Reverse Transfer of Technology

A/RES/40/191View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 84c Trade and development, published in 1986.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1978–1989

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/43/184

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1989	A/RES/43/184	Reverse transfer of technology	300	27%Compare
1986	A/RES/40/191	Reverse transfer of technology	468	19%Compare
1982	A/RES/36/141	Reverse transfer of technology	642	23%Compare
1980	A/RES/35/62	Reverse transfer of technology	1,727	3%Compare
1979	A/RES/33/151	Reverse transfer of technology	60	2%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 1978

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
1978	E/1978/92	The "brain drain" problem : outflow of trained personnel from developing to developed countries report of the Secretary General		A/RES/32/192

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Bibliographies Brain Drain Conferences Developing Countries Groups of Experts International Migration Reporting Procedures Skilled Workers

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Takes note a/so ofthe outcome ofthe Third Meeting of Governmental Experts on the Reverse Transfer of Technology, held at Geneva from 26 August to 4 September 1985;57 3.

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to convene a meeting of govemmental experts to review the curren! situation with respect to all aspects of the international migration of skilled personnel from developing countries; the governmental experts should focus, in their study, on the nature, scale and effect of such flows, taking into account the concerns of ali parties, with a view to proposing to the Conference and, as appropriate, other international organizations, further work that they may carry out to mitigate adverse consequences ofthis phenomenon, especially as it affects the developing countries, also taking into account, as appropriate, the work done thus far by govemmental expert groups, and any other relevant material:

A/so requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to prepare studies providing:

A review of the existing situation with respect to the intemational migration of skilled personnel from developing countries based on the most recently available and generally acceptable statistics;

A comprehensive bibliography of current literature in this field;

Recommends that the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development should invite ali interested organs and bodies of the United Nations system and other appropriate intemational organizations to participate in the preparation ofthe studies and in the work of the meeting of governmental experts;

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to report on the outcome of the meeting of governmental experts to the General Assembly at its forty-second session, through the Trade and Development Board;

Requests the Secretary-General to convene further meetings of the Inter-Agency Group on Reverse Transfer

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of Technology and to report on the results of those meet-

119th p/enary meeting

17 December 1985

53 0/fu:ia/ Records of the General 4ssemnly. Fortieth Session. Supp/ement 56 A/401798, annex. No. /.f(A/40/15), vols. I and 11.

5 7 O/final Records of thc General Assembly. rártieth Session. Supplemn11 s4 See Offic1al Records of 1he t:wnom1c and Sooal Counnl. S1x1y-th,rJ No 1., (A 40115). vol. 11. annex 111 Session, Supplement No. 7, vol. 1 (E/594 ! ). part threc. SS A/38/264/Add 1-FJl 983190/ Add. l

58 For the proposals see A/C.2/40/12, annex. The report ofthe Conference was issued as document TD/RBP/CONF.2/8 and Corr. l.

59 Report ofthe United Nalions Conference on Science and Technology far Development, Vienna, 20-3 I August 1979 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E. 79.1.2 I and corrigenda). chap. VII. 60 See O{fu:ia/ Records of the General Assembly, Fortieth Session. Suppl,,. ment No. J7 (A/40/37). sect. IILB. 61 Jbid., Supp/ement No. 37 (A/40/37). annex. 62 !bid., Supp/ement No. 37 (A/40/37). sect. III.C. 63 /bid., Supplement No. 37 (A/40/37) 64 A/C.2/40/4. 65 Approximately SI O mili ion.

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