A/RES/41/181 GA

V. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Second Committee 139 dorsed the conclusions of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination at its twenty-sixth session, concerning the United Nations special responsibility for carrying out research on global and sectoral issues, and their interrela- tionship, in order to assist Member States and the deliber- ations of the competent intergovernmental bodies, Believing in the usefulness of integrating economic and social components in the formulation of policies and pro- grammes at the national and international levels for the benefit of social and economic progress and human well- being, Stressing that the eradication of hunger and malnutri- tion and the solution of other economic and social prob- lems on the basis of industrial, agricultura! and rural de- velopment are among the objectives of the Third United Nations Development Decade, Recalling the United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development 1986- 1990, adopted b6 the General Assembly at its thirteenth special session, 3 Reaffirming that each State has the sovereign and inali- enable right to choose its economic and social system in accordance with the will of its people and without outside interference, l. Takes note ofthe report ofthe Secretary-General on a unified approach to development analysis and planning, in particular the observations and conclusions contained therein; 31 2. Considers that an integrated approach to develop- ment analysis and planning, which takes into account dif- fering economic, social and political features of national economies, is one of the tools for the attainment of sus- tained social, economic and human development; 3. Invites States to support the efforts of developing countries, if they so request, to strengthen their manage- ment capacity to apply a unified approach to development analysis and comprehensive macro-economic strategies and planning, especially with regard to integrating food and agricultural production in all sectors and supporting industrialization, economic and social infrastructure and human resources development; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to take into account a unified approach to development analysis and planning when preparing economic and social studies, ongoing re- search, projections and reports, including the World Eco- nomic Survey and the Report on the World Social Situation, as well as the appraisal of the implementation of the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade; 5. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to make available to States the experience gained in the use of a unified approach to development analysis and planning, taking into account the fact that new ideas relating to the promotion of social and economic development are emerging. 30 Resolution S-13/2, annex. 98th plenary meeting 5 December 1986 11 A/41/323-E/1986/77 and Corr.1 and Add.1 41/175. University for Peace The General Assembly, Reca/ling its resolutions 33/109 of 18 December 1978, 34/111 of 14 December 1979 and 35/55 of 5 December 1980, Taking note of Economic and Social Council resolutions 1985/2 of 24 May 1985 and 1986/6 of 21 May 1986, Endorses Economic and Social Council resolution 1986/6. 98th plenary meeting 5 December 1986 41/180. Net transfer ofresources from developing to de- veloped countries The General Assembly, Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1986/56 of 22 July 1986, Profoundly concerned at the net transfer of resources from developing to developed countries, which is taking place at alarming levels and accelerating rates and which is adversely affecting the development efforts of develop- ing countries and the living conditions of their people, l. Reaffirms the urgent need to take appropriate and effecti ve meas u res in the fields of money, finan ce, debt, re- source flows, trade and development, in order to halt and reverse the net transfer of resources from developing to de- veloped countries; 2. Requests the Secretary-General, in preparing the re- port called for in Economic and Social Council resolution 1986/56, also to take duly into account the interrelation- ship between the issues of money, finance, debt, resource flows, trade and development. 100th plenary meeting 8 December 1986 41/181. Assistance to the Palestinian people The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 40/170 of 17 December 1985, Recalling also Economic and Social Council resolution 1986/49 of 22 July 1986, Recalling further the Programme of Action for the Achievement of Palestinian Rights, adopted by the lnter- national Conference on the Question of Palestine,32 Noting that the programme of economic and social assis- tance to the Palestinian people requested in General As- sembly resolution 38/145 of 19 December 1983 has not been prepared, Noting the increasing need to provide economic and so- cial assistance to the Palestinian people, 1. Takes note ofthe report ofthe Secretary-General on assistance to the Palestinian people;33 2. Welcomes the decision of the Secretary-General to send a mission to prepare the programme of economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people requested in General Assembly resolution 38/145; 32 Report of the International Conference on the Question of Palestine, Geneva. 29 August-7 September 1983 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.83.1.21), chap. I, sect. B. 13 A/41/,l<l and C'orr.1 and Add 1 and 2. 140 General Assembly-Forty-first Session 3. Notes the meeting on assistance to the Palestinian people held at Geneva on 2 July 1986 in response to Gen- eral Assembly resolution 40/170; 4. Expresses its thanks to the Secretary-General for convening the meeting on assistance to the Palestinian people; 5. Regards such a meeting as a valuable opportunity to assess progress in economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people and to explore ways and means of en- hancing such assistance; 6. Urges the international community, the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non- governmental organizations to disburse their aid or any other forro of assistance to the occupied Palestinian ter- ritories only for the benefit of the Palestinian people and in a manner that will not serve to prolong the Israeli occupa- tion; 1. Requests the Secretary-General: (a) To convene in 1987 a meeting ofthe relevant pro- grammes, organizations, agencies, funds and bodies of the United Nations system to consider economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people; (b) To invite the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Arab host countries and relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to participate in the meeting; 8. Requests the international community, the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non- governmental organizations to sustain and increase their assistance to the Palestinian people in co-operation with the Palestine Liberation Organization; 9. A/so requests that United Nations assistance to the Palestinians in the Arab host countries should be rendered in co-operation with the Palestine Liberation Organiza- tion and with the consent of the Arab host Government concerned; 10. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-second session, through the Economic and Social Council, on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution. 100th p/enary meeting 8 December 1986 41/182. lndigenous entrepreneurs in economic develop- ment The General Assemb/y, Reaffirming the right of each country, in accordance with its chosen economic and social system and priorities, to determine its objectives, to endeavour to fulfil its devel- opment plans, to strengthen the public and prívate sectors of its economy and to promote the development of its hu- man resources, Recognizing the responsibility of the international com- munity, in particular of the developed countries, to pro- mote and endeavour to provide an equitable international economic environment, supportive of the development of developing countries, in the light of the goals and objec- tives of the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade,34 Recognizing a/so the role and responsibility of each Gov- ernment to promote development and provide an environ- ment conducive to it. 34 Resolution 35/56. annt'\. Reaffirming its resolution 34/137 of 14 December 1979 on the role of the public sector in promoting the economic development of developing countries, as well as Economic and Social Council resolutions 1985/10 of28 May l 985 on public administration and finance for development and 1986/73 of 23 July 1986 on the development of human re- sources, Noting that indigenous entrepreneurs can play a crucial and positive role in mobilizing resources and promoting economic growth and socio-economic development, Aware that many countries are actively seeking to en- courage, strengthen and improve the effectiveness of in- digenous entrepreneurs in expanding and modernizing productive capacities, particularly by increasing produc- tivity and technological capabilities, and in contributing generally to the development process, Bearing in mind that the promotion and development of indigenous entrepreneurs requires a dynamic capital for- mation process in developing countries, which is also re- lated to financia) and technical resources and to broader market opportunities available to these countries, Recognizing that people are the mainspring and inspira- tion of social and economic progress, l. Invites the Secretary-General and relevant organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, such as the regional commissions, the United Nations De- velopment Programme, the lnternational Labour Organi- sation, the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/ GATT, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the World Bank, as well as regional de- velopment banks, within their existing mandates, pro- grammes and priorities: (a) To continue to support, through, inter afia, techni- cal co-operation projects, the efforts ofStates in encourag- ing indigenous entrepreneurs in the prívate, public and/or other sectors in accordance with national laws, priorities and regulations; (b) To facilitate the practica) exchange of information and experience among all countries on the role of indige- nous entrepreneurs in economic development; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to study measures at the national and international levels to promote the contribution of indigenous entrepreneurs in both prívate and public sectors to the economic development of devel- oping countries, drawing upon the work already in pro- gress in the United Nations system and bearing in mind the need to avoid duplication of effort and cost, and to re- port thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-third session through the Economic and Social Council. 100th plenary meeting 8 December 1986 41/183. United Nations Financing System for Science and Technology for Development The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 34/218 of 19 December 1979 on the United Nations Conference on Science and Tech- nology for Development, Affirming resolution 6 (VIII) of 6 June 1986 of the lnter- governmental Committee on Science and Technology for Development3'\ and decision 86/38 of 27 June 1986 of the JS Official Records of" thl! General A.,semblv. Forty-Jir.st Ses.,ion, Supp/em('I/( No. 3' (A/41 /37), sed. 11.A •

UN Project. “A/RES/41/181.” UN Project, https://un-project.org/votes/resolution/A-RES-41-181/. Accessed .

Copy citation