Takes norc <1f the summary report of the Secretary- GeneraL Expresses us apprcnat1on to the Secretary-General for the steps he has taken to mobili1e assistanre for the Gambia;
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Expresses ils appreciation also to those States and organizations that have provided assistance to the Gambia;
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Draws the uttcnt1011 of the international community to the need for assistanre for the projects and programmes identified hy the Secretary-General in his report 5.
Renews its 11rgcnr appeal to Member States. specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, regional and interregional organizations and other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as international development and financial institutions, to give generous assistance to the Gambia, through bilateral or multilateral channels, and to provide financial, technical and material assistance for the implementation of the projects and programmes recommended by the Secretary-General in his report;
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{ lrges donors, as appropriate, to provide financial assistance to the Ciambia to help meet the local counterpart costs of externally-assisted projects, bearing in mind that the Gambia 1s classified as a least developed droughtstricken country·;
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l'rgcs Member States, organizations and programmes of the llnited Nations system, regional and interregional bodies, financial and development institutions, as well as intergovernmental and non-governmental organi- 1.ations, to respond generously to the needs of the Gambia at the round-tahk conference of donors held in November 1984:
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Requeststhe appropriate organizations and programmes of the l lnited Nations system - in particular 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 United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Fund for Agricultural Development - to increase their rnrrent and future programmes of assistance to the (jambia, to co-operate closely with the Secretary-General 111 organizing an effective international programme of assistance and tc1 report periodically to him on the steps they have taken and the resources they have made available to assist that country:
9
Invitesthe 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 the Gambia and to report the decisions of those bodies to the Secretary-General by the end of June I 985:
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Requeststhe Secretary-General:
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To contmue his efforts to mobilize the necessary resources for an effective programme of financial, technical and material assistance to the Gambia:
(/,) To keep the situation in the Gambia under constant review. to maintain close contact with Member States, the specialiled agencies. regional and other intergovernmental
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organizations and the international financial institutions
concerned, and to apprise the Economic and Social Council, at its second regular session of I 985, of the status of the special programme of economic assistance for the Gambia;
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To report on the progress made in the economic situation of the Gambia and 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 fortieth session.
