Establishment of the United Nations Population Award

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Expresses its deep concern nevertheless that the likely shortfall in 1982 in over-all voluntary contributions may adversely affect the proposed programme delivery for the third programming cycle of the United Nations Devel opment Programme;

Urges all Governments, especially those whose vol untary contributions may not reflect their capacity to con tribute, to renew their efforts to provide the United Nations Development Programme with the resources necessary to establish a sound financial basis for the implementation of the Programme's planned activities for the third program ming cycle, 1982-1986, which for the purpose of forward planning would assume an over-all average annual growth of resources of at least 14 per cent;

Strongly reiterates the need for a substantial and real increase in the flow of resources for the United Nations Development Programme on an increasingly predictable. continuous and assured basis, and in that context welcomes decision 81/37 of the Governing Council of the Programme in which the Council decided to review this issue at its twenty-ninth session;

Reaffirms the request of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme, in its decision 81/16, to the Administrator of the Programme to continue consultations with donor countries with a view to reaching the level of resources envisaged for 1982-1986 in order to maintain the level of programme planning for participating countries, as approved by the Governing Council for the third programming cycle, 1982-1986;

Decides that, beginning in 1983, a broad policy review of those funds and programmes which are under the guidance of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme and managed by the Administra tor of the Programme should be undertaken on a biennial basis, on the understanding that a brief report, including a financial statement, on those funds and programmes should be made available to the Governing Council in the inter vening years, and invites the Governing Council to act accordingly.

36/20L Establishment of the United Nations Popula tion Award

Decides to establish an annual award, to be named the United Nations Population Award, for the most out standing contribution to the awareness of population ques tions or to their solutions, by an individual or individuals, or by an institution, to be presented through the United Nations;

Adopts the Regulations Governing the United Na tions Population Award. annexed to the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to make the neces sary arrangements, under the Regulations, for the com mencement of the Award in 1983, in consultation with the Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Popu lation Activities;

Requests the Secretary-General to establish a Trust Fund for the United Nations Population Award to receive voluntary contributions for the Award;

Decides that all costs related to the A ward should be borne out of the Trust Fund.

36/202. Target for World Food Programme pledges for the period 1983-1984

Establishes for the two years 1983 and 1984 a target 1. for voluntary contributions to the World Food Programme of $1.2 billion, of which not less than one third should be in cash and/or services in the aggregate;

Urges States Members of the United Nations and 2. members and associate members of the Food and Agri culture Organization of the United Nations to make every effort t0 ensure the full attainment of the target;

Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organi zation of the United Nations, to convene a pledging con ference for this purpose at United Nations Headquarters early in 1982;

Decides that, subject to the review provided for in its resolution 2095 (XX), the subsequent pledging confer ence, at which Governments should be invited to pledge contributions for the biennium 1985-1986 with a view to reaching such a target as may then be recommended by the General Assembly and the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, should be convened at the latest early in 1984.

36/203. Implementation of the medium-term and long term recovery and rehabilitation programme in the Sudano-Sahelian region

ANNEX Regulations Governing the United Nations Population Award

Article I AIM The aim of the United Nations Population Award (hereinafter referred to as "the A ward") is to promote the solution of population questions through encouraging the efforts of people in population-related activities and increasing the awareness of population questions.

Article 2 AWARD I.

The Award shall be presented annually to an individual. to indi viduals or to an institution for the most outstanding contribution to in creasing the awareness of population questions or to their solutions. No staff member, organ or organization of the United Nations system shall be eligible for the Award.

The Award shall consist of a diploma, a gold medal and a monetary prize, the amount of which shall be determined each year by the Secretary General on the basis of the investment income of the Trust Fund for the Award.

The individual or individuals or the institution to receive the Award sh.,ll be announced by the beginning of March each year. and the A ward shall be presented by the Secretary-General in the middle of June.

Article 3

FINANCIAL MATTERS I .

All financial resources related to the A ward shall be composed of the voluntary contributions made by Member States specifically for the Award.

Contributions tor the Award shall be deposited in the Trust Fund for the United Nations Population Award, to be established by the Se<: retary-General pursuant to paragraph 4 of General Assembly resolution 36/ 201 of 17 December I 98 I.

The Trust Fund shall be administered by the Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities on behalf of the Secretary-General.

All costs relating to the Award shall be financed from the investment income of the Trust Fund. The administrative costs shall be kept as low as possible.

The Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population A<:tivities shall submit to the General Assembly an annual report concerning the Award and the Trust Fund.

Article 4

SELECTION OF LAUREATES 167 Report of the United Nations World Population Conference, Bucha rest, 19-30 August /974 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E. 75. XIIU).

The individual or individuals or the institution to receive the Award chap I. shall be selected. from among those nominated under article 5 below. by

a Committee for the United Nations Population Award, to be composed of:

(a) Ten representatives of States Members of the United Nations elected by the Economic and Social Council for a period of three years, with due regard to the principle of equitable geographical representation and the need to include those Member States that have made contributions for the Award;

(b) The Secretary-General and the Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities. to serve as ex officio members;

(c) Five eminent individuals who have made significant contributions to population-related activities, to be selected by the aforementioned mem bers of the Committee, to serve as honorary members in an advisory capacity for a renewable term of three years.

The Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities shall act as Secretary of the Committee.

The rules of procedure of the Committee shall be established by the Economic and Social Council.

Article 5

NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES

I. Written nominations for the Award may be received from the following:

(a) Governments of Member States;

(b) Intergovernmental organizations engaged in population-related activities;

(d) University professors of population or population-related studies and heads of population-related institutions;

(e) Laureates of the Award.

Nominations shall reach the Secretary-General not later than 31 December of the year prior to the year for which nominations are to be considered.

The Committee for the United Nations Population Award shall be convened during the month of February to select the laureate or laureates of the year.

'0" E/1981/84.

'"' See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, /98/,

168 Resolution 35/56, annex.

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