Economic Aid for Somalia

A/RES/1278(XIII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1959.

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3 subjects

Economic Assistance Somalia Technical Cooperation

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Notes from the report of the Trusteeship Council that the Administering Authority and the Government of Somalia are continuing to explore possible sources of financial aid for the Territory after 1960, and that they will inform the Trusteeship Council, when conditions in the Territory are next considered, regarding the results of these consultations ;

Welcomes the statement of the representative of Italy9 in regard to the various sources from which assistance has been secured or is in prospect, thus indicating that the problem is progressing satisfactorily towards its solution ;

Expresses the hope that, at the appropriate time, the authorities of the Special Fund, already established under General Assembly resolution 1240 (XIII) of 14 October 1958, the Secretary-General, the specialized agencies concerned and the Technical Assistance Board will give sympathetic consideration to the requests for assistance made on behalf of the Government of Somalia,

taking into account the needs of the country and the principles of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance, in accordance with the request made by the Econor,1ic and Social Council in its resolution 660

(XXIV) of 30 July 1957;

Requests the Trusteeship Council at its twentyfourth session to consider the prospects of further assistance from the Special Fund, from the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance and from the specialized agencies, and to report to the General Assembly at its fourteenth session so that the Assembly may have a complete pictun~ of the economic prospects of Somalia when that Territory achieves independence in l9ro.

782 d l .

n p enary meeting,

5 December 1958.

1• See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirteenth Session, Supplement No. 4 (A/3822), vol. I, part II, chap. I, paras. 106-127.

17 See Official Records of the Trusteeship Council, Twentysecond Session, 921st meeting.

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