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18 September 1979 ment and international economic co-operation,
Recalling also its resolution 31 / 169 of 21 December 1976, in which it proclaimed the year 1979 lntemational 34/'1.,
Credentials of representatives to the thirty• fourtb session of the General Assembly Year of the Child and laid down the general objectives of the Year,
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Recalling further its resolution 33/83 of 15 December 1978 and the resolutions referred to therein, and
The General Assembly also Economic and Social Council resolution 1979 / 57 Approves the fust report of the Credentials Comof 3 August 1979, üttee.'
Mindful of the fact that 1979 is also the twentieth an~
21 September 1979 Declaration of the Rights of the Child, contained in General Assembly resolution 1386 (XIV) of 20 Novem- B ber 1959,
Aware that adequate maternity care is an important
15 November 1979 contribution to the creation of-a total environment which would ensure equal opportunity at birth to every child 2 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth for its hannonious development and preparation for lif e, a A/34/4.55-8/13530. Por the printed text, see Official Rec•
Mindful of the vital link between programmes ben~ •ds of the Security Council, Thirty-fourth Year, Supplement efiting cbildren and the observance of their rights, and 4 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth the broader and more comprehensive framework of over~ all economic and social development in conditions of peace,
Recognizi11g in this regard that the observance of the Yeal' has contributed towards the n:affinnaticrn of the goals of a new international cconomic order,
Rl•cognl::.ing a/so thnt thc situation of childrcn in the developing countrics dcpcnds on the economic am.1 social dcvelopment of those countries nnd conscqucntly on thc establishment of a new intcrnational economic order,
Deeply wmifit'd by the world-widc resptinsc ()f the intcrnntional comnrnnity in ohscrvin_!.! thc Ycur as a first essential stcp towards achicving the longcr-rnngc objectives of the Yeur, while alsn highlightini thc internalional co-npcrative cfTorts towmds thc improvcment of the well"bcinµ of children and thc attaimncnt of the harmonious devclopml.!nt of their personalilies,
BC!aring in mind thl• conclusions ami rccommemlntions of thc Intcrnational Scminar on Childrcn umlcr Apartlwid, held in París' frnm 18 to 20 Junc 19791• at the hcadquarters nf the United Nt1ti(1ns Educational, Scientific urn.l Cultural Organizatinn, in observanec of the Year,
Notin,lf thnt the ap¡mmch adoptcd by the Unitcd Nations in organizing thc Ycar cm1trihutcd to itssucccss,
Com•inced thut thc fresh ami nccl!ssary ímpetus to activities, genernted hy thc Yeur, should he muintaÍIH!d and that thc ncw perspcctivcs it hn:,; t'reuted should he followcd by apprnpriatc action in thc yenrs to come,
flaving cmisidercd the repmt of thc Executivc Director of the United Nuticms Chíltlren's Fund on the Jntcrnationul Ycm of the Child,7 1.
Ex¡n·es.1·es its de,•p .wtisfactim, to ali Governmcnts which elahoratcd national progrnmmcs for the imple~ mcntation of thc aims Qf the International Ycar c,f thc Child and to those omong them which bccamc initlat(HS of majo1· regional and othcr international evcnts;
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E:i:presses af.w it.1· dt't!/J a¡1precíation to the Unitcd Nations Chiklrcn's Fuml, thc lead agency, and to the Executive Director nf thc Fund nnd his Spccinl Rcpre~ sentative for thc International Year of the Chilcl and her stnff, anct commends thc efforts of other ctmcc,rned organizations of the United Nntinns sy!Hem and the con" tributions made by non~govemmental nrganizntiuns;
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UrgesGovernmcnts to make cvcry effort to con~ solidatc and to build further on the results of the Yetlr in ordet' to achieve lastingly increased henefits for children by such measll!'es, whcre approprh\le1 as:
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Planning for programmes and services bencfiling children, including integrnted mother ami child health care, in their national planning for social and economic development;
F:urther icjcntifying, defining ami documenting (b! the s1tuat10n of ch1tdren;
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Setting specific mltional targets and goals for meeting the nccds of children, imar afia, in the fields of health and education and for the development of their intellectual and cultural abilities;
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Increusing budgctary provision for prngrammcs benefiting children by reviewing and/or revising present priorities;
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Recognizes the importance of asslsting and protecting the family as a hasic unit of socicty and the natural environment for the development ancl welfare of all its members, cspccially the children;
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Requasts Governments and organizations to de~ velop special pro~rammes of assistance to the childrcn oppressed by the mhuman policy of apartheid,- º A/34/512, annex. 7 See A/34/452 and Add,1.
UrgesGovcrnmcnts and orgunizaticms providing assistancc to devcloping countries tlm.rngh the United Nations Childrcn's Ftmd anc! othcr channet~ to review their policies, i.n order to give more reco,gnitit1n to programmes hencfiting children. ami tn increase the flmv of such nssistance:
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StrC'sse.1· thc importunce Qf folh,wing up thc expcrience and uctivitics of thc Ycar through long-term plans and action lo improve thc situntion of children in the world. pnrtkul:.uly in thc dcvdoping cmmtl'Íes;
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Dcsignatc,1· the United Nations Chilllrl!n's Fund as the tead ugcncy of the Unitetl Natinns system responsihle for co-ordinnting the devcfopmcnt i1spccts oJ thc fnllnw~up activities of the Year. in ctmsultation with the Director-General for Devefopment ami Intcrnatíonu 1 Econnmk Co-operntion, within their rcspecti\'C spheres <if c<1mpetcnce;
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Nott'.1· tlrnt the Executive Board Qf the United Nutions Children's Fund will cm1sider the scnpe of the Fund's co-opcrntion with countrics as a follow-up to thc Year:
Requcst.1· Gnvcrnmcnts ami organs nnd organ~ izatitms of thc Unitcd Nations svstcm to cvaluatc amt fnllow u¡, thc impa¡:t of thc Ycar'nn thcir nctivitics. ami to inform thc Sl!cretary~(icncrul, whc1 will rcpnrt ther,1on to thc Ge111::ral Asscmhly at its thirty-tifth sl!ssion;
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Invite.,· non-1!ovcrmncntnl organizations to cnn" tinue m1d expand thcir programmcs relatcd to childrcn in cmlcr to maintain thc momentum genernted by the Year:
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Rec¡11eJt.'r the Preparatory Ctmnnittee for the New International Devclnpmcnt Strntegy, in clahorating its gnals and objcctivcs, to take i1110 nccount the importance clf thc interests of childrcn and of meeting their necd!i.
39th plenar.v meeting 18 Oct()her 1979
34/ 1 l. Rcport of fhe lntt!mMionnl Atomic Energy Agency 1'ht• Gn1eral A.,·st'mhly,
fictvi11g reccivNI thc report of the lntcrnatkmal Atmnic Energy Agency to the General Asscmbly for thc yeu.r 1978,11 1'ttking 11ote of the statcmcnt mnde by the Director- General of the Internationul Atmnic bncrgy Agency on 2 N(>vcmber 1979,11 which prnvides udditional in~ formaticm on úevelopments in thc Agcncy's activitics during 1979,
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Conscious of the urgent nccd to develop nll scmrces of energy, with a view to helping lmth devcloping and industriali:u.'<i Cl)Untrics tn mitigate the efl'ects of the energy crisis, nnd hearing in mind the fact that nuclear encrgy remnins the main readily nvailublc nlternative to fossil fuel for thc generation of electric power in tbe cciming dccndes,
Considering that the International Atomic Energy Agency will be ca.lted upon to play an increasingly important role in mnking the benehts of nuclear power 11 lnternationnl Atomic Encrgy Agency, 1'lte Ammal Reporl for 1978 (Austria, August 1979); transmltted to tbe member11 of the Oenernl Asscmbly by a note of the Secretary-Oeneral
