Assistance to Sao Tome and Principe

A/RES/36/209View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1982.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 1977–1985

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/39/187

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1985	A/RES/39/187	Assistance to Sao Tome and Principe	633	48%Compare
1983	A/RES/37/146	Assistance to Sao Tome and Principe	360	20%Compare
1982	A/RES/36/209	Assistance to Sao Tome and Principe	1,328	20%Compare
1981	A/RES/35/93	Assistance to Sao Tome and Principe	429	27%Compare
1980	A/RES/34/131	Assistance to Sao Tome and Principe	1,388	41%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects

Economic Assistance Sao Tome and Principe

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the steps he has taken to mobilize assistance to Sao Tome and Principe;

Endorses fully the assessment and recommendations contained in the annex to the report of the Secretary-General;

Expresses its appreciation to Member States and international organizations for the assistance provided to Sao Tome and Principe, both in food aid and development assistance;

Regrets, however, that the assistance so far provided falls far short of the needs of Sao Tome and Principe;

Also regrets that no resources have been provided to Sao Tome and Principe for the implementation of the action programme in favour of developing island countries; . 6.

~enews its appe!11 to Member States, regional and mterreg1onal orgamzat1ons and other intergovernmental bodies to provide financial, material and technical assistance to Sao Tome and Principe to permit the implementation of the projects and programmes identified in the annex to the report of the Secretary-General, as well as that of the action programme in favour of developing island countries, to enable the Government to launch an effective programme of economic and social development;

Requests the Secretary-General to a~sist the Government of Sao Tome and Principe to prepare new official national income statistics on the country so that the Government can bring these data to the attention of the Committee for Development Planning in order that it might, on the basis of existing criteria and of these new statistics, reexamine the request of Sao Tome and Principe for inclusion in the list of the least developed countries;

Requests the Economic and Social Council to invite the Committee for Development Planning, in the light of new data and information provided by the Government of Sao Tome and Principe, to consider, on the basis of the existing criteria, the eligibility of that country for inclusion in the list of the least developed countries;

Requests Member States and the organizations and programmes of the United Nations system to accord Sao Tome and Principe special measures of assistance similar to those called for in paragraph 4 of its resolution 34/ 123 of 14 December 1979;

Urges the United Nations Development Programme, the appropriate specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to respond favourably to requests from the Government of Sao Tome and Principe for technical assistance to help in formulating development projects and to assist in the implementation of its development programme;

Invites the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development to bring to the attention of their governing bodies, for their consideration, the special needs of Sao Tome and Principe, and to report the decisions of those bodies to the Secretary-General by 15 July 1982;

Requests the appropriate specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to report periodically to the Secretary-General on the steps they have taken and the resources they have made available to assist Sao Tome and Principe;

Appeals to the international community to contribute to the special account which was established by the Secretary-General, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 32/96, for the purpose of facilitating the channelling of contributions to Sao Tome and Principe;

Requests the Secretary-General:

To continue his efforts to mobilize the necessary resources for an effective programme of financial, technical and material assistance to Sao Tome and Principe;

To ensure that adequate financial and budgetary arrangements are made to continue the organization of the international programme of assistance to Sao Tome and Principe and the mobilization of assistance;

To keep Lhe situation in Sao Tome and Principe under constant review, to maintain close contact with Member States, the specialized agencies, regional and other intergovernmental organizations and international financial institutions concerned, and to apprise the Economic and Social Council, at its second regular session of 1982, of the current status of the special programme of economic assistance for Sao Tome and Principe;

To arrange for a review of the economic situation of Sao Tome and Principe and the progress made in organizing and implementing the special programme of economic assistance for that country in time for the matter to be considered by the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session.

"" See Official Records or rh,· t:conomic and Social Council. 19/i I.

Supplement No. 7 (E/1981/27). ~hap. IV. (b)

"' Official Records or the General Assemhlv. Thirtv-sixth S,•.Hion. Sl'<- ond Commit/et'. 27th meeting. para,. 52 and -53.

188 N36/262.

189 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, /980, Supplement No. 12 (E/1980/42/Rev. I) chap. XI.

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