Establishment of an United Nations Capital Development Fund

A/RES/1826(XVII)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1963.

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2 subjects

Development Assistance Funds

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Commends the Committee on a United Kations Capital Development Fund for formulating the draft legislntion (statute) of the Fund in accordance with resolutions 1521 (XV) and 1706 (XV]);

Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the draft legislation (statute) to the Governments of States Members of the United Nations and members of the specialized agencies so as to receive their comments and observations hy April 1963 ;

Endorses the appeal addressed by the Economic and Social Council, in its resolution 921 (XXXIV), to the economically advanced countries to reconsider, in consultation with the Secretary-General, the possibilities of undertaking measures designed to ensure the establishment, at the earliest possible date, of a United Nations capital development fund and its employment in the field of capital development;

Decides to extend the mandate of the Committee on a United Nations Capital Development Fund established under resolution 1521 (XV):

Instructs the Committee:

To study the replies of the Governments mentioned in paragraph 2 above;

To continue to study the need for international financing with a view to ensuring the attainment of the objectives of the United Nations Development Decade, taking into account the study prepared by the United Nations Secretariat ;9

T o propose practical measures designed to ensure the beginning of the operation of the United Nations capital development fund, with specinl emphasis on, inter alia, the possibi'lity envisaged in section III of resolution 1219 (Xll) and in resolution 1240 C

(XIII) ;

( d) T o co-operate with the Secretciry-General in preparing the report provided for in Economic and Social Council resolution 921 (XXXIV);

Req11ests the Committee to report to the Economic and Social Council at the thirty-sixth session and requests the Committee to transmit the report, together ·with its comments. to the Gcner;1J Assembly at the eighteenth session, for action.

1197th plenary 111ecti11g,

18 December 1962.

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