A/RES/40/207 GA

168 General Assembly-Fortieth Sesslon XV ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 1. Ca/Is upon ali developing countries to implement the recommenda- tions on economic co-operation among developing countries, as contained in United Nations Conference on Trade and Development resolution 142 (VI); 2. Requests ali donor countries and multilateral organizations to sup- port and strengthen economic co-operation among developing countries, in particular conceming the projects of special interest to the least developed countries, in order to ensure that the countries concemed will fully benefit from the results of such co-operation; XVI ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Recognizing that non-govemmental organizations can contribute posi- tively to the development of the least developed countries as well as pro- vide valuable disaster relief, 1. Ca/Is upon the Govemments of the least developed countries and donors to encourage active participation of the local population, both women and men, through non-govemmental entities; 2. Ca/Is upon non-govemmental organizations to comply with the national policies and legislation of the host countries and, while preserving their character, to contribute to the development priorities of the least developed countries, co-operating with appropriate authorities and organi- zations in order to implement effective development programmes; 3. Invites the non-govemmental organizations ofthe donor countries to reinforce their role in consciousness-raising in their countries of origin and in mobilizing increased prívate and public resources for the benefit of the least developed countries; XVII CO-ORDINATION AND MONITORING 1. Reaffirms the importance of co-ordination, follow-up and monitor- ing at the national, regional and global levels as crucial to the implementa- tion of the Substantial New Programme of Action; 2. Reaffirms a/so the monitoring role ofthe United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at the global leve! and requests the Secretary- General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to continue and intensify his work, as specified in paragraph 121 of the Sub- stantial New Programme of Action; 3. We/comes the growing attention to co-ordination at the national leve!; 4. Recognizes that effective co-ordination, monitoring and follow-up at the national leve! must be a continuous process; 5. Endorses the results conceming the co-ordination of assistance pro- grammes of the Meeting of Govemmental Experts of Donor Countries and Multilateral and Bilateral Financia! and Technical Assistance Institutions with Representatives of the Least Developed Countries as part of Prepara- tion for the Mid-term Global Review of the Substantial New Programme of Action, held at Geneva in May 1985;117 6. Welcomes the steps taken by the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme to improve the consultative groups and round-table meetings by, ínter afia, enhancing co-operation among multi- lateral institutions and agencies, as well as efforts made with the help of the Special Measures Fund of the United Nations Development Programme and voluntary contributions and specific contributions of donor countries for the lcast developed countries; 7. Emphasizes the primary role of each !casi developed country in the co-ordination of aid activities; 8. Further emphasizes the importance of co-ordination in each least developed country at the sectoral level in order to ensure the greatest pos- sible effectiveness of development activities; 9. Requests the Govemments of the !casi developed countries to con- tinue to strengthen their planning machinery and administrative capacity so as to improve the planning, negotiation and utilization of externa! assistance; 10. Requests the least developed countries, with the assistance of the lcad agencies, to attend to the quality and early availability of preparatory 117 See TD/B/1055 and Corr.l, part two. l l 8 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-eighth Session. Supplemenl No. 3 (A/38/3), chap. 11, paras. 61-64. 119 A/40/591. documents for round-table conferences and meetings of consultative groups, which are essential for their success; 11. Requests the multilateral agencies to improve further the quality, coherence and timeliness of the background documentation they present al round-table conferences and meetings of consultative groups; 12. Requests donor countries and multilateral institutions to pay more attention to appropriate local representation and sectoral co-ordination; 13. Urges donors in a position to do so to support development plans or programmes of the least developed countries with multi-ycar, predict- able and monitorable commitments and timely disbursements; 14. Ca/Is upon the organizations of the United Nations system to co- operate closely in each lcast developed country under the aegis of the resi- dent co-ordinator, as provided for in paragraph 124 ofthe Substantial New Programme of Action; 15. Reiterates paragraph 123 of the Substantial New Programme of Action, in which the Director-General for Development and Intemational Economic Co-operation is called upon, in close collaboration with the Sec- retary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Develop- ment, the executive secretaries of the regional commissions and the lead agencies for the aid groups, to ensure at the secretariat leve! the full mobili- zation and co-ordination of ali organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system for the purpose ofimplementation and follow-up of the Programme; 16. Urges the resident co-ordinators of the United Nations system to respond constructively to requests by the Govemments of the host countries to play a broader co-ordinating role in appropriate cases; 17. Requests the intemational community and the multilateral agen- cies: (a) To cnsure that review meetings result in facilitating an increased flow of extemal assistance through, ínter afia, a better understanding anda candid dialogue between the least dcvcloped countries and their develop- men t partners; (b) To harmonize terms and procedures of donors to the extent possible in order to achieve a co-ordinated approach conducive to the implementa- tion of the dcvclopment programmes of the least developed countries. 40/206. New intemational human order: aspects of development The General Assembly, moral Recalling its resolutions 3 7 /225 of 20 December 1982 and 38/170 of 19 December 1983 entitled "New intema- tional human order: moral aspects of development", as well as the report of the Economic and Social Council on its consideration of this question 118 and Council decision 1983/171 of 25 July 1983, Having considered the report ofthe Secretary-General 119 containing the responses of Govemments conceming the question, Taking into account the views expressed on the question in the Second Committee, 120 l. Requests Member States to submit to the Secretary- General additional comments and suggestions on the ques- tion; 2. Decides to consider the question at its forty-second session on the basis of a report of the Secretary-General taking into account suggestions of Member States. 119th plenary meeting 17 December 1985 40/207. Long-term trends in economic development The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of 1 May 1974, containing the Declaration and the Pro- gramme of Action on the Establishment of a New Intema- tional Economic Order, 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, containing the Charter of Economic Rights and l 20 See Official Records of /he General Assembly, Fortieth Sesswn, Second Committee. 24th and 30th meeting.s; and ,bid., Second Commi/11'<'. Sessional Fascic/e, corrigendum. V. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Second Committee 169 Duties of States, 3362 (S-VII) of 16 September 1975 on development and intemational economic co-operation and 35/56 of 5 December 1980, the annex to which con- tains the Intemational Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade, Recal/ing a/so its resolutions 3508 (XXX) of 15 Decem- ber 1975, by which it initiated the analytical work relating to the examination within the United Nations system of long-term trends in world economic and social develop- ment, and 37/249 of 21 December 1982, by which it decided, inter afia, that the overall socio-economic per- spective of the world economy to the year 2000 should be revised and updated, Recalling further its resolution 32/197 of 20 December 1977 on the restructuring of the economic and social sec- tors of the United Nations system, by which it decided, inter afia, to undertake in-depth intersectoral analyses and syntheses of development issues and to identify and bring to the attention of Govemments emerging economic and social issues of intemational concem, Affirming the need for an effective and timely response to unforeseen intemational economic problems, Taking into account that 1985 marks the fortieth anni- versary ofthe founding ofthe United Nations and that the implementation of Article 55 of the Charter will contrib- ute to the creation of the conditions of sustained growth, stability and well-being which are necessary for peaceful and friendly relations among nations, Mindful that the maintenance ofpeace and security, the promotion of disarmament, mutual trust and the strength- ening of intemational co-operation would contribute to the improvement of the overall socio-economic perspec- tive of ali countries, Concerned that low growth rates would have serious repercussions for the world economy, in particular for the developing countries, Noting with grave concern that Africa is the only conti- nent in which standards of living have declined over the past decade and that, as underscored by ali forecasts, the real economic growth per capita will remain near zero or will be negative, on average, until the year 2000 unless drastic action is taken, Reaffirming the relevance of long-term perspectives for providing impetus to policies and decision-making proces- ses in relation to development strategies and economic co- operation on a national, regional and global scale, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the overall socio-economic perspective of the world econ- omy to the year 2000; 121 2. Decides, subject to review of the next report at the forty-second session ofthe General Assembly, to continue the submission of reports on the overall socio-economic perspective ofthe world economy to the year 2000, which should be prepared so that they contribute to the identifi- cation of potential problem arcas and critica! issues in the world economy; 3. Requests the Secretary-General, when preparing the report, to give special attention to the impact on economic and social development of trends and prospective changes in, inter afia, intemational trade, financial flows and debt problems, including the net outflow of resources from developing to developed countries, technological change and the transfer of technology to developing countries, capital formation and investment pattems, development of human resources, the allocation of public resources between developmental and non-developmental purposes, 12 1 A/40/519 environmental issues, economic co-operation and integra- tion among developing countries, the implications of dif- ferent economic and development policies, special prob- lems faced by the least developed countries and the critica! economic situation in Africa; 4. A/so requests the Secretary-General, in preparing the report, to take into account socio-economic analyses that give special attention to mechanisms and forros of intema- tional economic co-operation aimed at facilitating struc- tural adjustment within the world economy towards the new intemational economic order; 5. Further requests the Secretary-General to convene, if necessary, a meeting of a group of experts, acting in their personal capacity, to elaborate on the elements of the report specified above, and invites the Committee for Development Planning to review progress in the prepara- tion of the report; 6. Cal/s upon the relevant organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, including the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination Task Force on Long-term Development Objectives, to contribute, in their respective arcas of competence, to the preparation of the report; 7. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-second session an itero entitled "Long-term trends in social and economic development", and requests the Sec- retary-General to submit to it at that session, through the Economic and Social Council, the report on the overall socio-economic perspective of the world economy to the year 2000, together with the views and recommendations of the Committee for Development Planning. 119th plenary meeting 17 December 1985 40/208. Development of the energy resources of developing countries The General Assembly, Recal/ing the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New Intemational Economic Order contained in its resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of 1 May 1974, the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, contained in its resolution 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, its resolution 3362 (S-VII) of 16 September 1975 on development and intemational econo- mic co-operation, and the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Dec- ade contained in the annex to its resolution 35/56 of 5 December 1980, Recal/ing a/so its resolutions 37/251 of 21 December 1982, 38/ l 5 l of 19 December 1983 and 39/176 of 17 December 1984 on the development of the energy resources of developing countries, Reaffirming the importance of the development of the energy resources of developing countries and the need for measures by the intemational community to assist and support the efforts of the developing countries, in particu- lar the energy-deficient among them, for developing their energy resources, in order to meet their needs through co- operation, assistance and investment in the field of con- ventional and of new and renewable sources of energy, consistent with their national plans and priorities. l. Reaffirms its resolutions 38/ 151 and 391176 and calls for the effective implementation of ali their provi- s10ns:

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