A/RES/41/199 GA

150 General Assembly-Forty-first Session (el) To keep the situation in Chad under review and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-second session. 100th plenary meeting 8 December 1986 41/199. Special assistance to front-line States 60 The General Assembly, Deeply concerned at the deteriorating situation in south- ern Africa, which has aggravated the economic problems confronting the front-line States and other bordering States, arising from the apartheid policies of the Pretoria régime, Conscious of the responsibility of the intemational com- munity to address the problems of the region, Commending the concerted and determined efforts of the countries ofthe region to cope with the prevailing ad- verse conditions by strengthening their economic co- operation and lessening their dependence on South Africa, particularly in the areas of transportation, communica- tions and related sectors, Reaffirming the importance of close co-operation be- tween the United Nations and the front-line States, Mindful of Security Council resolutions 568 (1985) of 21 June 1985, 571 (1985) of 20 September 1985 and 581 (1986) of 13 February 1986, by which the Council, in- ter alia, requested the intemational community to render assistance to the front-line States, 1. Strongly urges the international community to pro- vide in a timely and effective manner the financial, material and technical assistance necessary to enhance the individual and collective capacity of the front-line States and other bordering States to withstand the effects of eco- nomic measures taken by South Africa, or by the interna- tional community against South Africa, in accordance with their national and regional plans and strategies; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to mobilize organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system so that they may respond to such requests for assistance as might be forthcoming from individual States or the appro- priate subregional organization, and further urges ali States to respond favourably to such requests; 3. Appeals to ali States and appropriate intergovern- mental and non-governmental organizations to support the national and collective emergency programmes pre- pared by the front-line States and other bordering States to overcome the critical problems arising from the situation in southem Africa; 4. Notes with appreciation the assistance being ren- dered to the front-line States by donor countries and inter- governmental organizations; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-second session on the pro- gress made in the implementation of the present resolu- tion. 100th plenary meeting 8 December 1986 60 Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, United Republic of Tanzania. Zambia and Zimbabwe. 41/200. Assistance to Benin, the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, Equitorial Guinea, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haití, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone and Vanuatu The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 39/196 of 17 December 1984 on economic assistance to Haiti, as well as resolutions 40/215 on assistance to Democratic Yemen, 40/216 on assistance to Equatorial Guinea, 40/217 on assistance for the recon- struction, rehabilitation and development of the Central African Republic, 40/220 on assistance to Sierra Leone, 40/222 on special economic assistance to Benin, 40/223 on assistance to the Comoros, 40/224 on assistance to the Gambia, 40/225 on special economic assistance to Guinea-Bissau, 40/227 on assistance to Djibouti, 40/230 on assistance to Madagascar, 40/233 on economic assis- tance to Vanuatu, 40/234 on assistance to Nicaragua and 40/235 on special economic assistance to Guinea, ali of 17 December 1985, Having considered the relevant reports of the Secretary- General,61 Noting with satisfaction the financial, economic and technical support that Member States, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system and regional, interregional and intergovemmental organizations have provided to those countries, Deeply concerned that those countries continue to face special economic and financia! difficulties owing to a var- iety of factors, Noting the efforts made by Democratic Yemen in its rehabilitation and reconstruction programmes in response to the devastating consequences of the floods in 1982, Noting the particularly difficult problems faced by island developing countries in responding to negative and special economic circumstances, as referred to in General Assem- bly resolution 41/163 of 5 December 1986 on specific measures in favour of island developing countries, Noting with concern that Vanuatu is an island develop- ing country, that it is a geographically remate archipelago with a small but rapidly growing and unevenly distributed population, that it has a severe shortage of development capital and declining budgetary support from present do- nors, that its dependence on imports is overwhelming and that it has a scarcity of adequate transportation and com- munication links, ali of which pose special development problems, making the provision of services difficult and entailing very high overhead costs, Deeply concerned that Benin continues to experience serious economic and financia! difficulties, characterized by a marked balance-of-payments disequilibrium, the heavy burden of its externa! debt and a lack of resources necessary for the implementation of its planned economic and social development programme, Noting in particular that, despite the progress achieved recently in re-establishing economic stability, the situation in the Central African Republic remains precarious, as the Secretary-General emphasized in bis report,62 which notes that the results achieved by the Government of the Cen- tral African Republic in the context of the national action programme it has adopted are encouraging, and that more externa! assistance is required to finance the remainder of the projects as indicated in table 2 of the report, and ap- pealing to the international community, including interna- 61 A/41/395, A/41/522, A/41/5.18 and A/41/592. 62 A/41 /592, para. 20

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