Action Programme in Favour of Developing Island Countries

A/RES/32/185View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 58 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, published in 1978.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1977–1980

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1980).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1980	A/RES/35/61	Action programme in favour of developing island countries	375	26%Compare
1980	A/RES/34/205	Action programme in favour of developing island countries	248	19%Compare
1978	A/RES/32/185	Action programme in favour of developing island countries	655	22%Compare
1977	A/RES/31/156	Action programme in favour of developing island countries	379	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Development Assistance Small Island Developing States Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on progress in the implementation of specific action in 16º See Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Deve/opment, Fourth Session, vol. I, Report and Annexes (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.76.11.D.10 and corrigendum), part one, sect. A.

favour of developing island countries161 and welcomes the initiation of the measures specified therein;

W elcomes, in particular, the activities undertaken by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, including the establishment of a unit in its secretariat devoted to the problems of the least developed, land-locked and island developing countries;

Also welcomes the progress achieved by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization in its implementation of the special technical assistance programme for developing island countries;

Urges ali organizations in the United Nations system to continue to identify and implement, within their respective spheres of competence, appropriate specific action in favour of developing island countries, in accordance with the recommendations in resolution 98 (IV) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, in particular those concerning the fields of transport and communications, trade and commercial policies, industrialization, tourism, the transfer of technology, marine and submarine resources development, the flow of externa! resources, environment protection and response to natural disasters;

Further urges the United Nations organizations concemed, in particular the United Nations Development Programme and the regional commissions, to give attention to programmes of regional and subregional co-operation in respect of developing island countries;

Calls upon Governments, in particular those of the developed countries, to take fully into account, in their bilateral and regional development efforts and in relevant negotiations towards the attainment of the objectives of the new intemational economic order, the special problems of developing island countries;

Decides to keep under review all progress in the implementation of the present resolution and requests the Secretary-General to submit for the consideration of the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session a sectoral analysis of action undertaken in favour of developing island countries and proposals for further consideration, taking into account the consideration of this question by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at its fifth session.

16:J A/32/ l 26 and Add.1.

164 See Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on Trade and D~velopm~nt, Fourth Session, vol. J, Report and 162 See sect. X.B.6.

Annexes _(Umted Nations publication, Sales No. E.76.TI.D.10

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