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\. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Second Committe,· ____________ 17_1 9. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fortieth session, through the Eco- nomic and Social Council, on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution. !(J4th plenary meeting 18 December 1984 39/225. World Conference on Fisheries Manage- ment and Development The General Assembly, Recognizing that the recent developments in the law of the sea have created new opportunities and responsibilities for States and that national and international objectives and policies for fisheries management and development are being re-examined and adjusted, Recognizing also the relevant provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 190 Bearing in mind the importance of the need to promote improvements in the production and distribution of all food and agricultural products, including those from fish- eries, and to raise levels of nutrition and standards of liv- mg, Noting with appreciation the convening of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations World Conference on Fisheries Management and Development at Rome from 27 June to 6 July 1984, with a view to pro- moting the optimum utilization of world fishery resources from the economic, social and nutritional points of view, increasing the contribution of fisheries to national self-reli- ance in food production and towards food security, enhancing the capacity of developing countries in the man- agement and development of fisheries and fostering inter- national co-operation in fisheries between developed and developing countries and among developing countries themselves, I. Endorses the Strategy for Fisheries Management and Development and the associated programmes of action adopted by the World Conference on Fisheries Management and Development 191 2. Invites States and international organizations con- cerned to take into account the principles and guidelines contained in the Strategy when planning the management and development of fisheries; 3. Urges all bilateral and multilateral donor agencies and financing institutions to provide the support required for the effective implementation of the programmes of action; 4. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in collaboration with the organs, organi- zations and bodies concerned within the United Nations system, to continue to play its important role in assisting States in their efforts towards the improved management and development of fishery resources. 104th plenary meeting 18 December 1984 190 See Official Records of the Third United lVauons Conference on the Law of the Sea, vol. XVII (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.84 V.3). docu- ment A/CONF.62/122. l9l See Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the FAO World Conference on Fisheries Management and Development, Rome, 27 June- 6 July 1984 (Rome. 1984), pp. 12-30 and 36-52; transmitted to the members of the General Assembly hv a note bv the Secretariat (A/C2 39/6) 39/226. Confidence-building in international econo- mic relations The (ieneral Assembly, raking note of the report of the Secrekiry-General 19 ' prepared in response to its resolution 38/ l 96 of 20 December 1983 on confidence-building in international economic relations. Recalling that the spirit of mutual confidence made pos- sible the founding of the United Nations nearly forty years ago, Connnced that the state of, and trends prevailing in, the world economy, as well as the deteriorating international climate, call for new efforts aimed at enhancing confidence in international economic relations, Convinced also that there can be no sustained global development unless there is an improvement in the econo- mic situation of the developing countries, which depends, inter alia, on structural adjustments in the international fmancial and trading system and on the reinforcement of confidence among all States in their economic relations, Reiterating its concern over the impact of political ten- sions on international economic co-operation and over the increasing departure from the multilateral platform of eco- nomic exchanges and negotiations on key development issues, I. ln\'lles all States and the United Nations bodies and organizations concerned to continue the exchange of views on confidence-building in international economic relations and on ways and means of enhancing such confidence; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to continue his con- sultations with Governments and the United Nations bodies and organizations concerned on the scope of pos- sible confidence-building measures in international econo- mic relations and on the role of the United Nations in that endeavour, and to present his analysis and conclusions thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-first session, through the Economic and Social Council. 104th plenary meeting /8 December 1984 39/227. Transport and Communications Decade for Asia and the Pacific The General Assembly, Recalling the relevant paragraphs of the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade, annexed to General Assembly reso- lution 35/56 of 5 December 1980, Recalling also Economic and Social Council resolutions 1983/69 of 29 July 1983 and 1984/78 of 27 July 1984, Taking note of resolution 236 (XL) of 27 April 1984 of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 191 concerning a transport and communications decade for Asia and the Pacific during the period I 985- 1994. Recalling the section of the Substantial New Programme of Action for the 1980s for the Least Developed Countries relevant to the improvement of transport and communica- tions infrastructure, 194 192 A 39 312-E/1984/106 and Corr. I and Add. I and 2. 19 -1 See Official Records o(the F-.'conomic and Social Council, 1984. Supple- ment No. 14 (E/1984/24). chap IV. 194 See Report of the United Nations Conference on the Least Devl'ioped Countnc.1, Paris. 1-14 September 1981 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.82 1.8), part one, sect. A.

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