Implementation of Section Vii of the Annex to General Assembly Resolution 32/197 on the Restructuring of the Economic and Social Sectors of the United Nations System

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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 subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject

Intergovernmental Organizations

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs

Recalling its resolutions 3201 (S-VI) and 3202 (S-VI) of 1 May 1974, containing the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order, and 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, containing the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States,

RecaUing also its resolution 3362 (S-VII) of 16 September 1975, by which it, inter alia, established the Ad Hoe Committee on the Restructuring of the Economic and Social Sectors of the United Nations System for the purpose of preparing detailed action proposals with a view to initiating the process of restructuring the United Nations system so as to make it more fully capable of dealing with problems of international economic cooperation and development in a comprehensive and effective manner, and to make it more responsive to the requirements of the provisions of the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New Internatie1nal Economic Order as well as those of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States,

Recalling also its resolution 32/ 197 of 20 December 1977, by which it, inter alia, endorsed the conclusions and recommendations of the Ad Hoe Committee,

Recalling further its resolution 33/202 of 29 January 1979, in which it, inter alia, requested certain actions and measures within the framework of the implementation of the conclusions and recommendations of the Ad H oc Committee,

Reaffirming that the process of restructuring the economic and social sectors of the United Nations system is an integral part of the efforts required to ensure the equitable, full and effective participation of the developing countries in the formulation and application of all decisions within the United Nations system in the field of_ development and international economic co-operation,

Having considered the progress report of the Secretary-General for 1979 on the restructuring of the economic and social sectors of the United Nations system, 230 1.

Requests the Economic and Social Council to work out, as envisaged in paragraph 56 of the annex to General Assembly resolution 32/197, mutually convenient procedures for improving communications between the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination and the intergovernmental bodies concerned, including procedures to enable the members of its Bureau and that of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination to participate in an appropriate manner in the work of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination, and to report .thereon to the Assembly at its thirty-fifth session;

Reiterates that, at the intersecretariat level, interagency co-ordination should aim at effectively assisting in the preparatory work for intergovernmental decisions, in the implementation of such decisions and in their translation into mutually complementary or joint programme activities;

Reiterates its request that the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination should give the highest priority in its work to substantive questions of central importance to the development of developing countries and to international economic co-operation and should keep its functioning and reporting systems geared to the concerns, directives and programmes of work of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council;

Requests the Administrative Committee on Coordination, when it submits its suggestions and studies, to state options and alternative courses of action in order to facilitate the decision-making role of the appropriate legislative organs;

Decides to review at its thirty-seventh session the

further implementation of section VII of the annex to resolution 32/197 and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report in this regard, taking fully into account the present resolution and the provisions of section II of General Assembly resolution 33/202.

Implementation of Section Vii of the Annex to General Assembly Resolution 32/197 on the Restructuring of the Economic and Social Sectors of the United Nations System

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

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Implementation of section vm of the annex

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