E.rpresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the steps he has taken to mob ii ize assistance for the Comoros;
2
Notes with smisfaction the response b) various Member States and organizations to its appeal and that of the Secretary-General for assistance tn finance. in whole or in part. a number of projects identified in the annex to the report of the Secretary-General of 3 November 1977;"' 3.
Notes H'ith co11cem. however. that the assistance thus far provided falls short of the country's urgent requirements and that a substantial amount of assistance is still urgently required to carry out the projects identified in the annex to the report of the Secretary-Genernl of 3 November 1977;
4
Reiterates its appeal to Member States. regional and interregional organizations and other intergovernmental bodies to provide effective and continuous financial. material and technical assistance to the Comoros to help it overcome its financial and economic difliculties. in particular, its budgetary and balance-of-payments deficits;
5
UrgesMember States to give special consideration to the inclusion of the Comoros in their bilateral programmes of development assistance and, in cases where assistance programmes for the Comoros are already in force, to expand them, wherever possible;
6
Invitesthe United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development to bring to the attention of their governing bodies, for their consideration, the special needs of the Comoros and to report the decisions of those bodies to the Secretary- General by 15 August 1980;
7
Draws the attention of the international community once again to the special account which was established at United Nations Headquarters by the Secretary-General, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 32/92, for the purpose of facilitating the channelling of contributions to the Comoros;
8
Requeststhe appropriate organizations and programmes of the United Nations system to maintain and increase their current and future programmes of assistance to the Comoros, to co-operate closely with the Secretary-General in organizing an effective international programme of assistance and to report periodically to him on the steps they have taken and the resources they have made available to assist that country;
9
Requeststhe Secretary-General:
a
To continue his efforts to mobilize the necessary resources for an effective programme of financial, technical and material assistance to the Comoros;
b
To pursue with the Government of the Comoros the question of organizing a meeting of donors and, in this respect, to co-ordinate efforts with the United Nations Development Programme, the Economic Commission for Africa and the World Bank;
To ensure that adequate financial and budgetary (c) arrangements are made to continue the organization of the international programme of assistance to the Comoros and the mobilization of assistance;
d
To keep the situation in the Comoros under constant review, to maintain close contact with Member States, regional and other intergovernmental organizations, the specialized agencies and international financial institutions concerned and to apprise the Economic and Social Council, at its second regular session of 1980, of the current status of the special economic assistance programme for the Comoros;
To arrange for a review of the economic situa- (e) tion of the Comoros and the progress made in organizing and implementing the special economic assistance programme for that country in time for the matter to be considered by the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session.
