on Desertification,43 Taking note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the study of additional measures and means of financing for the implementation of the Plan of Action 40 Cape Verde, Chad, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Mali, Mau- ritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Cameroon and Upper Volta. 41 A/CONF.74/36. 42 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/33/25). 43 A/33/259. V. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Second Committee 89 to Combat Desertification44 and on the establishment and operation of a special account for financing the implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification,45 Aware of the urgency for implementing the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification46 in view of the acute seriousness of the problem in a large number of coun- tries affected by desertification, 1. Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on the efforts made to undertake the preliminary arrangements for implementing the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification and of the leading role played by the United Nations Environment Pro- gramme, in consultation and close co-operation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Fund for Population Activities and other agencies concerned, in the preliminary arrange- ments undertaken within a short time for the imple- mentation of the resolutions of the United Nations Conference on Desertification and the relevant reso- lutions of the General Assembly; 2. Takes note of the report of the Secretary- General on the implementation of the resolutions adopted by the United Nations Conference on Deser- tification; 3. Takes note also of the establishment of the Consultative Group for Desertification Control and urges the Group to expedite its work to assist the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme in the mobilization of resources for the formulation and implementation of projects and pro- grammes within the framework of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification, and in ensuring proper co-ordination of activities carried out with resources mobilized by the Group; 4. Reaffirms its decision to establish in principle a special account within the United Nations for the financing of the national, subregional and regional projects within the framework of the implementation of the Plan of Action; 5. Invites the donor countries and international financial institutions to participate actively in the work of the Consultative Group for Desertification Control; . 6. (!alls upon donor countries, as well as upon the mternat10nal and multilateral financial organizations, to increase their financial and technical assistance to the developing countries engaged in combating deserti- fication, in particular to the least developed among them, in response to their requests for the financing of concrete projects; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to solicit the views of Governments on the additional measures and means of financing for the implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification and to report on the :esults to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session. 44 A/33/260. 411 A/33/117. 46 A/CONF.74/36, chap. I. 85 th plenary meeting 15 December 1978 33/90. Mexico Declaration of the World Food Council 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-Vll) of 16 September 1975 on development and international economic co-operation, Recalling also its resolution 3348 (XXIX) of 17 December 1974, by which it established the World Food Council to serve as a co-ordinating mechanism to provide over-all integrated and continuing atten- tion to the successful co-ordination and follow-up of policies concerning food production, nutrition, food security, food trade and food aid, as well as other related matters, by all organizations of the United Nations system, Further recalling its resolution 32/52 of 8 Decem- ber 1977, in which it decided to review, at its thirty- third session, the implementation of the Programme of Action to Eradicate Hunger and Malnutrition con- tained in the Manila Communique of the World Food Council,47 Having considered the report of the World Food Council on the work of its fourth session, held at Mexico City from 12 to 15 June 1978,48 Bearing in mind Economic and Social Council reso- lution 1978/69 of 4 August 1978, l. Expresses its appreciation and thanks to the Government and people of Mexico for the excellent facilities and generous hospitality provided for the World Food Council at its fourth session; 2. Takes note of the report of the World Food Council; 3. Adopts the Mexico Declaration of the World Food Council49 concerning the world food situation and implementation of the Manila Communique of the World Food Council: Programme of Action to Eradi- cate Hunger and Malnutrition; . 4. 1?xpresses its deep concern at the slow progress m solv1~g the fundamental food problems facing the developmg countries, in particular the food priority countnes ~nd other developing countries with large food deficits and whose food production situation is still deteriorating; 5. Endorses the important recommendations and decisions in the Mexico Declaration concerning urgent necessa~y a~tion and modalities for increasing food production m the developing countries, improving huI?a_n nutrition and reducing hunger and malnutrition, ass1stmg the countries of the Sahelian zone of Africa improving food security, increasing and improving food aid and improving the contribution of trade to the solution of food problems; . 6. Urges Governments_ and international organiza- tions to co-operate fully with the World Food Council 47 Official Records of the General Assembly Thirty-second Session, Supplement No. 19 (A/32/19), part o~e para. 1. 48 Ibid., Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. '19 (A/33/19 and Corr.I). 49 Ibid., part one, para. 1.

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