African Education Development

A/RES/1717(XVI)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1962.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Africa Budget Deficits Conferences Educational Development

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Calls upon the African countries to continue to devote increasing and ample resources to the development of edu~ation in their territories, in accordance with the broad targets of the five-year programme set forth in the Outline of a Plan for African Educational Development;

N ates, however, that, in spite of increasing national allocation to education, the financial deficit faced by the African countries is estimated, in relation to these targets, at:

$140,000,000 for 1961;

$150,000,000 for 1962;

$260,000,000 for 1963 ;

$310,000,000 for 1964;

$450,000,000 for 1965;

Notes further that, while the deficit for 1961 is covered by external aid, the amount of such aid, if deficits in subsequent years are to be met, will have to be considerably increased;

Invites States Members of the United Nations and members of the specialized agencies to contribute financial and technical assistance to the African countries in accordance with the needs of these countries,

taking into account the estimate of the Conference for the years 1961-1965;

Endorses Economic and Social Council resolution 837 (XXXII) of 3 August 1961 which invites the support of all the appropriate organs of the United Nations, including the Technical Assistance Board, the Special Fund and the United Nations Children's Fund, as well as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the other agencies of the United Nations system, including the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association, to help the African countries in every way in putting into effect the decisions of the Conference ;

Calls upon the inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations outside the United Nations system which are active in the field of education to extend their full co-operation with a view to fulfilling the objectives assigned by the Conference;

Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to convene in 1963, jointly with the economic Commission for Africa, another Conference of African States to review the execution, costs and targets of the plan adopted by the Conference, a_nd to. analyse national educational programmes with a view to assisting the integration of

"'Transmitted to members of the General Assembly by a note of the Secretary-General ( A/ 4903). Genel"al Assembly-Sixteenth Senion

these programmes m over-all national development plans.

19 December 1961.

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