Outflow of Trained Professional and Technical Personnel at All Levels From the Developing to the Developed Countries, Its Causes, Its Consequences and Practical Remedies for the Problems Resulting From It

A/RES/2417(XXIII)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1969.

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Tahes note with intcrest of the report of the Secretary-General on the outflow of trained personnel from the developing countries45 and of the important contrihntion made by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research to the preparation of this study ami invites Memher States to consicler its conclusions and suggestions;

Rciterates its recommendation that the United Kations, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the Unitecl Nations Development Programme, the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency intensify their support for the efforts of the Governments of developing countries to create or expand local training institutions;

Drmn thc attcntion of the developing countries to the 11eerl to 1'1011 for:

The •. •··, ,1sion and reorientation, as appropriate, of education.,l .tnd other facilities for the training of technical personnel in accordance with their development rec¡uirernents;

( /,) Ensuring the propér utilization of the expertise and skill of their trainecl personnel ;

Recommends that cleveloped countries should coopcrate in taking appropriate measures with a view to reducing the aclverse effects of the outflow of trained personnel f rorn the cleveloping countries;

Rcqucsts the Secretary-General to undertake, in consu!tation with Governments of Member States concerned ;mcl taking into account, as appropriate, the work heing clone by the specializecl agencies, the United 1\' ations I nstitnte for Training and Research and other interestecl organizations and organs of the United Nations syste111, selective stuclies of a few cleveloping countries which are seriously concerned with the "hrain

44 O fficial Records of the Economic and Social C 01mcil, Forty-fifth Sessio11, Annexes, agenda items 9 and 10, documents E/4483 and Add.l and 2.

4 G Ofjicial Records of the General Assembly, Twenly-1/iird Session, A1111cxes, agenda item 47, document A/7294.

drain" problem, aimed at clarifying the problem, and in particular to assess its consequences for their economic development and to make appropriate recommendations far practica! action at the national and international leve! in tackling this problem ;

Reqttests the Secretary-General, on the basis of the above studies and in co-opcration with the specialized agencies, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and the Advisory Committee 011 the Application of Science and Technology to Devclopment, to farmulate suggestions far ways of tackling the problems arising from the outflow of trained personnel of all levels from developing to developed countries within the framework of the proposed strategy for devclopment of the Second United Nations Development Decade;

Reqttests the Secretary-General to submit the case studies as well as his suggestions for action to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session, through the Economic and Social Council ;

Fttrther requests the Secretary-General to draw the attention of the appropriate organizations and programmes within the United Nations system to the nced to assist the Governments of the developing countries which are Members of the United Nations, at thcir request, in improving their statistical and research activities aimed at assessing the magnitude and characteristics of the outflow of their trained personnel ;

Invites the specialized agencies, the regional economic commissions, the U nited N ations Institute for Training and Research, the Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology to Development and other interested organs and bodies of the United Nations system to assist the Secretary-General in strengthening co-ordination of research and operational activities of the United Nations in this field.

1745th plenar)• meeting.

17 December 1968.

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