Activities of the United Nations in the Field of Industrial Development

A/RES/1525(XV)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1961.

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3 versions · 1961–1963

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/1821(XVII)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1963	A/RES/1821(XVII)	Activities of the United Nations in the field of industrial development	562	16%Compare
1962	A/RES/1712(XVI)	Activities of the United Nations in the field of industrial development	857	16%Compare
1961	A/RES/1525(XV)	Activities of the United Nations in the field of industrial development	432	–

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3 subjects

Financing Industrial Development Members

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5 operative paragraphs

Recalling its resolution 1431 (XIV) of 5 December 1959, which recommended that the Economic and Social Council give consideration to the prompt establishment of a commission for industrial development,

Noting Economic and Social Council resolution 751

(XXIX) of 12 April 1960 on the establishment of the Committee for Industrial Development,

Taking into consideration the subst~nti_al interest_ of the economically less developed countries m developmg their own industries as one of the main ways of diversifying their economic structures and developing their national economies generally,

Being convinced that the activities of the United Nations in the field of industrial development should be widened and accelerated,

Recommends that the Committee for Industrial Development should consider in drawing up ~ts programme of work, in conjunction with the functions set forth in Economic ancl Social Council JT.~olution 751 ( XXIX), the following:

To review the methods and techniques of programming general industrial development which have been evolved by different countrit's and regions, and to contribute to international co-operation in this field ;

( b) To work out general conclusions 011 the basis. of the experience of industrial development in all cou~tnes with a view to promoting the exchange of expenence in the field of industrial development between countries of different regions and having differing economic systems;

( c) To encourage the preparation of long-term economic projections in the field of industrial development, takin<Y into account social aspects of industrialization in the e~onomically less developed countries as well as its influence on international economic relations and trade;

( d) To follow developments in the field of the financing of new industries in the economically less developed countries and to make appropriate recommendations thereon;

Recommends that the Economic ancl Social Council at its resumed thirtieth session enlarge the membership of the Committee for Industrial Development to thirty members in order to ensure a more balanced representation of Member States in that Committee, in accordance with the principles enunciated in paragraph 4 of the Committee's terms of reference as set forth in Economic and Social Council resolution 751 (XXIX) and taking into account, in particular, the countrit's of Africa;

Appeals to the Governments of the States members of the Committee for Industrial Development to designate their representatives to the Committee in the near future and in accordance with the principle set forth in paragraph 6 of its terms of reference ;

Decides to include in the General Assembly's provisional agenda, beginning with the sixteenth session, at item entitled "Industrial development and activities of the organs of the United Nations in the field of industrialization".

15 December 1960.

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