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V. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Second Committee 141 Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme, 36 Taking note of the note by the Secretary-General on the termination of the United Nations Financing System for Science and Technology for Development and the transfer of its resources and responsibilities, 37 1. Decides to terminate the United Nations Financing System for Science and Technology for Development as at 31 December 1986 and to transfer its responsibilities and resources to an identifiable facility entitled "United Na- tions Fund for Science and Technology for Develop- ment", to be established as a trust fund within the United Nations Development Programme; 2. Requests the Intergovemmental Committee on Science and Technology for Development to provide policy guidance and priorities for activities of the Fund within the framework ofthe Vienna Programme of Action on Science and Technology for Development;38 3. Requests the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, when identifying projects to be financed from the Fund, to take into account the policy guidance and priorities recommended by the Committee and to report to the Committee on their application; 4. Requests the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation and the Ad- ministrator of the United Nations Development Pro- gramme to establish close working relationships between the Fund and the Centre for Science and Technology for Development on programmatic and substantive matters, and requests the Secretary-General to inform the Commit- tee at its ninth session about the arrangements made; 5. Requests the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme to inform the Committee at its ninth session on the arrangements made for the Fund; 6. Invites Governments and the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme to give greater emphasis to science and technology for develop- ment; 7. Urges all Governments and the international com- munity as a whole to provide the Fund with adequate fi- nancia! resources to enable it to carry out its functions. 100th plenary meeting 8 December 1986 41/184. Report of the Secretary-General in implemen- tation of General Assembly resolution 40/173 The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 40/173 of 17 December 1985, as adopted, in which it requested the Secretary-General to prepare a comprehensive analytical report on a concept of international economic security for submission to the General Assembly at its forty-second session, through the Economic and Social Council, Recognizing, in this regard, that an integrated and co- ordinated approach to economic development and co- operation, with a view to the creation of conditions of sta- bility and well-being, has been a primary accomplishment 36 See Official Records of 1he Economic and Social Council, /986. Supp/eme111 No. 9 (E/1986/29), annex l. 31 A/C.2/41/3. 38 Report ofthe United Nalions Conference on Science and Techno/ogy for Development, Vienna, 20-31 August 1979 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.79.1.21 and corrigenda), chap. VII. of the United Nations since its founding and is enshrined in Article 55 of the Charter of the United Nations, Requests the Secretary-General, keeping in mind the al- ready existing consensus on economic development a~d international co-operation, in preparing his report on m- ternational economic security, ínter afia: (a) To analyse approaches and contributions to eco- nomic development and international economic co- operation, and identify common elements in those ap- proaches with emphasis on those that can further contrib- ute to promoting international economic co-operation and development, particularly that of developing countries; (b) To take into account the views expressed at the forty-first session of the General Assembly regarding pos- sible ways and means of strengthening the dialogue on de- velopment and international economic co-operation for the benefit of ali; (e) To keep in mind the role and responsibilities of ex- isting international and regional organizations, institu- tions and forums. 100th plenary meeting 8 December 1986 41/185. Fight against locust and grasshopper infestation in Africa The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution S-13/2 of 1 June 1986 on the United Nations Programme of Action for African Eco- nomic Recovery and Development 1986-1990, in which it noted the importance of, ínter alia, increased food produc- tion to meet the needs of Africa, and its resolution 41/29 of 31 October 1986 on the emergency situation in Africa, Recalling a/so the disaster in Africa resulting from the drought of 1984 and 1985, and conscious of the ongoing etforts to combat the adverse etfects of the resulting fam- ine, Noting resolution CM/Res. l 072 (XLIV) adopted by the Council ofMinisters ofthe Organization of African Unity at its forty-fourth ordinary session, held at Addis Ababa from 21 to 26 July 1986, 3"9 Alarmed by the unrelenting destructive etfects of the current locust and grasshopper invasion of many African countries and the potential spread ofthe infestation within Africa and beyond, and concerned at the economic and so- cial consequences, including the reduction in agricultura! production, which could continue for severa! years, the consequent displacement of atfected populations, and, in particular, the etfects on longer-term economic and social development, Recognizing the potential problem created by billions of insects capable of devouring as much as 80,000 metric tons of cereal crops per swarm daily, of migrating great distances from points of origin and thus of denying agricultura! production to millions of producers and ulti- mately consumers, Noting that the resources of Africa are insufficient to control the locust infestation, which will need to be coun- tered by concerted etforts at the national, regional and in- ternational levels, Recognizing the etforts ofthe African countries, national and international organizations and the international do- nor community in support of the control of locusts and

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