Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly at Its 107th Plenary Meeting.

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1978.

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Establishment International Economic Relations Terms of Reference Work Organization

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at its 107th plenary meeting

Affirms that all negotiations of a global nature relating to the establishment of the new international economic order should take place within the framework of the United Nations system;

Decides to convene a special session of the General Assembly in 1980, at a high level, in order to assess the progress made in the various forums of the United Nations system in the establishment of the new international economic order and, on the basis of that assessment, to take , appropriate action for the promotion of the development of developing countries and international economic co-operation, including the adoption of the new international development strategy for the 1980s;

Decides to establish a committee of the whole,119 which shall meet, as and when required, during the intersessional periods until the special session of the General Assembly in 1980;

Decides further that the Committee120 shall assist the General Assembly by acting as the focal point in:

Overseeing and monitoring the implementation (a) of decisions and agreements reached in the negotiations on the establishment of the new international economic order in the appropriate bodies of the United Nations system;

Providing impetus for resolving difficulties in negotiations and for encouraging the continuing work in these bodies;

Serving, where appropriate, as a forum for facilitating and expediting agreement on the resolution of outstanding issues;

Exploring and exchanging views on global eco- ( d) nomic problems and priorities;

Requests the Committee to submit reports on 5. its work and recommendations to the General Assembly at its thirty-third and thirty-fourth sessions and at the special session to be held in 1980;

Recommends that representation on the Committee should be at a high level;

Decides that the Committee may establish appropriate working arrangements to accomplish its task;

Also decides that the election of officers of the Committee should take place annually;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Committee receives the necessary documentation to enable it to accomplish its tasks, as specified in paragraph 4 above, and authorizes the Committee to request the Secretary-General to provide specific reports in this regard in co-operation with the appropriate organs, organizations, other bodies and conferences of the United Nations system;

Requests in this context the Economic and Social Council, in discharging its functions under the Charter of the United Nations, to contribute effectively to the work of the Committee, bearing in mind the relationship between the overseeing and monitoring

119 It is understood that the committee of the whole will be open to all States, this ,term being interpreted in accordance with the established practice of the General Assembly.

120 Subsequently referred to as the Committee Established under General Assembly Resolution 32/174. functions of the Committee and the role of the Council in the preparation of a new international development strategy;

Affirms that in the negotiations undertaken on the various issues in the appropriate bodies of the United Nations system the international community should, with a sense of urgency, make new and resolute efforts to secure positive and concrete results within agreed and specific time-frames.

General Assemhly-Thirty-seeonrl Se~sion 122 Official Records of the Trade and Development Board,

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