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176 General Assembly-Thirty-ninth Session countries in the activities and programmes of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization; 6. Welcomes also the decision of the Conference to give priority to strengthening the technological capabilities of developing countries, which are an important element in the industrialization process; 7. Decides that adequate resources should be provided in the budget of the United Nations Industrial Develop­ ment Organization to implement fully all its mandates, particularly those in support of the activities established in priority areas, and authorizes the Secretary-General to take appropriate action to this end; 8. Welcomes the announcements to allocate new and additional voluntary contributions to the United Nations Industrial Development Fund, including contributions through trust funds, and calls upon all countries, in partic­ ular the developed countries, to contribute or to increase their contributions to the United Nations Industrial Development Fund so as to reach, at the earliest date pos­ sible, the agreed desirable funding level of $50 million a year; 9. Requests the United Nations Industrial Develop­ ment Organization to take appropriate action to imple­ ment the resolutions and recommendations of the Con­ ference; I 0. Calls upon all organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to respond positively to the rel­ evant resolutions and recommendations addressed to them by tht> Conference; II REPORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD ON ITS EIGHTEENTH SESSION I. Takes note of the report of the Industrial Develop­ ment Board on its eighteenth session; 2 Decides that in 1985 the regular budget of the United Nations will provide for maintaining the total number of existing posts in the Senior Industrial Develop­ ment Field Advisers Programme, taking into account tht> allocation in the budget of the United Nations Develop­ ment Programme, as well as voluntary funding through tht> United Nations Industrial Development Organization. and requests the Secretary-General to take appropriate action to this end; 3. Appeals to developed countries to provide maxi­ mum voluntary contributions for the Senior Industrial Development Field Advisers Programme; 4. Reaffirms its support for strengthening the system of consultations, in the light of experience gained, with the objective of increasing tht> industrial capacities of develop­ ing countries. 104th plenary meeting 18 December I 984 39/233. Industrial Development Decade for Africa The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 320 I (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of May 1974, containing the Declaration and the Pro- gramme of Action on the Establishment of a New Interna­ tional Economic Order, 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, containing the Charter of Economic Rights and 216 A/S-11.'14. annex I 2 l 7 See (¬/final Record<; or thl' (;cncr-a/ ,I Y\'1•mh/r I h1r[)'··lllfllh .\ns1on \'upplement ,\'fl !6 u\:]I} 16), annc, L Duties of States, 3362 (S-Vll) of 16 September 1975 on development and international economic co-operation and 35/56 of 5 December 1980, the annex to which con­ tarns the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade, in which, inter alia, tht> importance of industrialization in the development of developing countries is stressed, 209 Recalling its resolutions 38/192 and 38/199 of 20 December 1983 and Economic and Social Council resolu­ tion 1983/70 of 29 July 1983 emphasizing the Industrial Development Decade for Africa as one of the most impor­ tant industrial development programmes of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Considering that the provision of adequate levels of resources by donor countries will contribute immensely to promoting the accelerated industrial development of African countries and the effective implementation of the Lagos Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Mon­ rovia Strategy for the Economic Development of Africa,210 Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1984; 70 of 27 July 1984, in which the Council noted the appeal to the General Assembly to increase substantially the allo­ cation to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization from the regular budget of the United Nations for assistance to African countries and to inter­ governmental organizations in the implementation of the programme for the Industrial Development Decade for Africa to an annual minimum level of $5 million and to place that allocation on a permanent basis, Reaffirming resolution 8 adopted on 19 August 1984 by the Fourth General Conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 214 concerning the Industrial Development DecÉde for Africa, Reaffirming also Industrial Development Board resolu­ tion 57 (XVIII) of 19 May 1984,217 in which the Board, inter a/ia, reaffirmed its request to the United Nations Development Programme to allocate adequate financial resources to the programme for the Decade, taking into account the high priority attached to it by the General Assembly, the Industrial Development Board and the African countries. Taking note of resolution CM/Res.941 (XL) adopted by the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity at its fortieth ordinary session,218 concerning the implementation l)f the programme for the Industrial Development Decade for Africa, Mindful of the need for African countries to undertake the priority activities designated for the preparatory phase of the programme for the Decade, Mindful also of the high level of investment expenditure required for promoting the objectives of the Decade, I. Reaffirms its resolutions 38/ I 92 and 38/199 and calls for their immediate and effective implementation; ' Takes note with satisfaction of the third progress report on the Industrial Development Decadt> for Africa, 219 prepared jointly by the Executive Director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa; 3. Welcomes the efforts that the United Nations Indus­ trial Development Organization continually deploys in order to assist African countries and intergovernmental organizations in defining national and subregional pro­ grammt>s for the Industrial Development Decadt> for '18sec A 39 207. annex. '9 .\ .N :1111-F 1984 108. annex V. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Second Committee 177 Africa and in order to maintain permanent and harmoni­ ous co-ordination with the secretariat of the Organization of African Unity, the Economic Commission for Africa and the other international organizations concerned; 4. Endorses resolution 8 of the Fourth General Con­ ference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and requests the General Conference, in co­ ordination with other bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, as well as with technical and financial institutions in both Africa and the donor countries, to take appropriate measures for the implemen­ tation of that resolution, in particular paragraph 9 thereof; 5. Endorses also Industrial Development Board reso­ lution 57 (XVIII) in which, inter alia, the Board requested the Executive Director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization to provide, to the extent pos­ sible, in co-operation with the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity and the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, assistance to African countries and intergovernmental organizations concerned in the implementation of the initial integrated industrial promotion programmes at the subregional level, including the convening of follow-up subregional meetings to review the progress made in their implementation; 6. Endorses further the appeal made by the Seventh Conference of African Ministers oflndustry, held at Addis Ababa from 26 to 28 March I 984,220 for the allocation of at least $5 million, on a permanent annual basis, from the regular budget of the United Nations in order to enable the United Nations Industrial Development Organization to assist the African countries and the intergovernmental organizations concerned in the implementation of the pro­ gramme for the Industrial Development Decade for Africa: 7. Reiterates its appeal to all countries, particularly the developed countries, and to multilateral financial institu­ tions to increase their contributions to the United Nations Industrial Development Fund, taking into account the financial requirements of projects directed towards the implementation of the programme for the Industrial Development Decade for Africa; 8. Urges the international community, in particular the developed countries and international financial institu­ tions, to intensify and increase their technical and financial assistance to African countries for the implementation of programmes and the execution of projects at the national, subregional and regional levels, in the context of the Industrial Development Decade for Africa: 9. Requests the Executive Director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, in co-oper­ ation with the Economic Commission for Africa, to sub­ mit to the General Assembly at its fortieth session, through the Industrial Development Board and the Econo­ mic and Social Council at its second regular session of 1985, a report on the progress made in the implementation of the programme for the Industrial Development Decade for Africa. 220 See E/ECA/CM.10127. 104th plenary meeting 18 December 1984 221 For the other changes in the lists since the adoption of resolution 2152 (XXI), see resolutions 2385 (XXIII) of 19 November 1968, 2510 (XXIV) of 21 November 1969, 2637 (XXV) of 19 November 1970. 2824 (XXVI) of 16 December 1971. 2954 (XXVII) of II December 197:!. 3088 (XXVIII) oft, -------------------- 39/234. Revision of the lists of States eligible for membership in the Industrial Development Board J'hc <icneral Assembly, Recalling section II, paragraph 4, of its resolution 2152 (XXI) of 17 November 1966 on the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Decides to include Brunei Darussalam in list A of the annex to resolution 2152 (XXI). 221 104th plenary meeting 18 December 1984 A., a result of the above resolutwn, the lists of States eligible for member­ ship 1n rhc Industrial Development Board will he as follows: A. LIST OF STATES INDICATED IN SECTION II, PARAGRAPH 4 (al. OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 2152 (XXI) Afghanistan Algeria Angola Bahrain Bangladesh Benin Bhutan Botswana Brunei Darussalam Burkina Faso Burma Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad China Comoros Congo Democratic Kampuchea Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Yemen Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic o0 Iraq Israel Ivory Coast Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Nepal Niger Nigeria Oman Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Qatar Republic of Korea Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Togo Tunisia Uganda United Arab Emirates United Republic of Tanzania Vanuatu Viet Nam Yemen Yugoslavia Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe B. LIST OF STATES INDICATED IN SECTION II, PARAGRAPH 4 (b) Australia Austria Belgium Canada December 1973, 3305 (XXIX) of 14 December 1974, 3401 A (XXX) of 28 November 1975, 3401 B (XXX) of9 December 1975, 31/160 of21 Decem­ ber 1976, 32/108 of 15 December 1977, 33/79 of 15 December 1978, 34/97 of 13 December 1979. 35165 of5 December 1980. 36/181 of 17 December I 9X I and å81194 of 20 December 1983.

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