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134 General Assembly-Forty-third Session Environment Programme, 7 should be accorded high pri- ority by the relevant organs and programmes of the United Nations system; 5. Endorses the action of the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Pro- gramme in jointly establishing an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to provide internationally co- ordinated scientific assessments of the magnitude, timing and potential environmental and socio-economic impact of climate change and realistic response strategies, and ex- presses appreciation for the work already initiated by the Panel; 6. Urges Governments, intergovernmental and non- governmental organizations and scientific institutions to treat climate change as a priority issue, to undertake and promote specific, co-operative action-oriented pro- grammes and research so as to increase understanding on all sources and causes of climate change, including its re- gional aspects and specific time-frames as well as the cause and effect relationship of human activities and climate, and to contribute, as appropriate, with human and finan- cia) resources to efforts to protect the global climate; 7. Ca/Is upan all relevant organizations and pro- grammes of the United Nations system to support the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; 8. Encourages the convening of conferences on climate change, particularly on global warming, at the national, regional and global levels in order to make the interna- tional community better aware of the importance of deal- ing effectively and in a timely manner with all aspects of climate change resulting from certain human activities; 9. Ca/Is upan Governments and intergovernmental or- ganizations to collaborate in making every effort to pre- vent detrimental effects on climate and activities which af- fect the ecological balance, and also calls upon non- governmental organizations, industry and other produc- tive sectors to play their due role; 10. Requests the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization and the Executive Director ofthe United Nations Environment Programme, utilizing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, immedi- ately to initiate action leading, as soon as possible, to a comprehensive review and recommendations with respect to: (a) The state of knowledge of the science of climate and climatic change; (b) Programmes and studies on the social and eco- nomic impact of climate change, including global warm- ing; (e) Possible response strategies to delay, limit or miti- gate the impact of adverse climate change; (d) The identification and possible strengthening of relevant existing international legal instruments having a bearing on climate; (e) Elements for inclusion in a possible future interna- tional convention on climate; 11. A/so requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all Governments, as well as intergovernmental organizations, non- governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and well-established scien- tific institutions with expertise in matters concerning cli- mate; 7 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-third Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/43/25), annex, decision SS.1/3. 12. Further requests the Secretary-General to report to theGeneral Assembly at its forty-fourth session on the im- plementation of the present resolution; 13. Decides to include this question in the provisional agenda of its forty-fourth session, without prejudice to the application of the principie of biennialization. 70th plenary meeting 6 December 1988 43/178. Assistance to the Palestinian people The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 42/166 of 11 December 1987, Taking note of Economic and Social Council resolution 1988/54 of 26 July 1988, Bearing in mind the Declaration on the Granting of In- dependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,8 Recalling the Programme of Action for the Achieve- ment of Palestinian Rights, adopted by the lnternational Conference on the Question of Palestine,9 Taking into account the intifadah ofthe Palestinian peo- ple in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusa- lem, against the Israelí occupation including its economic and social policies and practices, Affirming that the Palestinian people cannot develop their national econorny as long as the Israelí occupation persists, Taking into consideration the recent steps taken by Jor- dan concerning the occupied Palestinian West Bank, A ware of the increasing need to provide economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people, l. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on assistance to the Palestinian people; IO 2. Regrets that the programme of economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people has not been devel- oped as requested by the General Assembly in its resolu- tion 42/166; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to charge the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) with supervising the development of the programme and to provide it with the funds needed to engage twenty ex- perts to prepare an adequate programme, in close co- operation with the Palestine Liberation Organization, tak- ing into account the intifadah of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and its implications; 4. Expresses its appreciation to those States, United Nations bodies and intergovernmental and non- governmental organizations that have provided assistance to the Palestinian people; 5. Urges Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non- governmental organizations to disburse their aid or any other forms of assistance to the occupied Palestinian terri- tory solely for the benefit of the Palestinian people and in a manner that will not serve to prolong the Israelí occupa- tion; 6. Calls for the provision of emergency assistance to the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian terri- 8 Resolution 1514(XV) 9 Report of the lnternational Conference on the Question of Palestinc, Geneva, 29 August-7 September 1983 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.83.1.21), chap. I, sect. B. IO A/43/367-E/l 988/82 and Corr. l and 2. V. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Second Committee 135 tory, including the dispatch of teams of orthopaedic sur- geons; 7. Requests Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non- governmental organizations to sustain and increase their assistance to the Palestinian people, in close co-operation with the Palestine Liberation Organization; 8. Requests ali Member States and donors that provide any form of assistance to the occupied Palestinian West Bank to sustain and increase that assistance and to chan- nel it to the Palestinian people through their representa- tive, the Palestine Liberation Organization; 9. Decides to extend to the occupied Palestinian terri- tory the same preferential treatment accorded the least de- veloped countries, pending the elimination of the Israelí occupation and the assumption of full control by the Palestinian people over their national economy without externa! interference; 10. Calls for treatment on a transit basis of Palestinian exports and imports passing through neighbouring ports and points of exit and entry; 11. Also calls for the granting of trade concessions and concrete preferential measures for Palestinian exports on the basis of certificates of origin issued by Palestinian bod- ies designated by the Palestine Liberation Organization; 12. Further calls for the implementation of develop- ment projects in the occupied Palestinian territory, includ- ing the projects mentioned in its resolution 39/223 of 18 December 1984; 13. Condemns the occupying Power, Israel, for its bru- tal economic and social policies and practices against the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory; 14. Requests United Nations bodies not to extend any form of assistance to the occupying Power, Israel; 15. Stresses that aid is not and cannot be a substitute for a genuine and just solution to the question of Palestine; 16. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session, through the Economic and Social Council, on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution. 83rd plenary meeting 20 December 1988 43/179. Second Transport and Communications Decade in Africa The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 32/160 of 19 December 1977, Recalling a/so Economic and Social Council resolution 2097 (LXIII) of 29 July 1977, Emphasizing the need for full implementation of the goals and objectives of the Transport and Communica- tions Decade in Africa, especially in the light of continu- ing inadequacies in the field of transport and communica- tions in Africa, l. Endorses Economic and Social Council resolution 1988/67 of 28 July 1988; 2. Declares the period 1991-2000 the Second Trans- port and Communications Decade in Africa; 3. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Organization of African Unity and existing Afri- can regional and subregional economic groups, as well as relevant United Nations agencies, to undertake the neces- sary preparatory arrangements for the Second Transport and Communications Decade in Africa, and to submit to the General Assembly, through the Economic and Social Council, a progress report at its forty-fourth session and a final report at its forty-fifth session. 83rd plenary meeting 20 December 1988 43/180. International Year of Shelter for the Homeless The General Assemb/y, Recalling its resolution 37 /221 of20 December 1982, by which it proclaimed the year 1987 International Year of Shelter for the Homeless, Recalling also, in particular, the objectives ofthe Year as contained in resolution 37/221, Having considered the report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) entitled "International Year of Shelter for the Homeless: activities and achievements", 11 and the com- ments of the Commission on Human Settlements and of the Economic and Social Council on that report, 1. Welcomes the success achieved in attaining the ob- jectives of the Intemational Year of Shelter for the Home- less; 2. Takes note with appreciation of the numerous and encouraging reports, which had been received from a total of one hundred and thirty countries as at 31 December 1987, on activities, policies, programmes and projects un- dertaken by those countries within the context ofthe Year and towards the successful attainment of its objectives; 3. Commends Governments, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations for the efforts and re- sources that were effectively mobilized for the programme of activities for the Year; 4. Requests Governments to sustain the momentum generated by the programme for the Year and to continue implementing concrete and innovative programmes aimed at improving the shelter and neighbourhoods of the poor and the disadvantaged; 5. Requests the Executive Director of the United Na- tions Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) to continue to assist Governments in their efforts towards that goal, within the framework ofthe Global Strategy for Shelter to the Year 2000; 12 6. Recommends that Governments indica te, if possible on World Habitat Day, the concrete actions to be taken and the specific targets to be achieved during each succes- sive year; 7. Also recommends that Governments maintain, where appropriate, the national focal points and national committees for the International Y ear of Shelter for the Homeless for the purpose of monitoring and assessing the progress achieved in improving the shelter and neighbour- hoods of the poor and the disadvantaged; 8. Requests the Secretary-General to inform the Gen- eral Assembly periodically, through the Economic and Social Council, on progress achieved in improving the shelter and neighbourhoods of the poor and the disadvan- taged. 11 HS/C/11/~. 83rd plenary meeting 20 December 1988 12 Officia/ Records of the General Assembly, Forty-third Session, S11pplement No. 8, addendum (A/43/8/ Add.1 ).

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