A/RES/39/230 GA

174 General Assembly~Thirty-ninth Session 39/230. Transport and Communications Decade in Africa200 The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 381150 of 19 December 1983 on the Transport and Communications Decade in Africa, by which it approved the organization of technical consulta- tive meetings and studies on the harmonization and co- ordination of the various modes of transport and commu- nications, Recalling also Economic and Social Council resolution 1984/68 of 27 July 1984, Considering the priority attached to transport and com- munications in the Lagos Plan of Action for the Imple- mentation of the Monrovia Strategy for the Economic Development of Africa201 and the Final Act of Lagos,202 and the endorsement of the programme for the second phase (l 984-1988) of the Transport and Communications Decade in Africa by the Conference of Ministers of the Economic Commission for Africa in its resolution 487 (XIX) of 26 May I 984,203 Noting the approval of the programme for the second phase of the Decade by the Conference of African Minis- ters of Transport, Communications and Planning at its fourth session, held at Conakry from 7 to 11 February 1984,204 and the efforts made by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa in the preparation of the plan, Bearing in mind that the programme for the Decade requires regular adjustment throughout the Decade, Taking note of the note by the Secretary-General2°5 transmitting the progress report of the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa on the implemen- tation of the programme for the first phase ( 1980-1983) of the Decade and the approved programme for the second phase (l 984-1988), l. Reaffirms its resolution 38/150 on the Transport and Communications Decade in Africa and calls for its immediate and effective implementation; 2. Endorses the programme for the second phase of the Transport and Communications Decade in Africa approv- ed by the Conference of Ministers of the Economic Com- mission for Africa in its resolution 487 (XIX); 3. Notes the financial support provided by the Secre- tary-General and the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme to the Economic Commission for Africa for the preparation of the programme for the second phase of the Decade and for the continued opera- tions of the Decade Co-ordination Unit; 4. Invites all Governments, particularly those of the developed countries, and international financial institu- tions to increase substantially their financial support for the programme for the second phase of the Decade and to accord particular attention to the financing and implemen- tation of transport and communications projects of the land-locked countries, to participate fully and positively in the scheduled technical consultative meetings and to pro- vide financial and technical resources on liberal terms to African countries for the implementation of the pro- gramme for the second phase of the Decade; 5. Appeals to the international community and inter- national financial institutions to provide the Economic 200 See also sect. X.B.4, decision 391445, parns. (/•) and (cl. 201 A/S-11/14, annex I. 202 Ibid annex II 203 See Official Re~ords ofthe Econom1, and Sooal Council, /984, Supple- ment No. 1/ (E/1984/21). chap. IV Commission for Africa with experts for short terms who would carry out specialized activities in the programme for the Decade. including the preparation of project docu- ments; 6. Appeals also to the United Nations Development Programme to continue to provide the Economic Com- mission for Africa with funds during the next program- ming cycle; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Eco- nomic Commission for Africa with adequate financial resources from the regular budget of the United Nations to enable it: (a) To fully implement the activities previously man- dated in paragraph 9 of General Assembly resolution 38/ 150; (b) To ensure the preparation of relevant financial and technical documents of selected projects for the pro- gramme for the second phase of the Decade; (c) To ensure prompt follow-up on interest expressed bv Governments and international financial institutions, d~ring technical consultative meetings, in financing Dec- ade projects; 8.. Further requests the Secretary-General to ensure the implementation of the present resolution and to submit to the General Assembly at its fortieth session a report on the progress achieved in the implementation of the Decade programme. !04th plenary meeting 18 December 1984 39/231. Conversion of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization into a special- ized agency The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 3 7 /213 of 20 December 1982 and 38/193 of20 December 1983, Bearing in mind that the Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization206 has been ratified, accepted or approved by more than the minimum number of States whose agreement is required for its entry m force, l. Takes note with interest of the consensus reached at the consultations on the conversion of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization into a specialized agency that were held at Vienna prior to and in April and May 1984; 2. Endorses the contents of the report of the Secretary- General on the conversion of the United Nations Indus- trial Development Organization into a specialized agency207 and calls upon all countries to abide by the out- come of the consultations as set out in that report; 3. Expresses its confidence that the new organization will honour the contents of the report of the Secretary- General; 4. Calls upon those States that have not yet done so to ratify the Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization without further delay; 5. Decides that adequate resources should be provided in the regular budget of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization for the biennium 1984-1985 204 See the repon of the Conference of African Ministers of Transpon, < ·ommunications and Plannmg on the work of its founh session (E/ECA/ CM.10/22). ,n, A/39/27 1-E. 19841 q8_ ·'116 A/CONF.90119. ,'I 'Al 191376.

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