Specific Action Related to the Particular Needs and Problems of Land-Locked Developing Countries

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 61 Development and international economic cooperation, published in 1980.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 1980–1990

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/44/214

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1990	A/RES/44/214	Specific action related to the particular needs and problems of land-locked developing countries	—	—
1988	A/RES/42/174	Specific action related to the particular needs and problems of land-locked developing countries	313	16%Compare
1986	A/RES/40/183	Specific action related to the particular needs and problems of land-locked developing countries	844	73%Compare
1985	A/RES/39/209	Specific action related to the particular needs and problems of land-locked developing countries	744	57%Compare
1982	A/RES/36/175	Specific action related to the particular needs and problems of land-locked developing countries	648	33%Compare

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1 subject

Landlocked Developing Countries

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15 operative paragraphs

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Reaffirms the role of the Declaration and the Programme of Action on the Establishment of a New lnternational Economic Order and of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States as principal sources for international economic co-operation for development;

Urges Member States, in this context, to take ali appropriate measures for the launching and successful conclusion of the round of global negotiations and the implementation of the lnternational Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade;

Decides, in the light of the results of the negotiations on international economic co-operation for development, to hold at its thirty-sixth session a comprehensive, in-depth review of the implementation of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, as provided for in article 34 thereof.

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Specific action related to the particular needs and problems of land-locked developing countries

Reaffirms the right of land-locked developing countries to free access to and from the sea and their right to freedom of transit;

Appeals to ali States, international organizations and financia! institutions to implement, as a matter of urgency and priority, the specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of land-locked developing countries envisaged in resolutions 63 (111), 98 (IV) and 123 (V) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and in other relevant resolutions of the United Nations;

Urges ali donor countries, as well as those in a position to do so and the international organizations

concerned, to provide land-locked developing countries with appropriate financia! and technical assistance in the form of grants or concessional loans for the construction and improvement oftheir transport and transit infrastructures and facilities;

Urges a/so the international community and multilateral and bilateral financia] institutions to intensify efforts in raising the net flow of resources to land-locked developing countries to help offset the adverse effects of their disadvantageous geographical situation on their economic development efforts, in keeping with the overall economic situation of each land-locked country;

Invites the transit countries to co-operate effectively with the land-locked developing countries in harmonizing transport planning and promoting other joint ventures in the field of transport at the regional, subregional and bilateral levels;

Commends the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and other United Nations agencies for their work and the assistance they have provided to the land-locked developing countries and invites them to continue to take appropriate and effective measures to respond to the specific needs of those countries;

Further invites the international community to give financia! support to interested transit and landlocked developing countries in the construction of alternative routes to the sea;

Recommends continued and intensified activities relating to the conducting of necessary studies and the implementation of special actions and action programmes for the land-locked developing countries, including those in the area of economic co-operation among developing countries, as well as those that have been e·nvisaged in the programme of work of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the regional commissions and other programmes and activities at the regional and subregional levels.

35/59. Particular problems facing Zaire with regard to transport, transit and access to foreign markets

Takes note of the report of the Secretary- General48 on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 34/193 concerning the particular problems facing Zaire with regard to transport, transit and access to foreign markets;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts with a view to enabling the appropriate organs of the United Nations to provide the necessary technical assistance as soon as possible to the Government of Zaire and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session.

35/60. United Nations Conference on trade and Development

Takes note of the reports of the Trade and Development Board on its eleventh special session and twentieth session 40 and on its twenty-first session; 10 Notes with satisfaction the adoption, on 27 June 2. 1980, of the Agreement Establishing the Common Fund for Commodities' t and the pledges already announced for voluntary contributions to its second account, and urges ali Governments to complete expeditiously the procedures required for its signature, ratification, acceptance or approval, so that it may enter into force as early as possible;

A/so notes with satisfaction the adoption, on 24 May 1980, of the United Nations Convention on lnternational Multimodal Transport ofGoods 12 and urges ali Governments to consider signing the Convention and

taking the necessary steps to become contracting parties to it as expeditiously as possible;

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sions, in conjunction with relevant United Nations specialized agencies and multilateral development institutions, might suggest ways of improving United Nations assistance efforts and enhancing their coordination in the context of the particular economic and social development needs of each region.

At the sectoral level, the relevant specialized agencies, organs and organizations of the United N ations will con tribute from the experience of their respective sectors to the process of review and appraisal at both the global and regional levels.

At the global level, review and appraisal will be carried out by the General Assembly, with the assistance, as appropriate, of a body of universal membership, which would report through the Economic and Social Council. The process will take into account the results achieved at the sectoral. regional and national levcls. The Committee for Development Planning will be invited to submit its observations and recommendations. The Secretary-Gencral will prepare and submit a comprehensive report and other appropriate documentation in order to assist the process of review and appraisal.

Developed countries, individually or through their relevant organizations, are invited to transmit reports of lheir development assistance efforts in the light of the commitments undertaken by them in the lnternational Development Strategy and in relevant international forums.

The process of review and appraisal should, based on an assessment as provided for in General Assembly resoldion 33/201 of 29 January 1979, ensure that the operational activities of the United Nations system con tribute effectively to the implementation of the International Development Strategy.

The review and appraisal will. at all levels, take into account the results of the global negotiations relating to international economic co-operation for development, the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, the United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy, the International Conference for the Promotion of International Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, and of such United Nations conferences as effectively contribute to the implementation of the Strategy, as well as the results of relevan! regional and interregional meetings. The agreed results will be incorporated in the Strategy by the General Assembly when and as appropriate. with a view to contributing to its effective implementation.

The first review and appraisal will be carried out by the General Assembly in 1984, on which occasion a decision as to the timing of a subsequent review or reviews will be taken.

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