United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries

A/RES/34/203View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 55 Development and international economic cooperation, published in 1980.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1980–1988

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/42/177

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1988	A/RES/42/177	United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries	873	18%Compare
1982	A/RES/36/194	United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries	1,587	18%Compare
1981	A/RES/35/205	United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries	2,206	16%Compare
1980	A/RES/34/203	United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries	676	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Development Economic Cooperation Least Developed Countries

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Decides to convene a United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in 1981;

Decides further that the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries should have the objective of finalizing, adopting and supporting the Substantial New Programme of Action for the 1980s for the least developed countries, outlined in resolution 122 (V) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development;

Requests the Secretary-General to designate the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, bearing in mind the focal role which the Conference has played in the preparation of the Comprehensive New Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries, as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries;

Decides to designate the Intergovernmental Group on the Least Developed Countries of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to act as the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, open to the full participation of all States members of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development;

Further decides to initiate the preparation of studies, as provided for in resolution 122 (V) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, by the relevant secretariats of the United Nations system, requests donor Governments and the least developed countries themselves to initiate similar studies, and re- ~uests the Preparatory Committee to consider any additional studies that may be necessary;

Requests the Intergovernmental Group on the Least Developed Countries, which is scheduled to meet in February 1980, to recommend additional sessions which may be necessary in 1980 and 1981 to complete the preparations for the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries;

Requests ihe Preparatory Committee to report on its work to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session;

Requests the Secretary-General, in response to paragraph 33 of resolution 122 (V) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to entrust the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation with the responsibility for taking the necessary steps, with the collaboration of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to ensure the full mobilization and co-ordination of all organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system in the further elaboration and implementation of the Comprehensive New Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries and in the preparations for the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries;

Invites the organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system concerned, especially the regional commissions, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank, to extend their fullest co-operation, support and contribution to the preparatory process for the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries.

Resoludons adopted on the reports of the Second Committee

8_. and Development, Fifth Session, vol. I, Report and Annexes (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.79.11.D.14), annex VI,

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