Transport and Communications Decade in Africa

A/RES/37/140View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 12 Report of the Economic and Social Council, published in 1983.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 1978–1989

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/43/179

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1989	A/RES/43/179	Transport and Communications Decade in Africa	165	12%Compare
1985	A/RES/39/230	Transport and Communications Decade in Africa	645	—
1984	A/RES/38/150	Transport and Communications Decade in Africa	—	—
1983	A/RES/37/140	Transport and Communications Decade in Africa	1,062	29%Compare
1982	A/RES/36/177	Transport and Communications Decade in Africa	1,179	22%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Africa Communication Satellites Communications Financial Assistance Financing International Decades Programme Implementation Regional Cooperation Technical Cooperation Among Developing Countries Transport

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Notes with satisfaction that a measure of progress has been made concerning the implementation of the first phase (1980-1983) of the Decade, including the encouraging results of the four consultative technical meetings, held at Lome from 8 to 11 June 1981, Ouagadougou from 20 to 23 January 1982, Yaounde from 15 to 17 March 1982 and Abidjan from 3 to 5 May 1982;

Notes with appreciation the contribution made. by certain countries and financial institutions towards the implementation of the programme for the Decade;

Appeals to donor countries, financ~ng org~s and various financial institutions to increase thetr financial support to the programme for the Decade in view of the fact that the total volume of the resources thus far mobilized is well below the amount required to finance the whole of the programme for the first phase;

Requests the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa to organize, during the second half of 1983 a fifth consultative technical meeting on roads, maritim~ transport and ports for the count~es of North Africa, East Africa and the islands of the Indian Ocean;

Appeals once again to donor cou°:ti:ies an~ financing institutions to participate fully and positively m the fifth consultative technical meeting;

Requests the Executive Secretary of the Ec~no'!lic Commission for Africa to maintain good co-ordmation between the financing sources and the African countries in order to monitor the follow-up to the four consultative technical meetings by closely assisting the countries in the~r contacts with donors and in formulating and presenting theu requests for financing;

Notes the measures taken by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa with regard to the preparation of the plan of action for the second phase ( 1984- 1988) of the Decade and requests him to submit a report on its preparation, through the Economic and Social Council at its second regular session of 1983, to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session;

Further notes the establishment of the Inter-Agency Co-ordinating Committee, comprising the Organizatio~ of African Unity, the African Development Bank, the African Postal and Telecommunications Union, the Economic Commission for Africa, the International Telecommunication Union, the Pan-African Telecommunications Union, the Union of National Radio and Television Organizations of Africa and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, with a view to harmonizing and coordinating studies for the prompt implementation of the project on a regional satellite communication system for Africa;

Reiterates its request to the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa to continue to intensify his efforts with a view to assisting the Inter-Agency Co-ordinating Committee in the study on the regional satellite communication system for Africa, and to give assistance to African States in the full implementation of the programme for the first phase of the Decade;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Economic Commission for Africa, as the lead agency for the implementation of the Decade, with financial and oth~r _resources using, inter alia, extrabudgetarr funds and exi~tmg resources to the maximum extent possible, to enable 1t to hold the fifth consultative technical meeting, scheduled to be held in 1983, and to complete the preparation of the plan of action for the second phase of the Decade;

Requests the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa to continue to submit progress reports on the implementation of the programme for the Transport and Communications Decade in Africa;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session on the pro_gress achieved in the implementation of the present resolution.

20 See Official Records bf the Economic and Social Council. 1979. Supplement No. 15 (E/1979/50 and Corr.1 ). part two. sect. D 21 See A/36/534, annex I.

22 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council. 1981. Supplement No. 14 (E/1981/54), chap. lV.

23 Ibid., 1982, Supplement No. 11 (E/1982/21), chap. V 24 A/37/296.

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