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152 General Assembly-Fortieth Session timely attention, preferably during its special session to be held from 19 to 22 February 1986, to relevant decisions of the High-level Committee, including decision 4/7 of 5 June 1985;74 3. Recognizes the necessity for programmes of techni- cal co-operation among developing countries to be fully integrated into the operational activities for development of the United Nations system:, 4. Takes note of the recommendations of the Joint Inspection Unit on United Nations development system support to the implementation ofthe Buenos Aires Plan of Action for Promoting and Implementing Technical Co- operation among Developing Countries; 5. Requests the organizations of the United Nations system to take the necessary action, in their respective fields of activity, to ensure the implementation of the deci- sions of the High-level Committee; 6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Gen- eral Assembly at its forty-second session on the implemen- tation of the present resolution. 119th plenary meeting 17 December 1985 40/197. Remnants of war The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 3435 (XXX) of 9 December 1975, 35/71 of5 December 1980, 36/188 of 17 December 1981, 37/215 of20 December 1982, 38/162 of 19 Decem- ber l 983 and 39/167 of 17 December 1984 concerning the problem of remnants of war, Recalling a/so decisions 80 (IV) of 9 April l 976, 7-1 1 O 1 (V) of 25 May l 977, 76 9/5 of 25 May 1981 77 and 10/8 of 28 May l 98278 of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme, Recalling further resolution 32 adopted by the Fifth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non- Aligned Countries, held at Colombo from 16 to 19 August 1976,79 and resolution 26/11-P adopted by the Eleventh Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, held at lslamabad from 17 to 22 May 1980,8º Convinced that the responsibility for the removal of the remnants of war should be borne by the countries that planted them, Recognizing that the presence of the material remnants of war, including mines, in the territories of developing countries seriously impedes their development efforts and causes loss of life and property, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the problem of remnants of war;81 2. Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the Executive Director of the United Nations Envi- ronment Programme, to continue his efforts with the countries responsible for planting the mines and the affected developing countries in order to ensure the imple- mentation of the relevant resolutions; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-second session a detailed 15 fhid., T/urly-tint Se.rnon Supf1/nnent ,\,. 25 (A-31:25). annex l. 76 llnd .. Thirty- ,ccond Sernnn Suf'¡,lemen, So 2.1 (A/32/25). annrx 1 77 !h1d., Th1rrr-s1_rth Session .. \·up¡i/emnlf 'vu .~5 (A1 -16 :.~ M: ~ { ·,,rr 1 annex l. 78 lhid .. Th1rly-1evcn1h Se.rn,•n. S11¡,¡,l,•r,wn1 8,, ?, (Al:171:'5). pan 1w,, annex. º9SeeAi31il97.annexl\ ;<"<l l\ and comprehensive report on the implementation of the present resolution. 119th plenary meeting 17 December 1985 40/198. Plan of Action to Combat Desertitication A IMPLEMENTATION AND FINANCING OF THE PLAN OF ACTION The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 32/172 of 19 December 1977, by which it approved the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification, 14 Recalling a/so its resolutions 33/89 of 15 December 1978, 34/ 184 of 18 December l 979, 36/191 of 17 Decem- ber 1 981, 3 7 /220 of 20 December 1982 and 38/163 of 19 December 1983, dealing with the implementation and financing of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification, Recalling further the Declaration on the Critica! Econo- mic Situation in Africa, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 39/29 of 3 December 1984, Noting with dismay and grave concern the continuing spread and intensification of desertification in developing countries, especially in Africa, and the grave human sulfer- ing, economic losses and social disruption caused by this phenomenon, Having considered the report of the Goveming Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on the work of its thirteenth session82 and decision 13/30 A of 23 May 1985 ofthe Governing Council83 on the implementa- tion of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification, Havíng a/so considered the report of the Secretary-Gen- eral on financing the Plan of Action to Combat Desertifica- tion, 84 1. Takes note of decision 13/30 A of the Governing Council of the U nited Nations Environment Programme; 2. Shares thc concem of the Governing Council over the slow implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification; 3. Urges Governments, organizations of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental bodies to mtensify their elforts in combating desertifi~tion and to accord the highest priority to actions recommended in the Plan of Action and decision 13/30 A of the Goveming Council; 4. Notes the significant role that non-governmental organizations are playing in the anti-desertification efforts, and calls upon Governments and organizations of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental bodies to explore ali opportunities of involving them more m this effort; 5. Urges the international community to increase its assistancc to the countries concemed with a view to the implementation of their national and regional pro- grammes aimed at desertification control; 6. Endorses the Governing Council's invitation to the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to rnnsult with the principal mternational 80See A :15 419-S 14129. annex 1 8 I A/401650 82 Ofhcwl Record\ 1 i( tht.• til'ncral A.ssemhh·. 1-·o,ucth ~'Ú'\,Jiln. ~\·upplt.>mt'nf \'n .'5 {A'41J 251. 83 !hui., anne.\. s4 ,\ '40. 644

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