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V. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Second Committee 113 l. Agrees that products that have been banned from domestic consumption and/or sale because they have been judged to endanger health and the environment should be sold abroad by companies, corporations or individuals only when a request for such products is received from an im- porting country or when the consumption of such products is officially permitted in the importing country; 2. Agrees that all countries that have severely restricted or have not approved the domestic consumption and/or sale of specific products, in particular pharmaceuticals and pest- icides, should make available full information on these products with a view to safeguarding the health and envi- ronment of the importing country, including clear labelling in a language acceptable to the importing country; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure the provision of the necessary information and assistance by the United Nations system in order to strengthen the national capacities of developing countries to protect them- selves from the consumption and/or sale of banned, with- drawn, severely restricted or, in the case of pharmaceuticals, non-approved products; 4. Requests the Secretary-General, based upon the work already being done within the Food and Agriculture Or- ganization of the United Nations, the World Health Organ- ization, the International Labour Organisation, the United Nations Environment Programme, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the United Nations Centre on Trans- national Corporations and other relevant intergovernmental organizations, to the maximum extent possible within ex- isting resources, to prepare and regularly update a consol- idated list of products whose consumption and/or sale have been banned, withdrawn, severely restricted or, in the case of pharmaceuticals, not approved by Governments, and to make this list available as early as possible and, in any case, not later than December 1983; 5. Agrees that the consolidated list referred to in para- graph 4 above should be easy to read and understand and should contain both generic/chemical and brand names in alphabetical order, as well as the names of all manufacturers and a short reference to the grounds and the decisions taken by Governments that have led to the banning, withdrawal or severe restriction of such products; 6. Decides, on the basis of the above-agreed criteria, to keep under review the format of the consolidated list with a view to its possible improvement; 7. Requests Governments and the relevant organs, or- ganizations and bodies of the United Nations system to provide all the information and assistance necessary for the prompt and effective fulfilment of the task entrusted to the Secretary· General. 109th plenary meeting I 7 December I 982 37/138. Financing of the Multinational Programming and Operational Centres of the Economic Commission for Africa on an established basis The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 32/197 of 20 December I 977 and 33/202 of 29 January 1979 on the restructuring of the economic and social sectors of the United Nations system, in paiticular the designation therein of the regional com- missions as, inter alia, the main general economic and social development centres within the United Nations system for their respective regions, having responsibility for the pro- motion of ~ubregional and regional co-operation, Bearing in mind resolution 311 (XIII) adopted on l March 1977 by the Conference of Ministers of the Economic Com- mission for Africa, 10 by which the Conference established the Multinational Programming and Operational Centres to foster sectoral and subregional integration, Recognizing the prominent role given to subregional and regional economic integration in the Lagos Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Monrovia Strategy for the Economic Development of Africa 11 as a means towards achieving the establishment of an African economic com- munity by the year 2000, Recognizing also that the Multinational Programming and Operational Centres constitute an integral part of the Eco- nomic Commission for Africa, through which the Com- mission effectively carries out aspects of its mandate, as set forth in its terms of reference, 12 and that they serve as the principal mechanism of the Commission for fostering eco- nomic and technical co-operation at the subregional level in Africa, Recalling also its resolutions 35/64 of 5 December 1980 and 36/ 180 of 17 December 1981 on special measures for the social and economic development of Africa in the 1980s, Recalling further its resolution 36/ 178 of 17 December 1981, in which it invited the Secretary-General to submit a report on the financing of Multinational Programming and Operational Centres on an established basis and Economic and Social Council resolution 1982/62 of 30 July 1982 on the same subject, Taking into account the views expressed by the Confer- ence of Ministers of the Economic Commission for Africa in its resolution 450 (XVII) of 30 April 1982 13 on the need to correct the present situation regarding the inadequacy of the human and financial resources available to the Multi- national Programming and Operational Centres for regular budget and operational activities, as a result of which ~heir very existence is threatened, Bearing in mind the action already taken by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa to im- prove the resource situation of the Multinational Program- ming and Operational Centres, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the financing of the Multinational Programming and Op- erational Centres of the Economic Commission for Africa on an established basis, 14 prepared pursuant to General Assembly resolution 36/178, and having examined, in par- ticular, paragraphs 47 to 49 of that report, I. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the financing of the Multinational Programming and Operational Centres of the Economic Commission for Africa on an established basis; 2. Welcomes the decision adopted by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme at its twenty-ninth session, in which the Council requested the Administrator of the Programme to continue to provide fi- nancial support to the five Multinational Programming and Operational Centres during the whole of the third program- ming cycle, 1982-1986; 15 10 See Official Recordl· of the Economic and Social Council, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 7, vol. I (E/5941 ). part III. 11 NS-11/14, annex I. 12 E/CN.14/111/Rev.8. 11 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1982, Supplement No. JI (E/1982/21), chap. V. 14 E/1982/70 and Corr. I. "See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1982. Supplement No. 6 (E/1982/16/Rev I), annex I, decision 82/4 A. sect. IV. 114 General Assembly-Thirty-seventh Session 3. Renews its call upon other organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, as well as intergov- ernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations, to give their fullest financial and other support to the activities of the Multinational Programming and Operational Centres of the Economic Commission for Africa; 4. Calls upon the Secretary-General further to explore ways and means of ensuring substantial increases in con- tributions from extrabudgetary sources, including bilateral donors; 5. Takes note of the financial support being given to the Multinational Programming and Operational Centres by States members of the Economic Commission for Africa through voluntary contributions to the United Nations Trust Fund for African Development and through facilities of the host Government, and urges them, where possible, to in- crease such contributions; 6. Endorses the recommendations contained in para- graphs 47 to 49 of the report of the Secretary-General, which call for the provision of the financial resources required from the regular budget, among other sources, for funding the Multinational Programming and Operational Centres on an established basis in order to bring about their immediate and effective implementation. 109th plenary meeting 17 December 1982 37/139. Special measures for the social and economic development of Africa in the 1980s The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-Vl) of l May 1974, containing the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Eco- nomic Order, 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, con- taining 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 also its resolution 35/56 of 5 December 1980, the annex to which contains the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade, Recalling also its resolutions 35/64 of 5 December 1980 and 36/ 180 of 17 December 1981 concerning the adoption of a wide range of special measures for the social and eco- nomic development of Africa in the 1980s, Recalling further its resolutions 35/66 B of 5 December 1980 and 36/182, section II, of 17 December 1981 on the Industrial Development Decade for Africa, 36/ 177 of 17 December 1981 on the Transport and Communications Decade in Africa and 36/ 186 of 17 December 1981 on the situation of food and agriculture in Africa, Deeply concerned at the continuing low level of economic activities in Africa and the devastating effects of the current world economic crisis on the particularly vulnerable econ- omies of the countries in the region that has the largest number of least developed countries, Fully aware that the Lagos Plan of Action for the Im- plementation of the Monrovia Strategy for the Economic Development of Africa16 provides a framework of priority actions for achieving the rapid overall economic and social development of Africa, as reiterated in the Declaration of Tripoli adopted by the Conference of Ministers of the Eco- nomic Commission for Africa on 30 April 1982,17 16 A/S-11/14, annex I. 17 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, /982. Supple- ment No. I I (E/1982/21), chap. IV. Recognizing the primary responsibility of the African countries for their development and the importance of the mobilization of their national resources for their socio- economic development, Convinced of the need for increased and sustained ex- ternal resources in order to achieve the aims and objectives of the Lagos Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Monrovia Strategy for the Economic Development of Africa, Recalling also the interim report of the Secretary-General submitted to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session, concerning special measures for the social and economic development of Africa in the 1980s, 18 in which were in- dicated the contributions planned by organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to the implemen- tation of the Lagos Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Monrovia Strategy for the Economic Development of Africa, Noting the report of the Secretary-General submitted to the Economic and Social Council at its second regular ses- sion of 1982, 19 I. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General 19 indicating the actions proposed by non- governmental organizations for promoting the realization of the objectives of the Lagos Plan of Action for the Imple- mentation of the Monrovia Strategy for the Economic Development of Africa; 2. Expresses regret, however, that no comprehensive report on the progress made in the implementation of Gen- eral Assembly resolution 36/180 has been made available for the current session as requested in the aforementioned resolution; 3. Renews its call upon the organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to examine measures to increase the resources for the execution of the pro- grammes for the Industrial Development Decade for Africa and to apply the special measures in a comprehensive and co-ordinated manner; 4. Urges donor countries to provide substantial and sus- tained levels of resources for promoting the accelerated de- velopment of African countries and effective implementation of the Lagos Plan of Action, and to contribute generously to the United Nations Trust Fund for African Development; 5. Invites all international financial institutions, partic- ularly the World Bank, the International Development Association and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, to continue actively to consider increasing substantially their development assistance to Africa during the Decade; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to allo- cate the necessary resources to the Economic Commission for Africa, taking into account its role as the main economic and social development centre within the United Nations system for the African region, in accordance with Gen- eral Assembly resolutions 32/ I 97 of 20 December 1977 and 33/202 of 29 January 1979; 7. Further requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session, through the Economic and Social Council at its second regular session of 1983, a full report on the progress made in the imple- mentation of the present resolution. IK A/36/5 Ll. ' 9 E/1982/80. 109th plenary meeting 17 December 1982

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