Economic Assistance to Haiti

A/RES/39/196View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Development Development Assistance Economic Assistance Haiti Programmes of Action Special Missions

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Expresses its gratitude to Member States and to international, regional and interregional organizations for their assistance to Haiti;

Renews its urgent appeal to all Governments and international organizations which, at the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, assumed commitments under the Substantial New Programme of Action for the 1980s for the Least Developed Countries to honour their pledges generously;

Urges Governments of Member States and international, regional, interregional and intergovernmental organizations to increase and intensify their assistance to Haiti substantially to help it cope with its economic and financial difficulties and implement successfully its development plan for the biennium 1985-1986;

Invites all organizations and programmes of the United Nations system, particularly the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, as well as the Department of Technical Co-operation for Development of the Secretariat, to take account of Haiti's specific needs and to apprise the Secretary-General of their decisions;

Requests the Secretary-General:

To send a mission to Haiti to assess the priority needs of the country, to prepare a programme for assisting the country in coping with the present economic crisis and to pursue its efforts to obtain supplementary international assistance;

To apprise the Economic and Social Council of the mission at its second regular session of 1985 and to report

implementation of the present resolution.

!09 A/39/390.

l08 R_eport of the United Nau ons ( ·onjerence on the Least Developed 1 IO See Official Records of the General Assembly. Thirty-ninth Sessior,, Countries, Paris, 1-14 September 19/i/ (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.82.1.8), part one, sect. A \'rcond Committee, rth meeting. paras. 15-24.

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

Table of contents