Reverse Transfer of Technology

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?

6 versions · 1978–1989

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/43/184

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1989	A/RES/43/184	Reverse transfer of technology	300	27%Compare
1986	A/RES/40/191	Reverse transfer of technology	468	19%Compare
1982	A/RES/36/141	Reverse transfer of technology	642	23%Compare
1980	A/RES/35/62	Reverse transfer of technology	1,727	3%Compare
1979	A/RES/33/151	Reverse transfer of technology	60	2%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 1978

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
1978	E/1978/92	The "brain drain" problem : outflow of trained personnel from developing to developed countries report of the Secretary General		A/RES/32/192

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject

Brain Drain

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

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Welcomes resolution 222 (XXI) of 27 September 1980 of the Trade and Developmen t Board ' 1 on the debt and development problems of developing countries and urges ali developed donor countries which have not done so to take the necessary steps to implement

fully and immediately section A of Board resolution 165 (S-IX) of 11 March 1978.'" taking into account paragraph 5 thereof;

Takes note of the report of the Ad Hoc lntergovernmental High-Level Group of Experts on the Evolution of the International Monetary System." which met at Geneva from 28 July to 5 August 1980, reaffirms the role of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in contributing to the efforts towards the evolution of the international monetary system, particularly regarding the interaction between that system and world trade and development. and urges those countries that did not participate in the work of the Group of Experts to do so in the future;

Notes with concern that the United Nations Conference on an lnternational Code of Conduct on the Transfer of Technology did not complete its task at its third session, as called for by the General Assembly in resolution 34/195 of 19 December 1979, decides to convene a fourth session of the Conference from 23 March to 10 April 1981 and reitera tes its call for the necessary política) will and flexibility on the part of ali Governments in order to reach agreement on the outstanding issues and to take ali decisions necessary for the adoption of the international code of conduct on the transfer of technology, bearing in mind the interests and conceros of the developing countries;

Notes with satisfaction the adoption of the lnternational Natural Rubber Agreement, 1979, '" and urges Governments that have signed it but have not yet completed the proced:ires required for ratification, acceptance or approval of the Agreement to do so as soon as possible, and Governments that have not yet signed the Agreement but wish to accede to it to do so without delay after its provisional entry into force, so that the Agreement may enter into force definitively at an early date.

Notes with concern that very few significant initiatives have so far been taken for the implementation of the specific actions envisaged in resolutions 98 (IV) and 111 (V) of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development;

Appeals to ali States, international organizations and financial institutions to take urgent and effective steps to implement specific actions in favour of developing island countries, as envisaged in resolutions 98 ( IV) and 111 (V) of the U nited N ations Conference on Trade and Development, as well as in other resolutions on this subject;

Invites the competent organizations of the United N ations system to take further measures as necessary to enhance their capacity to respond positively to the specific needs of developing island countries during the Third United Nations Dcvelopment Decade;

Decides to undertake at its thirty-seventh session a comprehensive review of the implementation of the measures taken by the international community in favour of the specific needs of the developing island countries, as called for in the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and other resolutions on this subject.

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Takes note of the progress report entitled "Establishment of an international labour compensatory facility" ," 7 prepared by the Secretary-General in accordance with paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 34/200, which is to be taken into account as a basis for the completion of the final report;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session the final report on this issue, to be prepared in cooperation with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the lnternational Labour Organisation and other relevant United Nations organizations. and to keep under continued review the co-ordination of work on the question of the reverse transfer of technology;

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to continue to keep under review, as necessary, the problem of the reverse transfer of technology;

Requests the Trade and Development Board, at its twenty-second session, to conclude the consideration of recommendations on appropriate arrangements as

"A/35/198. called for in resolution 219 (XXI) of the Trade and Development Board, including the convening of a group of experts to examine the feasibility of measuring human resource flows, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session.

35/63. Restrictive business practices

Adopts the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principies and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices, 68 approved by the United N ations Conference on Restrictive Business Practices;

Decides to convene, in 1985, under the auspices of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, a United Nations conference to review ali aspects of the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principies and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices;

Takes note of the recommendations of the United Nations Conference on Restrictive Business Practices regarding international institutional machinery, contained in section G of the Set of Principies and Rules, and requests the Trade and Development Board, at its twenty-second session, to establish an intergovernmental group of experts on restrictive business practices, operating within the framework of a committee of the

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"See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-jifth Session. Supplement No. 15 (A/35/15), vol. 11. annex l.

"/bid., Thirty-third Session. Supplement No. /5 (A/33/15 and Corr. l ), vol. 1, part one, annex l.

' "United Nations publication, Sales No. E.80.11.D.5.

" See Proceedings vf the United Nativns Conference on Trade ami Development, Fourth Session. vol. 1, Report and Annexes (United Nations publication, Sales No. L76.ll.D.I0 and corrigendum). part one. sect. A.

"lbid.. Fifth Session, vol. l. Repor/ and Annexes (United J\:ations "' Sce resolution 1, 1 56 above. annex. publication, Sales No. E.79.11.D 14). part onc. sect J\ "'' Sce ;\ 1 q ''i42. annex. sect. IV.

' 1 Proceedings ofthe United Nations Conference on Trade and Deve/- opment. Fifth Session, vol. 1, Report and Annexes (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.79.11.D.14).

"/bid., part one, sect. A.

" Report of the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development, Vienna, 20--31 August 1979 (United Nations publication. Sales No. E.79.1.21 and corrigenda). chap. VII.

"Official Records of the General Assembly. Thirty-fourth Session. Supplement No. 15 {A/34/15 and Corr. 1), vol. 11, part one, annex l.

1 /bid .. Thirty-fifth Session. Supplement No. 15 (A/35/15), vol. 11.

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"Proceedings ofthe United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Fifth Session, vol. l. Reporr and Annexes (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.79.11.D. 14), annex VI. -· '" See Proceedings of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Fifth Session, vol. l. Report and Annexes (United Nations publication. Sales No. F.79.11.D. 14). part one. sect. A.