Long-Term Trends in Economic Development

A/RES/40/207View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 84l Long-term trends in economic development, published in 1986.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1983–1986

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1986	A/RES/40/207	Long-term trends in economic development	817	—
1983	A/RES/37/249	Long-term trends in economic development	—	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

17 subjects

Africa Developing Countries Development Development Policy Economic Conditions Economic Cooperation Economic Integration Economic Policy Economic Projections Economic Trends Experts International Cooperation International Economic Relations Least Developed Countries Report Preparation Reporting Procedures Structural Adjustment

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the overall socio-economic perspective of the world economy to the year 2000; 121 2.

Decides, subject to review of the next report at the forty-second session ofthe General Assembly, to continue the submission of reports on the overall socio-economic perspective ofthe world economy to the year 2000, which should be prepared so that they contribute to the identification of potential problem arcas and critica! issues in the world economy;

Requests the Secretary-General, when preparing the report, to give special attention to the impact on economic and social development of trends and prospective changes in, inter afia, intemational trade, financial flows and debt problems, including the net outflow of resources from developing to developed countries, technological change and the transfer of technology to developing countries, capital formation and investment pattems, development of human resources, the allocation of public resources between developmental and non-developmental purposes, environmental issues, economic co-operation and integration among developing countries, the implications of different economic and development policies, special problems faced by the least developed countries and the critica! economic situation in Africa;

A/so requests the Secretary-General, in preparing the report, to take into account socio-economic analyses that give special attention to mechanisms and forros of intemational economic co-operation aimed at facilitating structural adjustment within the world economy towards the new intemational economic order;

Further requests the Secretary-General to convene, if necessary, a meeting of a group of experts, acting in their personal capacity, to elaborate on the elements of the report specified above, and invites the Committee for Development Planning to review progress in the preparation of the report;

Cal/s upon the relevant organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, including the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination Task Force on Long-term Development Objectives, to contribute, in their respective arcas of competence, to the preparation of the report;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-second session an itero entitled "Long-term trends in social and economic development", and requests the Secretary-General to submit to it at that session, through the Economic and Social Council, the report on the overall socio-economic perspective of the world economy to the year 2000, together with the views and recommendations of the Committee for Development Planning.

ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 1.

Ca/Is upon ali developing countries to implement the recommendations on economic co-operation among developing countries, as contained in United Nations Conference on Trade and Development resolution 142 (VI); 2.

Requests ali donor countries and multilateral organizations to support and strengthen economic co-operation among developing countries, in particular conceming the projects of special interest to the least developed countries, in order to ensure that the countries concemed will fully benefit from the results of such co-operation;

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ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Recognizing that non-govemmental organizations can contribute positively to the development of the least developed countries as well as provide valuable disaster relief,

Ca/Is upon the Govemments of the least developed countries and donors to encourage active participation of the local population, both women and men, through non-govemmental entities; 2.

Ca/Is upon non-govemmental organizations to comply with the national policies and legislation of the host countries and, while preserving their character, to contribute to the development priorities of the least developed countries, co-operating with appropriate authorities and organizations in order to implement effective development programmes;

Invites the non-govemmental organizations ofthe donor countries to reinforce their role in consciousness-raising in their countries of origin and in mobilizing increased prívate and public resources for the benefit of the least developed countries;

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CO-ORDINATION AND MONITORING 1.

Reaffirms the importance of co-ordination, follow-up and monitoring at the national, regional and global levels as crucial to the implementation of the Substantial New Programme of Action;

Reaffirms a/so the monitoring role ofthe United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at the global leve! and requests the Secretary- General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to continue and intensify his work, as specified in paragraph 121 of the Substantial New Programme of Action;

We/comes the growing attention to co-ordination at the national leve!;

Recognizes that effective co-ordination, monitoring and follow-up at the national leve! must be a continuous process;

Endorses the results conceming the co-ordination of assistance programmes of the Meeting of Govemmental Experts of Donor Countries and Multilateral and Bilateral Financia! and Technical Assistance Institutions with Representatives of the Least Developed Countries as part of Preparation for the Mid-term Global Review of the Substantial New Programme of Action, held at Geneva in May 1985;117 6.

Welcomes the steps taken by the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme to improve the consultative groups and round-table meetings by, ínter afia, enhancing co-operation among multilateral institutions and agencies, as well as efforts made with the help of the Special Measures Fund of the United Nations Development Programme and voluntary contributions and specific contributions of donor countries for the lcast developed countries;

Emphasizes the primary role of each !casi developed country in the co-ordination of aid activities;

Further emphasizes the importance of co-ordination in each least developed country at the sectoral level in order to ensure the greatest possible effectiveness of development activities;

Requests the Govemments of the !casi developed countries to continue to strengthen their planning machinery and administrative capacity so as to improve the planning, negotiation and utilization of externa! assistance;

Requests the least developed countries, with the assistance of the lcad agencies, to attend to the quality and early availability of preparatory

117 See TD/B/1055 and Corr.l, part two.

l l 8 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-eighth Session. Supplemenl No. 3 (A/38/3), chap. 11, paras. 61-64.

119 A/40/591. documents for round-table conferences and meetings of consultative groups, which are essential for their success;

Requests the multilateral agencies to improve further the quality, coherence and timeliness of the background documentation they present al round-table conferences and meetings of consultative groups;

Requests donor countries and multilateral institutions to pay more attention to appropriate local representation and sectoral co-ordination;

Urges donors in a position to do so to support development plans or programmes of the least developed countries with multi-ycar, predictable and monitorable commitments and timely disbursements;

Ca/Is upon the organizations of the United Nations system to cooperate closely in each lcast developed country under the aegis of the resident co-ordinator, as provided for in paragraph 124 ofthe Substantial New Programme of Action;

Reiterates paragraph 123 of the Substantial New Programme of Action, in which the Director-General for Development and Intemational Economic Co-operation is called upon, in close collaboration with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the executive secretaries of the regional commissions and the lead agencies for the aid groups, to ensure at the secretariat leve! the full mobilization and co-ordination of ali organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system for the purpose ofimplementation and follow-up of the Programme;

Urges the resident co-ordinators of the United Nations system to respond constructively to requests by the Govemments of the host countries to play a broader co-ordinating role in appropriate cases;

Requests the intemational community and the multilateral agencies:

(a) To cnsure that review meetings result in facilitating an increased flow of extemal assistance through, ínter afia, a better understanding anda candid dialogue between the least dcvcloped countries and their developmen t partners;

(b) To harmonize terms and procedures of donors to the extent possible in order to achieve a co-ordinated approach conducive to the implementation of the dcvclopment programmes of the least developed countries.

l 20 See Official Records of /he General Assembly, Fortieth Sesswn, Second Committee. 24th and 30th meeting.s; and ,bid., Second Commi/11'<'. Sessional Fascic/e, corrigendum.

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