Takes note of the report of the Se.:1dary-General on reverse transfer of technology,111 containing a survey of its main features, causes and policy implications, and of the report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development entitled "Development aspects of the reverse transfer of technology: an assessment of the results achieved at the fifth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development"; 178 2.
Endorses resolution 102 (V) of 30 May 1979 of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development179 on the development aspects of the reverse transfer of technology and decision 193 (XIX) of 20 October 1979 of the Trade and Development Board180 on the same subject, and calls upon all Member States and the international community to give urgent consideration to the implementation of the measures contained therein;
3
Requeststhe Secretary-General to take the necessary measures with respect to the co-ordination of the treatment of the question of reverse transfer of technology within the United Nations system, bearing in mind relevant paragraphs of General Assembly resolution 33/151 and resolution 102 (V) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development;
4
Requeststhe Trade and Development Board, as envisaged in paragraph 6 of resolution 102 (V) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to proceed at its twentieth session with the consideration of app~opriate arrangements, including the necessity of convemng a group of experts, to examine the feasibility of measuring human resource flows;
5
Requeststhe Secretary-General, in close cooperation with the United Nations Conference on Trade ~d Development, the International Labour Organisat10n and other ~elevant United Nations bodies, to carry out, on the basis of the most up-to-date data available, a ~tudy on the feasibility of the proposals of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Hassan bin Talal concerning the establishment of an international labour compensatory facility and to submit a progress report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session and a final report at the thirty-sixth session;
6
Requeststhe Secretary-General of the United Nations Con!erence_ on Tr~de and Development to carry out the studies envisaged m paragraph 7 of resolution 102 (V) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development;
m See E/1978/92, paras. 100-104.
177 See A/34/593.
178 A/34/425, annex.
179 See Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Fifth Session, vol. I, Report and Annexes (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.79.11.D.14),
180 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirtyfourth Session, Supplement No. 15 (A/34/15 and Corr.I), vol. II, part one, annex I.
Invites Member States to respond favourably and to co-operate with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in the implementation of paragraph 9 of resolution 102 (V) of the Conference and paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 33/151.
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