Assistance for the Development of Liberia

A/RES/37/149View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 74b Special programmes of economic assistance, published in 1983.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1982–1983

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1983	A/RES/37/149	Assistance for the development of Liberia	1,128	28%Compare
1982	A/RES/36/207	Assistance for the development of Liberia	867	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Development Assistance Economic Assistance Humanitarian Assistance Liberia

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Notes with satisfaction the efforts exerted by the Government and people of Liberia for national reconstruction, rehabilitation and development;

Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report on the economic situation of Liberia and the additional assistance required by that country for its reconstruction, rehabilitation and development;

Endorses fully the assessment and recommendations of the interagency mission, contained in the annex to the report of the Secretary-General;49 4.

Urgently reiterates its appeal to all Member States to contribute generously, through bilateral or multilateral channels, to the reconstruction, rehabilitation and development of Liberia;

Urges Member States, organizations and programmes of the United Nations system, regional and interregional governmental bodies, development and financial institutions and non-governmental organizations to support

fully the efforts of the Government of Liberia to mobilize funds for its special economic assistance programme and, to this end, to respond generously to the needs of Liberia at the forthcoming round-table conference;

Requests the appropriate organizations and programmes of the United Nations system-in particular the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization-to maintain and expand their programmes of assistance to Liberia, to co-operate closely with the Secretary-General in his efforts to organize an effective international programme of assistance and to report periodically to him on the steps they have taken and the resources they have made available to help that country;

Calls upon regional and interregional organizations and other intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations, as well as international financial institutions-in particular the European Economic Community, the European Development Fund, the African Development Bank, the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Fund for International Development and the International Fund for Agricultural Development-to give urgent consideration to the establishment of a programme of assistance for Liberia or, where one is already in existence, to the expansion of that programme;

Calls upon Member States, pending consideration by the Committee for Development Planning at its nineteenth session of the report submitted to it and in view of the critical economic situation of Liberia, to accord Liberia special measures and, as a matter of priority, to give special consideration to the early inclusion of Liberia in their progra~e of development assistance;

Urges Member States and the appropriate United Nations bodies-in particular the United Nations Development Programme, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Fund for Population Activities and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization-to provide all possible assistance to help the Government of Liberia to cope with the critical humanitarian needs of the population and to provide, as appropriate, food, medicine and essential equipment for schools and hospitals, as well as to meet the emergency needs of the population in the region hit by the recent landslide and floods;

Invites the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health 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 Liberia and to report the decisions of those bodies to the Secretary- General by 15 July 1983;

Requests the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank to provide all possible assistance to the Government of Liberia in organizing the round-table conference of donors;

Requests the Secretary-General:

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

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

To keep the situation regarding assistance to Liberia under constant review, to maintain close contact with Member States, regional and other intergovernmental organizations, the specialized agencies and the international financial institutions concerned, and to apprise the Economic and Social Council, at its second regular session of 1983, of the current status of the special programme of economic assistance for Liberia;

To report on the progress made in the economic situation of Liberia and in organizing and implementing the programme of assistance for that country in time for the matter to be considered by the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session.

48 Official Records of the General Assembly. Thirty-seventh Session.

Second Committee, 30th meeting, paras. 33-36.

49 A/37/123.

' 0 See A/37/123, annex.

" See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1982, Supplement No. 12 (E/1982/22), chap. I.

" See EIECW A/ 156.

" Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session, Second Committee. 27th meeting, paras. 1-9.

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